Reach High Scholars Control your destiny www reachhighscholars

Reach High Scholars Control your destiny. www. reachhighscholars. org

Initiatives -- Information on highly competitive colleges and financial aid -- College visits -- Summer Enrichment Programs -- Raymond Roundtables -- College Fairs -- SAT Boot Camp -- Contributions for summer programs and pre-college expenses -- Reach High Scholars Club run by students “Mud on the Wall”

Why Attend a Highly Competitive College? • Greater intellectual stimulation from professors who are leaders in their field • An energized group of fellow students, many of whom will become future leaders • Availability of more academic facilities (classrooms, libraries, labs, etc. ) • More small, seminar-type classes • Better job opportunities after graduation • Better chance of acceptance in top graduate schools (business, law, medicine) • Better long-term support system among alumni and faculty • More attractive financial aid opportunities

80 Highly Competitive Colleges RHS Alumni Who Had Graduated or Were Attending Before Class of ’ 11: 20 Recent Years Class of ’ 07 Class of ’ 08 Class of ’ 09 Class of ’ 10 Class of ’ 11 Acceptances 3 2 2 1 21 Now Attending 1 1 6

“The Harder I Work, the Luckier I Get” The Serious Six: Jake Leavitt Samantha Harmon Ami Neeper Kristina Francoeur Jesse Hardman Jonathan Lemay Brown Dartmouth Holy Cross Skidmore

2011 Acceptances at Highly Competitive Colleges % Accepted Brown Dartmouth Washington & Lee Williams Tufts Wesleyan Colgate Holy Cross Connecticut College RPI Skidmore Grinnell Smith Hobart & Wm. Smith Wheaton UNH SAT 25 -75 th Percentile 8. 7 9. 7 17. 0 17. 1 21. 8 24. 0 29. 0 33. 2 38. 0 41. 8 44. 3 45. 5 56. 0 59. 0 1980 -2295 1995 -2325 1980 -2220 1965 -2295 2040 -2250 1935 -2250 1905 -2160 1815 -2055 1710 -2010 1905 -2175 1725 -2025 1830 -2110 1785 -2100 1725 -1965 1695 -2025 72. 0 1545 -1860

Steps to Get Into a Highly Competitive College § Standardized tests § Excellent grades in challenging (honors and AP) courses § Non-academic excellence (sports, art, performing arts § School leadership and contributions in the community § Summer academic enrichment programs § Familiarization with colleges § Interviews RHS is not well known in some Admissions Offices

Mud on the Wall SAT Tests SAT II Three took it three times; two took it twice Range of best scores: 1850 -2300 Avg. : 2090 (out of 2400) # taken: 21. Avg. # of tests per student: 3. 5. Avg. of all scores: 680 (out of 800) Advanced Placement Tests American History (Junior Year) 4 x “ 5” and 2 x “ 4” Total for Two Years: 19 Tests. Avg. score 4. 37 Summer Enrichment Programs Phillips Exeter (6), St. Paul’s (2), Brown (1) and Middlebury-Monterey (1)

Mud on the Wall (cont. ) College Visits 81 visits. Average of 13. 5 per student Admissions Office and Alumni Interviews 39 interviews (average of 6. 5 per student) College Applications Total Applications: Highly Competitive Colleges: 57 (average 9. 5 per student) 39 applications 20 acceptances (3. 3 per student) 12 wait lists (2 per student) 7 rejections Next-Tier-competitive (i. e. , good) colleges: 18 applications 17 acceptances 1 wait list

Important Financial Aid Policies § Need-Blind Admission vs. Need-Aware Admission § Need-Based Financial Aid vs. Merit-Based Scholarships § Grants, Loans and Student Jobs § Treatment of Outside Scholarships § FAFSA, CSS Profile and Tax Returns

Endowment per Student and Financial Aid Endowment per student ($000) Williams Grinnell Dartmouth Smith Washington & Lee Brown Colgate Holy Cross Wesleyan Tufts Skidmore Wheaton Connecticut College RPI Hobart & Wm. Smith UNH 719 714 501 478 458 259 216 185 171 128 106 95 93 84 72 20 Financial Aid Need based | Need blind | Academic | Athletic x x x x x x x x

Middle School Summer Programs Phillips Exeter Academy –Access Exeter After grades 7 or 8. Five weeks. Boarding or Day Students. Significant Financial Aid. Students take three courses in one of six thematic areas: Project Exeter: A Greener Earth The Land the Sea Problem-Solving: An Odyssey of the Mind The Global Community The Creative Arts Exeter C. S. I. : Crime Scene Investigation

Middle School Summer Programs (cont. ) Phillips Andover Academy -- Lower School Institute After grade 8. Five weeks. Boarding or Day Students. Significant Financial Aid. Each student is in one of the following interdisciplinary institutes: Charting the Natural World: Marine Biology Meets Math Express Yourself: A Study of Literature, Performance and Film

Middle School Summer Programs (cont. ) Brown University -- SPARK-Science for Middle School After grades 7 or 8. One or two week courses. Boarding Students. Significant Financial Aid Students Select One of the Following Courses: From Brain to Sensation So You Want to be a Scientist? Where Rivers Meet the Sea: Ecology of Narragansett Bay Hello from Mars The Design of the Human Machine The Laboratory Detective Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Universe Understanding the Human Body: An Exploration of Anatomy Designing Mobile Machines: Robot Rover Derby Jr. Nanotechnology: The Small Wonder from Atom to Space

Raymond Roundtables A summer enrichment program in Raymond for Middle School students. English Course and Math Course conducted by teachers from Phillips Exeter Academy. “Harkness Method” of teaching. 50 minute classes, three times per week for about four weeks. About 12 students in each class and some take both courses. Cost for each course: $150. Financial aid is available.

Reach High Scholars Program Contributions Received or Committed to Date Donors Amount ($$) Partridge Foundation Individuals (five) United Way Sovereign Bank Foundation Franklin Mutual Life RHSAA 24, 000 20, 575 10, 000 2, 500 1, 625 1, 500 Total Contributions ($$) 60, 200

Reach High Scholars Program Grants Made or Committed to Date Institutions Amount ($$) SEAD PEA: Raymond Roundtables 2011 5, 550 Summer School Financial Aid: 2010 5, 950 2011 9, 000 PEA TOTAL: 34, 000 Total Grants ($$) 54, 500 20, 500