Archive for the ‘Financial Aid and Scholarships’ Category

Scholarship opportunity for community college students

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Note from Dan Arp, Dean of the University Honors College (UHC): To our Community College Partners: I want to bring to your attention a new scholarship opportunity for students transferring from a Community College in Oregon to the University Honors College at Oregon State University. This opportunity is supported by a grant from the National [...]

OSU top choice for Portland’s high achieving students

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Included in the feature on the front of today’s Oregonian – “Top grads have the brains but lack the bucksâ€? — are some extraordinary statistics, uncovered by the Oregonian in its survey ofâ€?456 valedictorians and straight-A seniors at 97 metro-area public and private high schoolsâ€?: Top college choices Oregon State (50) University of Oregon (37) [...]

Rodgers Brothers to Keynote Kaleidoscope

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

James and Jacquizz Rodgers are scheduled to open the annual Kaleidoscope of Colleges and Cultures (KCC) on Saturday, April 18th with a keynote address. KCC is an annual event designed to assist students, especially those in underrepresented groups including first-generation and low-income, to better understand what college, college academics and the college search process is [...]

College of Liberal Arts Scholarship applications are online

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

I was notified that CLA now has their scholarship page online and the applications available. http://oregonstate.edu/cla/student_opp/scholarships The deadline for all applications is 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 3, 2009. The scholarship committee would appreciate your assistance in getting the word about the scholarships. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you. [...]

Engineering Scholarship Application now available

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

From the College of Engineering at OSU: The College of Engineering scholarship application for the 2009-2010 academic year is now available at: https://secure.engr.oregonstate.edu/scholarship/ You are eligible to apply if you are either: (1) a current OSU COE student OR (2) a transfer student applying for Fall, 2009 professional school program admission. We highly encourage all [...]

International Baccalaureate conversation

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

I came across this interesting op-ed at the Washington Post. The gist of the opinion is that most schools around the U.S. have not given IB the same consideration as the more long-standing AP exam for advanced credit while in high school. Jay Matthews from the Washington Post: American education has a tattered reputation in [...]

Bridge to Success Program Covering More Students Than Anticipated

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Great news from the Gazette Times this morning. OSU’s Bridge to Success Program is covering more students than anticipated at inception. More students are taking advantage of Oregon State University’s “Bridge to Successâ€? program than its creators expected. Announced last spring to begin with this fall’s term, the program was expected to cover fees and [...]

Beware of Financial Aid Scams

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

We try to avoid re purposing material here at the Admissions Blog. Today, we’ll make an exception for an excellent post on AdmissionsAdvice.com about Financial Aid, or more specifically, scholarship scams. You’re worried about paying for college, and the letter that just arrived in your mailbox sounds like an answer to those worries. It’s inviting [...]

Application Deadline Question–Follow Up

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

We received a good question from Lisa in the comment section of our post regarding the Application for fall 2009 at OSU: OSU’s regular application deadline is listed as Sept. 1st on collegeboard.com and I suspect that it may be a type-o. My daughter is looking into OSU for Fall 2009. Can you also explain [...]

Applying for Scholarships With OSU Colleges

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

So… You applied for admission and completed the scholarship app. Now, you might be wondering if there are other ways for you to apply for scholarships at OSU. Thanks to our fearless web guru, Dan Crouch, here’s a list of links to scholarship applications by college. Ag Science Business Education Engineering: (For Women and Minorities. [...]

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