Reach High Scholars Tonights Program Why Attend a

Reach High Scholars

Tonight’s Program § Why Attend a Highly Competitive College? § You Can Afford It – Even in This Economy § How to Get In § Progress to Date of the Reach High Scholars Program

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

Salary Potential From Highly Competitive Colleges Ivy League Schools Median Salaries ($$) Starting Mid-Career 56, 200 -66, 500 107, 000 -134, 000 Large State Universities 52, 600 -59, 900 93, 000 -112, 000 Small Liberal Arts Colleges 46, 100 -54, 500 85, 800 -110, 000 Engineering Schools 71, 800 -75, 500 122, 000 -126, 000 UNH 41, 800 78, 300 Source: www. payscale. com. Based on graduates with Bachelors degrees (and no higher degrees)

You Classmates May Become Famous Amherst Bates Bowdoin Brown Dartmouth Harvard Princeton Tufts Calvin Coolidge, Dan Brown Bryant Gumbel Franklin Pierce, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry W. Longfellow John D. Rockefeller, Jr. , John F. Kennedy, Jr. , Mary Chapin Carpenter Daniel Webster, Robert Frost, Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Al Gore, Bill Gates Woodrow Wilson, Ralph Nader, Michelle Obama, Bill Bradley Bill Richardson, Tracy Chapman

You Can Afford It – Even in This Economy § Financial aid is the one sacrosanct expense category that is not being reduced. § Many highly-competitive colleges have: - increased the aid budget for next year - eliminated or reduced student loans. § This results in increased admissions competition

Endowment per Student at Selected Colleges Endowment ($million) # of Students Endowment/Student ($000) Princeton 15, 787 6, 898 2, 288. 63 Yale 22, 530 11, 390 1, 978. 05 Harvard 34, 635 19, 139 1, 809. 66 Stanford 17, 165 14, 890 1, 152. 79 Amherst 1, 662 1, 648 1, 008. 50 Williams 1, 899 2, 049 926. 79 Dartmouth 3, 760 5, 849 642. 84 Duke 5, 910 12, 824 460. 85 780 1, 775 439. 15 2, 781 8, 025 346. 54 Wesleyan 711 2, 900 245. 17 St. Anselm 90 2, 000 45. 00 UNH 116 13, 547 8. 56 Hamilton Brown

Great Schools, Great Prices Total Cost and Grants (Avg. 34 Top Colleges) Estimated “Sticker “ % Receiving Avg. Cost Avg. Discount Slslll Total Cost Price to After Grant From Cost From “Sticker” Need-Based to College Student Grants $70, 000 $47, 116 45% $20, 260 to College Price 71% 57% Student Debt Avg. of 14 Top Colleges For Which Data Available* % Grads w/ Debt 31% UNH St. Anselm * Five of which have eliminated student loans Avg. Amount of Debt $7, 655 $25, 000 82% $33, 36

Important Financial Aid Policies Need-Blind Admission vs. Need-Aware Admission § Need-Blind An applicant's ability to pay for their education will not be a factor in the admission decision. Financial need is not taken into consideration when deciding to admit, wait list or deny an applicant. § Need-Aware Account is taken of the ability of the applicant to pay the full cost. A portion of the incoming class will receive financial aid based on their needs. Once most of the available aid funds are committed, acceptances will be based on an ability of applicants to pay substantially all of the full cost.

Important Financial Aid Policies (cont. ) Need-Based Financial Aid vs. Merit-Based Scholarships § Need-Based Aid Solely on the basis of financial need. The aid is not based on academic merit, athletic ability or special talents. It remains available so long as the financial need exists. § Merit-Based Scholarships awarded for academic, athletic and other extracurricular achievement. The awards are frequently without regard to financial need and normally are subject to continuing fulfillment of certain conditions.

Steps to Get Into a Highly Competitive College Start working on these in freshman year: § § § High school courses and grades Activities and sports Standardized tests Supplemental academic activities Familiarization with colleges RHS is not well known in Admissions Offices

Supplemental Academic Activities Residential Summer Programs: Private Boarding Schools Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT Phillips Academy Summer Session, Andover, MA Philips Exeter Academy Summer School, Exeter NH St. Paul’s School Advanced Studies Program, Concord NH Universities Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Lenox MA Brown University, Summer@Brown, Providence RI Dartmouth College, Summer Enrichment At Dartmouth, Hanover NH Harvard University, Secondary School Program, Cambridge MA Johns Hopkins, Center for Talented Youth, Baltimore MD Research Science Institute at Caltech and MIT, Pasadena CA & Cambridge MA

RHS Students Attending Summer Programs St. Paul’s School Advanced Studies Program Karry Anne Belanger ………………Intro to Chinese Language & Culture Cassie Chamberlain………………. . Studio Arts Randy Carlson……………Artificial Intelligence Holly Montmarquet…………………. Ecology Cassie Tracey……………. Molecular Biology Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School Sophomores: Kristina Francoeur Freshman: Collin Spinney Samantha Harmon Jake Leavitt Jonathan Lemay Ami Neeper Abrielle Webster

Supplemental Academic Activities § Residential School-Year Program (one term): § The Mountain School of Milton Academy, Vershire, VT § On-line Honors and AP Courses: § Virtual Learning Academy Charter School, Exeter, NH

Acceptance Rates at Selected Highly Competitive Colleges for Class of 2013 College Harvard Yale Stanford Princeton MIT Brown Dartmouth Amherst Bowdoin Wesleyan Middlebury Bates Cornell Hamilton Colby % Applicants Accepted 7 7. 5 7. 6 9. 8 10. 2 10. 8 12 15. 8 18. 5 22 22. 2 25. 1 26. 1 29 33. 9 SAT 25 th-75 th Percentile 1400 -1590 1340 -1550 1390 -1580 1380 -1560 1330 -1530 1330 -1550 1330 -1530 1300 -1470 1300 -1490 1260 -1410 1290 -1500 1280 -1460 1280 -1440 # of RHS Class of ‘ 09 on W/L 1 2 1 1 (w/ trans. option) 2 2

Next Tier “Competitive” Colleges National Universities USN RHS Univ. of Rochester 35 Fordham 61 Univ. of Wisconsin 35 Miami of Ohio 66 Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. 41 1 Purdue 66 Penn State 47 1 Virginia Tech 71 Univ. of Florida 49 Worcester Polytechnic Inst. 71 Tulane 51 Clark 80 1 Univ. of Miami 51 Univ. of Vermont 89 1 Syracuse 53 Univ. of Massachusetts 102 2 Boston University 60 UNH Honors 113 6 1 USN = Ranking in U. S. News & World Report, America's Best Colleges, 2009 Ed. RHS = # of RHS Class of '09 accepted

Next Tier “Competitive” Colleges Liberal Arts Colleges USN RHS USN Macalester College 25 Gettysburg College 49 Colorado College 30 Reed College 54 Kenyon College 32 St. Lawrence 58 Univ. of Richmond 33 Wheaton 58 Bard 37 Hobart & William Smith 68 Franklin & Marshall College 42 Bennington 104 Union College 42 Hampshire 104 Dickinson College 45 St. Michaels 104 Skidmore College 47 Stonehill 115 USN = Ranking in U. S. News & World Report, America's Best Colleges, 2009 Ed. RHS = # of RHS Class of '09 accepted RHS 1 1 1