Staff of Independent Colleges of Washington have spent the last two weeks on the “WCHSCR Tour”—a series of 10 workshops put on by the Washington Council for High School-College Relations. It’s a chance for high school guidance counselors and college admission counselors to sit down and share information about what’s happening on their campuses.
One of our main goals for the tour is to share information about our college planning Web site, ProjectOpportunity.net. The site, constructed with the help of many WCHSCR members and funded in part by a grant from the Ben B. Cheney Foundation, is a college planning guide for high school students, with calendars, deadlines, information about the application process, standardized testing, financial aid, and the other mysteries that sometimes trip up students and families when they’re considering college. ProjectOpportunity.net also includes information about our member institutions and reasons students should consider them: small classes, rigorous high-quality academic programs, and cost. Yes, cost; 90 percent of students at Washington’s independent colleges receive financial aid that brings the net cost within the reach even of those students of the most modest means.
We’ve recently set up a survey on the ProjectOpportunity.net site through which users can give us feedback. Any student who fills out the on-line survey is entered to win either a college scholarship or a Kindle! So check it out, learn about Washington colleges, and maybe get a little help paying for your education.
