1. ”RighT-FiT” COLLEGES Benjamin N. Cardozo High School College Office
Meagan Colby, Principal
Sheila Clark, Assistant Principal of Pupil Personnel Services
Doris Corporan, College Counselor

2. Factors to consider Size Location Distance from home
Available majors and classes
Housing options
Available extracurricular activities
Campus atmosphere
Urban vs. Suburban

3. Do Your Homework
Attend your college interview with your College Counselor during Junior Year
Use online search engines like collegeboard.org, cuny.edu, suny.edu
Check out colleges’ student blogs, if available
Meet college admissions officials-here at the College Fair!
Ask admission officials to recommend current students or recent graduates to talk to
Visit college campuses, if possible

4. How do you get this information?
Keep Perspective
Safeties: Your SAT or ACT score is higher than the average score range of last year’s freshman class.
Matches: Your SAT or ACT score is solidly in the same score range as last year’s freshman class.
Reaches: Your SAT or ACT score is lower than the average score range of last year’s freshman class.
How do you get this information?

5. Lists college admissions results of the previous year’s freshman class
Freshman profile
Lists college admissions results of the previous year’s freshman class
Let’s look at a few…..

6. CUNY Freshman profile

7. SUNY Freshman profile

8. SUNY Freshman Profile-A closer look

9. Access Freshman profiles online
CUNY
assets/admissions/undergraduate/downloads/Admission-Profile-2019-In-State- Freshman.pdf
SUNY
sheets/Admissions_qf_stateop.pdf
Private and Out of State Colleges and Universities
Simply google the name of the college, along with the words “freshman profile”
For example, search: “Hofstra Freshman Profile”

10. SEEK/College Discovery, EOP & HEOP
Programs funded by New York state designed to meet the needs of students who are considered to be economically disadvantaged and academically underprepared.
Students receive additional financial aid and support services
CUNY: SEEK/College Discovery
SUNY: Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)
Private Colleges & Universities: Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)
These Freshman Profiles are different for eligible students

11. SEEK/College Discovery, EOP, HEOP Income requirements
Household Size  (including head of household)
Total Annual Income 1
$23,107 2
$31,284 3
$39,461 4
$47,638 5
$55,815 6
$63,992 7
$72,169 8
$80,346*
*For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $8,177 for each additional person.

12. SEEK/College Discovery, EOP, HEOP academic requirements

13. Gems in our own backyard Local Colleges and their Top Programs

14. Interested in teaching?
Hunter College
Queens College
City College
Brooklyn College
New Paltz
Cortland

15. Interested in engineering?
City College
New York City College of Technology
Binghamton University
Stony Brook University
Columbia University
Cooper Union

16. Interested in Business?
Baruch College
Queens College
Stony Brook University
New Paltz
New York University

17. Interested in nursing? Hunter College York College
Queensborough Community College
Molloy College
Stony Brook University
Plattsburgh

18. Interested in Pharmaceutical sciences?
University at Buffalo
St. John’s University
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Long Island University-Brooklyn

19. Interested in Computer Science?
Queens College
City College
Hunter College
Queensborough Community College
New York City College of Technology
Stony Brook University
Binghamton University

20. Want to look up colleges by a specific major?
CUNY
SUNY
All colleges in the US: College Board

21. Don’t forget to fill out your:
REMINDER for seniors
Don’t forget to fill out your:
Federal Financial Aid Application
fasfa.gov
TAP
hesc.ny.gov
Excelsior Scholarship (income must be under $125,000)