High school students can build powerful college lists. Here are some tips to help. I recommend a 4x4 approach. Four Cal States, Four UCs, Four Privates, Four Scholarship.s You can adapt this approach to your students.

1. BUILD A GREAT
COLLEGE LIST
Dr. Rebecca Joseph
California State University, Los Angeles
getmetocollege@gmail.com; @getmetocollege

2. What Colleges Look For
• GPA
• Rigor
• Test scores
• Resume
• Applications
• Recommendations
• Essays
• Portfolio

3. Making the Right List

4. Different Colleges
• They come in all shapes and
sizes. Some are very selective.
• The Ivy League is the top tier
with many of their colleges
only accepting 4 to 10% of
students who apply.
• There are middle level and
small colleges all over. The
large majority are desperately
seeking diverse students, and
they can’t find them.
• Their costs range from
$10,000 to $73,000 per year
include tuition, room, board,
and other costs.

5. Ways to Build a List

6. 4 x 4 Ways to Build A List
• Make sure you have
– Four Cal States
– Four Ucs
– Four to Eight Privates
– Four Scholarships
• Find them at each college
• Find outside ones

7. Factors to Include
• Affordability
• Ability to get in
• Academic options
• Location
• Size
• Extracurricular options
• Rah-rah
• Career Readiness
• The Perfect Balance

8. Example: Engineering
Marquette
Lehigh
MIT

9. Two More
UCSD
Drexel

10. Let’s Compare

11. Do Your Research-Marquette

12. Lehigh

13. Drexel

14. MIT

15. UCSD

16. Another Different Pathway

17. How Do I Find These Schools?
• How do I find these schools?
– First, you need to know match
colleges. These are based on
your academic profile—
including grades and test
scores.
– They also depend on level of
involvement in activities and
work. Artistic and athletic
talents can make a difference.
– Passions also matter—as
there are schools for African
American Students, all
women, technology, and more.

18. Visit Colleges
• In person
• College fairs
• Books
– Fiske
– Colleges That Change
Lives
• Online
– College Week Live
– College Greenlight
– Big Future

19. Upcoming Free College Fairs
Cash for College
Pasadena Convention Center,
Tuesday, April 9

20. Online Matchmaking

21. Online College Fairs
https://www.collegeweeklive.com/event-schedule

22. Western Undergraduate
Exchange
http://outofstatecollegefairs.org/western-
undergraduate-exchange-wue-faqs/

23. Affording College

24. External Scholarships

25. Great Free Guide
https://roybal-allard.house.gov/students/

26. Internal Merit Scholarships

27. College Greenlight

28. Cost of Attendance

29. Great Choices-Limited or No Debt

30. Contact Me
Rebecca Joseph, PhD
getmetocollege@gmail.com or rjoseph@calstatela.edu
@getmetocollege
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