Saturday, October 25, 2014

College Visits the Week of October 28, 2014

Mount Ida College
10/27
Support
CCC
Haverford College
10/27
Lunch
CCC
Ohio State University
10/28
Lunch
CCC
University of Montana
10/28
Lunch
CCC
Syracuse Visual and Performing Arts
10/29
Lunch
CCC
Willamette University
10/30
Lunch
CCC
US Marines
10/31
Lunch
CCC
Otis College of Art and Deign
11/1
12:30 pm
At Otis


Mount Ida College

Mount Ida College is a small private college in Newton, Massachusetts (8 miles from Boston) with an undergraduate enrollment of 1,268 students.  Popular majors include veterinary health technology, business, dental hygiene, fashion merchandising, and mortuary science.  Mount Ida competes in NCAA Div. III.

Mount Ida College

Haverford College

Haverford College is a small, highly-selective (US News) liberal arts college located in Haverford, PA just 10 miles outside of Philly. Haverford students (1,200 enrollment) have a unique arrangement with Bryn Mawr College, an all women’s college harking back to the days when Haverford was all male.  Students from either college may not only take classes at either school, but may also eat in either dining hall and live in either school’s dorms.  Cross registration for classes also extends to nearby Swarthmore and University of Pennsylvania.  Haverford is known for its strong honor code which permeates all aspects of student life. The “Fords” compete in NCAA Div. III and have the only varsity cricket team in the nation.

Haverford College

The Ohio State University

Located in the state capital, Columbus, Ohio State is big in every way.  The biggest of the Big Ten, OSU has 40,000 undergrads and offers 175 majors in 19 colleges.  Its huge sports program fields 39 varsity teams, 50 intramural teams, and another 50 sports clubs.  It stands on 3,000 acres making it the third largest campus in the nation.  Notable programs include business, education, industrial design, African American Studies, and engineering.  OSU’s honors program limits class size to 25 students and are taught by professors.

The Ohio State University

University of Montana

The flagship campus of the University of Montana system, University of Montana is located in Missoula and enrolls just under 10,000 students on one of the nation’s most beautiful campuses.  Part of the WUE program, the scholarship is competitive for out-of-state students but greatly reduces the cost of attendance. Popular majors include business, social sciences, natural resources and conservation, and psychology.  The Montana Grizzlies compete in the Big Sky Conference.

University of Montana

Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts

Syracuse’s VPA is the largest professional college on campus and houses the departments of Art, Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Design, Drama, Transmedia (computer art, film and video, and photography), and the Setnor School of Music which also houses the popular Bandier Program, a selective program that prepares students for the music industry. The VPA offers 33 undergraduate programs and grants several degrees including a BA, BS, BFA, BID (Bachelor of Industrial Design) and BM.

Syracuse VPA - Steamroller printmaking on the quad

Willamette University

Located in Oregon’s state capital of Salem, Willamette is a beautiful liberal arts college of 2,000 undergrads.  Literally across the street from the state capitol building, Willamette students have a unique opportunity for internships there as well as at the state Supreme Court.  Popular majors include politics, economics, biology, psychology, and history.  There is an extensive study abroad program which also benefits from programs with neighboring Tokyo International University of America.  Willamette students can take Japanese language and culture classes at TIUA and then are placed in homestays in Japan.  The Bearcats compete in NCAA Div. III.

Willamette University


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