College Admission & Scholarship Workshop - General Session

1) What grade are you in?

• Freshman

• Sophomore

• Junior

• Senior

2) How would you describe how you think about your future?

• I am a dreamer and I know I could make my dreams come true

• I am a dreamer but I don't know if I can make my dreams come true

• I am not much of a dreamer, I am more practical

• I have not spent much time dreaming about my future

3) Do you know what you want to do after college?

• I have a specific job I know I want

• I have a specific discipline I know I want my career to be in (medicine, engineering, law business, politics, ect.)

• I have specific attributes about my career that I know that I want (working with people, working on ideas, intellectually stimulating work, remote work, traveling with my work)

• I am not really sure

Q4) Select all the true statements about the Common App

• It is the best way to apply to multiple colleges

• When you use the common app you don't need to pay the $50 -100 college application fee for each college you apply to

• By using the common app, you will only need to write 1-3 essays and you can apply to dozens of colleges

Q5) The total average cost of attending ole miss for in-state tuition is about $100k.  If you take out a student loan today for $50k and plan to pay it off in 30 years, what is the total cost of your loan?

• $36,000

• $50,000

• $59,000

• $73,000

• $91,000

Q6) What percentage of students use storytelling in their essays for college admissions and scholarships?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• Everyone uses storytelling!

• Trick question, there is something better than storytelling!

Q7) Select the true statements about letters of recommendation

• You can always ask for a copy of your letter of rec

• Giving one weeks notice for a letter of rec is OK

• The title of the person writing your letter of rec makes a big difference (ie: calc teacher, coach, ect)

• When you ask for a letter of rec you should tell your writer what to write about

• It is easy for someone to write you a letter of rec

Q8) Zoey has a 23 ACT/1150, 3.2 GPA.  She is not a first generation student and she doesn’t feel like she accomplished anything extraordinary.  When should Zoey start working on scholarships?

• • Before submitting her college applications

• • Immediately after submitting her college applications

• • 1 Month after submitting her college applications

• • After Zoey gets accepted into a university

• • Zoey shouldn’t work on scholarships because she would make more money picking up extra shifts at her job

Q9) What tools should you use to find high quality scholarships?

• scholarship sites like Scholly, FastWeb, Scholarship.com

• Google

• Scholarship lists from your school

• Scholarship lists from other schools near you

Q10) Every year, hundreds of thousands of students are defrauded by scholarship scams, totaling over $100 million dollars lost annually.

• True

• False