1. 1. Please work on The Last of College Terms worksheet 2. Sign attendance sheet/get snack 3. Make sure you mark what size t-shirt you would like! 4. We do not need laptops until later, so don’t worry about getting one 5. Relax before class Thank you! *^^*

2.  A binding commitment a student makes when he/she applies to a school. If the student is accepted, he/she must attend the school

3.  If a student sends his/her application in by an early deadline, he/she will be notified of his/her application status in December rather than in April. This decision, however, is not binding

4.  Normal process by which students apply to a school by published deadlines, with promise of receiving an admissions decision by April 1

5.  Applications are reviewed as they arrive in the college’s admissions office. With this type of admissions process, the earlier an application is submitted, the better

6.  Practice ACT exam  For those of you who have not yet taken a practice ACT exam…  For those of you who took the practice ACT exam, next Thursday will be a make-up day  Let’s finish our resumes!  This is the last day that we will be working on resumes

7.  What the next four classes will hold for us…  We will start essays on Tuesday!  Financial aid and scholarships, introduction to standardized testing, and career exploration

9.  Main campus is located in Baton Rouge, LA  A large, public university with 23,977 total undergrads  79.6% acceptance rate  Tuition and Fees: $22,265  Total cost of attendance: $36,983 per year  79% of financial need is met by aid  64% of freshman who needed aid received it  Graduation rate is 62%  Retention rate is 84%

10.  Student-faculty ratio is 23:1  Most popular majors: Business, Management and Marketing (18%), Education (9%) Engineering (9%)  ACT score range: 22-28  SAT score range: 1030-1240  LSU's landscaping is listed among the 20 best campuses in America in Thomas Gaines's The Campus as a Work of Art  Home of The Southern Review, one of the world's most prestigious literary journals  Famous graduates: Shaquille O'Neal, Sylvia Fowles (WNBA), and Kenneth Brown (Host of HGTV's show "ReDesign“)  Mascot, Mike VI, is a live Bengal-Siberian Tiger mix that lives in a 15,000 square foot habitat across from Tiger Stadium

11.  Located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley  A medium, four year, private university  6,988 total undergrads  Tuition and fees: $41,787  Total cost: $58,536  100% of financial need is met by aid  83% of freshmen who need aid had it met  Average 1 st year financial aid package: $41,415  Graduation rate is 96%  Retention rate is 98%  6.6% selective rate – VERY competitive

12.  Student-faculty ratio is 5:1  Most popular majors: Computer Science, Human Biology, Engineering, Biology, and Economics  #1 on US News 2013 Best Business Schools list  #2 on US News 2012 Best Engineering Schools list  #5 on The Times Higher Education World University Rankings for best Engineering and Technology list (in the world)  SAT score range: 1360-1550  ACT score range: 30-34  Famous graduates: Jennifer Connelly (actress), Tiger Woods (golfer), John Elway (NFL), John McEnroe (tennis), Sergey Brin and Larry Page (Google founders), John Steinbeck (author)

13. Tell me about someone who has made an impact on your life and explain how AND why this person is important to you.

14.  I would like for us to be done with resumes by the end of today’s class. *^^*

15.  Clean up the room!  Email me your resume as an ATTACHMENT