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Providing talented students with college and career–readiness opportunities, and assisting them in their path toward higher education.
Tutorial services Career exploration and aptitude assessments Mentoring programs Information on postsecondary institutions; education or counseling
services designed to improve the financial and economic literacy of college-bound students
Academic, financial, career, or personal counseling including advice on entry or re-entry to secondary or postsecondary programs
Exposure to college campuses through visits and overnight stays
Assistance in completing college admissions, financial aid applications, and college entrance exams
Special activities and fieldtrips In-school workshops for students and programming for the
families of participants
• Over a lifetime, a college graduate can expect to earn $1 million more than a high school graduate.
• On average, college graduates have lower unemployment rates than high school graduates– even in tough economic times.
• College graduates have more jobs to choose from.
• College gets you out of your neighborhood and into a bigger world. It can open doors you never imagined.
• People see you as a leader when you are the first in your family to go to college.
• When you have a college education, you make better decisions as a consumer.
• People who go to college live longer.
STUDY SKILLS & REVIEW STRATEGIESCRITICAL THINKING
SKILLSLearn to evaluate everything that you see, read, hear, or experience; decide for yourself what to believe
IMPORTANCE WHO THEY ARE
• Enhance common sense
• Filter emotion
• Categorize experiences
• Select references
• Understand the “experts”
• Sort fact from opinion
• Learn to express yourself in a clear and interesting manner
• Able to resist manipulation
• Able to overcome confusion
• Able to perceive connections between subjects and events
• Able to base judgments on evidence and facts
• Able to realize that the “truth” is never simple; gray or unclear areas always exist
College Visits
Guest speakers & student panels
College awareness
programming for families
In-school workshops
Volunteer opportunities
Summer camps
Focus groups
After-school activities
Student leadership conferences
ACT prep
Student development retreats
Arts & cultural events
What can you expect from TRiO ETS?
I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth. ~Sonia Sotomayor
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