The State of College Admissions in 2008
Howard and Matthew Greene, Authors, Consultants and PBS Co-Hosts
Howard & Matthew have appeared on the Today Show, CNBC, Good Morning
America, CNN and have frequently been interviewed on educational issues
and trends by The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, NPR and People
Magazine.
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Getting the Most Out of College Visits
Marty O'Connell, Executive Director, Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL)
Martha "Marty" O'Connell's college admissions career spans almost three decades including posts at large and small colleges, starting with Rutgers University and ending with McDaniel College in Westminster, MD. She served McDaniel, one of the 40 colleges in the book, Colleges That Changes Lives, for sixteen years, with a final post as Vice President for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions.
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How to Prepare for the SAT
Ira Wolf, President of PowerPrep and Author of "How To Prepare for the New SAT"
Dr. Ira Wolf, a nationally-known expert in the field of test preparation, is the founder and president of PowerPrep, a company on Long Island that offers classes for high school students preparing for the PSAT, SAT, ACT, and SAT Subject Tests. PowerPrep has expanded dramatically in the last few years and now services more than 1,000 students each year.
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What Juniors Need to Do To Get Ahead of College Admissions
Dr. Katherine Cohen, CEO, Founder, and Admissions Counselor, IvyWise and Applywise
Katherine Cohen graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree
from Brown University. She continued her studies at Yale University receiving
two Master's degrees and a PhD. She received certification in College Admission
Counseling from U.C.L.A. She is the founder of IvyWise, a nationally recognized,
highly respected admission counseling company.
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The Financial Aid Office as Your Advocate
Ronald Johnson, Director of Financial Aid, UCLA
Ronald Johnson has been writing about and advising on college financial aid for over 30 years. Ronald has served in the financial aid office of several prominent institutions, including Golden Gate University, University of California Davis, and his current role as Director of Financial Aid at the University of California Los Angeles.
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Catherine Graham, Director of Financial Aid, Loyola Marymount University
Catherine Graham’s career in higher education began as a student tour guide at the University of Redlands, where she later started her work in College Admissions. After exploring jobs outside of education prior to graduation, Catherine realized that she would devote her life to working with students and helping to make education possible for those who would not otherwise have access.
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Finding the Best College Fit for You
Peter van Buskirk, Author of "Winning the College Admission Game; Strategies for Students and Parents"
Peter Van Buskirk is a motivational speaker and the author of Winning the College Admission Game; Strategies for Students and Parents. Peter's ability to personalize a complex and often mysterious process makes his a trusted and highly sought perspective among students, parents and educators.
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Summer Activities That Will Get You Into College
Elizabeth Wissner-Gross, Author
Elizabeth Wissner-Gross is the author of What High Schools Don't
Tell You and What Colleges Don't Tell You. She is an
educational strategist who, for more than ten years, has worked with hundreds
of middle and high school students to create early individualized “game
plans” for gaining admission into the country’s most competitive
colleges.
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Everything You Need to Know About Federal Student Aid
Micki Roemer, Manager - School Services and Training at the Office of Federal Student Aid
Claire (Micki) Roemer has over 30 years experience in college financial aid. She is currently the General Manager for School Services and Training at the Office of Federal Student Aid at the US Department of Education. Previously, she served as the National Chair for the National Association of Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).
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Ten Ways to Make College Affordable
Ann Coles, Senior Advisor of College Access Programs, TERI
Ann Coles is Senior Advisor for College Access Programs at TERI, a non-profit organization promoting educational opportunities to change people's lives. Dr. Coles provides leadership for TERI's national efforts to expand college opportunities for groups under-represented in higher education.
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The Community College Experience
Tom Watkins, President and CEO of TDW and Associates and Former Michigan State Superintendent of Public Schools
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Tom Watkins is the President and CEO of TDW and Associates, a global education and business consulting firm. TDW and Associates serves as an education, business and government consultant and advisor to clients in the public, private, education and non-profit sectors.
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What Guidance Counselors Need to Know About the ACT and the SAT
Karan Goel, CEO and Co-Founder of PrepMe
Karan Goel is CEO and Co-Founder of PrepMe. PrepMe is a premium test preparation company that provides customized ACT, PSAT, and SAT preparation to over 38,000 students worldwide. PrepMe's course determines each individual student's strengths and weaknesses and creates a tailored learning program based on this data.
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Telling Your Story in the College Application
Jaye J. Fenderson, Author, Seventeen’s Guide To Getting Into College
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Jaye is a college advice columnist for Seventeen.com and the author of the forthcoming Seventeen’s Guide To Getting Into College, a comprehensive college guidebook available from Hearst Books in August 2008. As a former senior admission officer at Columbia University, Jaye recognized a need for greater awareness about the college admission process and decided to use the medium of entertainment to educate students and families about what it takes to get into college.
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Define Your Own Road In Life: Road Trip Nation
Mike Marriner, Founder, Road Trip Nation
Post-graduation, feeling sheltered and underexposed to the world around him, Mike hit the road (with friends Brian McAllister and Nathan Gebhard) in an unsound 1985 Green RV to interview people who defined their own roads in life including the founder of Starbucks, Lobstermen, artists, the founder of Barnes and Noble, CEO of National Geographic Ventures, the scientist who decoded the human genome, CEO of Dell Computers, truck drivers, filmmakers, social activists, and many others. Contrary to what they had learned in school or from growing up in California, they learned that people can build lives in line with their passions and individuality.
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Have you thought about taking a “Gap Year” before or after College?
Tom Griffiths,
The Gap Year Guru
UK-based Tom Griffiths is the “Gap Year Guru”—who encourages and helps young people take a year off before or after college in which they can travel the world, expand their horizons. Gap Years are wildly popular in Europe and Australasia and are just starting to catch on in the US and Canada. Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson described Tom’s energy and enthusiasm as “infectious”!
You won’t want to miss his presentation or the chance to ask him your questions.
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