College Visits the Week of October 19, 2014

Loyola Marymount	10/19	10:00 am	Loyola Marymount – See Naviance
University of Colorado – Boulder	10/19	1:30 pm	Warner Center Marriott, Woodland Hills
Western Washington University	10/20	12:55 pm	CCC
University of San Diego	10/20	12:55 pm	CCC
DePaul University	10/20	7:00 pm	Hilton Pasadena – See Naviance
University of Chicago	10/21	Support	CCC
IDC Herzliyah	10/21	Lunch	CCC
Otterbein University	10/21	Lunch	CCC
Georgetown University	10/21	7:00 pm	Loyola High School – RSVP necessary see Naviance
Northern Arizona University	10/22	Support	CCC
University of Maryland	10/22	Support	CCC
Georgetown University	10/23		Flintridge Preparatory School - RSVP necessary see Naviance
CSU – Channel Islands	10/22	Lunch	A1
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music	10/23	Support	CCC
Art Center College of Design	10/23	Lunch	CCC
Sarah Lawrence College	10/23	7:00 pm	New Roads School – See Naviance
Visual and Performing Arts Fair	10/25	1:00 pm	UCLA, Ackerman Union

Loyola Marymount University

LMU is a medium-sized Roman Catholic university right in LA overlooking the Pacific with strong programs in film and television, business, and engineering.  A number of programs are designed to support freshmen so their first year is successful.  Opportunities for internships and studying abroad are plentiful.  LMU competes in Div. I athletics.

Loyola Marymount

University of Colorado - Boulder

Located in the small city of Boulder nestled in the scenic Rocky Mountains, the University of Colorado enrolls 24,000 undergraduates.  Consistently among the top universities to receive NASA funding, Aerospace Engineering is a strong program along with the sciences, psychology, and music. Varsity teams now compete in the Pac-12 and CU-Boulder’s club sports program is ranked among the nation’s top three for the athletic and academic performance of its teams.

Western Washington University

Western Washington University is a public university with an undergraduate enrollment of just over 14,000 students. Located in Bellingham on Bellingham Bay, Western Washington is just a one hour drive south of Vancouver and a 1½ hour drive north of Seattle.  It has recently received national recognition from US News as being the the highest-ranking public, master’s granting university in the Pacific Northwest and Kiplinger’s has Western listed on its 2014 100 Best Values in Public Colleges and Universities.  Western offers a strong honors program for highly motivated students and 92% of freshmen live on campus.  The Vikings compete in NCAA Div. II.

Western Washington University

University of San Diego

University of San Diego is a Roman Catholic university located two miles north of downtown San Diego.  Known for its beautiful campus and strong programs in business and engineering, USD enrolls 5,211 undergrads and offers over 60 degrees in six schools.  The Toreros compete in NCAA Div. I.  

University of San Diego

University of Chicago

University of Chicago is a private university with 5,000 undergrads and a student population of 10,000 in the Chicago community of Hyde Park.  Known for its comprehensive Common Core and academic rigor, strong programs include economics and all the social sciences as well as linguistics, the biological sciences and math.  Undergrads may take classes at any of the university’s graduate and professional schools.  With only 9% of applicants accepted, US News considers U of Chicago “most selective”.  The “Maroons” compete in NCAA Div. 3.

University of Chicago

IDC Herzliyah

Interested in going to school in Israel? At IDC-Herzliya, students can get a BA in Business, Government, Psychology, or Communications in only 3 years through programs taught entirely in English.  Founded in 1994, IDC-Herzliya is the first private college in Israel.  A world-renowned faculty at its Raphael Recanati International School teaches students from 82 countries.  Additionally, IDC has exchange programs with 40 universities throughout the world.

IDC Herzliyah

Otterbein University

Located in suburban Westerville, Ohio, Otterbein is a small university with 2,500 undergraduates.  It was founded in the United Methodist tradition and offers both liberal arts and professional studies curricula.  Popular majors include Business, Nursing, and the Arts.

Otterbein University

Northern Arizona University

Located in beautiful Flagstaff, Arizona, Northern Arizona University enrolls 21,000 undergrads with 40% coming from outside of Arizona.  Flagstaff experiences all four seasons with 300 days of sunshine annually.  Popular majors include business, education, and the liberal arts and sciences.  Through the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE), admitted California students will pay 1.5 times the instate tuition or $13,680 for the 2014-15 academic year for students of all majors except nursing and dental hygiene.  Furthermore, NAU pledges not to raise tuition for 4 years.  The Lumberjacks compete in NCAA Division I. 

Northern Arizona University

University of Maryland

University of Maryland may be in College Park, Maryland, technically, but it is an excellent public university that is on the Washington, D.C. Metro just like Georgetown, GW, and American.  Maryland has earned a strong reputation for its Engineering, Journalism, and Political Science programs. Over 24,000 undergrads call University of Maryland home and school spirit is big here.  The Terrapins compete in NCAA Div. I and basketball is king.

University of Maryland

Cal State Channel Islands

The youngest of the Cal States, Channel Islands is located in Camarillo and has an undergraduate enrollment of only a little over 4,000 students.  The university offers over 30 academic programs.

Cal State Channel Islands

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music

Located in the heart of Greenwich Village, a hub for the New York jazz scene, lies “The New School” which offers jazz students a creative and progressive curriculum resulting in a BFA or a dual degree BA-BFA in five years in conjunction with The New School’s Eugene Lang College for Liberal Arts.

The New School

Art Center College of Design

Located in Pasadena, Art Center College of Design enrolls over 1,700 undergrads. The Art Center offers 11 undergrad degrees and houses one of the oldest advertising programs in the nation as well as the top-ranked program in industrial design (DesignIntelligence).  Undergrads can earn a degree in such innovative fields as transportation design and environmental design as well as more traditional art fields such as illustration and photography.

Art Center College of Design

Questions?  

Please contact Elise Aries in the College and Career Center 818-889-1262 ext. 375 or email: ahsccc@lvusd.org