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College News 4-21-05

FairTest's list of more than 700 accredited, baccalaureate degree granting undergraduate institutions which do not require SAT or ACT scores before making admissions decisions about many or all applicants remains available online at:

Next Week:

Southern Oregon University – Danny Ames will be here on Wednesday, April 27 at 11:30am.

University of Puget Sound – Todd Orwig will be here on Thursday, April 28 at 8:10am.

Please meet in the living room of Cooper House.

Online Scholarship: Horatio Alger Association www.horatioalger.com/scholarships.

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Nancy Ulin
Director, College Counseling
Seabury Hall
480 Olinda Road
Makawao, HI 96768
(808) 572-7235 phone (808) 572-7196 fax

College News 4-15-05

Upcoming College Representatives Scheduled

4/19 Santa Monica College-Esther Hugo 2:00pm

4/22-23 Ms. Ulin at HACAC in HNL

4/26 College Fair in HNL, Hawaii Convention Center

4/27 Southern Oregon University- Danny Ames 11:30am

4/28 University of Puget Sound Todd Orwig 8:00am

4/30 Culinary Expo for all UH Culinary Arts Programs

Please visit NACAC’s “Prevent Scholarship Scams” Web site at: http://www.nacac.com/preventscams.html. From this site, you can review the latest national news on scholarship scams and find a list of compliance actions taken against companies by the Federal Trade Commission under the Scholarship Fraud and Prevention Act of 2000. If you think you have been scammed, you can report the incident immediately to the Federal Trade Commission online through a form available via the NACAC link above.

Juniors: The next ACT test will be given on June 11. The deadline for registration is 5/6/05. Go to www.act.org and sign up for the test with writing!

The next SAT Reasoning and Subject Test Exams will be given on May 7. The registration deadline for this date has passed, however, you could try to be a walk-on that morning. The SAT exams on June 4 have a deadline to sign up by 5/11/05. Go to www.collegeboard.com to register.

Have a nice weekend!

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Nancy Ulin
Director, College Counseling
Seabury Hall
480 Olinda Road
Makawao, HI 96768
(808) 572-7235 phone (808) 572-7196 fax

College News 3-28-05

Welcome back!

Here is a recent reference to SAT II’s or as they are now known, SAT Subject Tests. Note several schools will accept the ACT in place of the SAT Subject Tests.

http://www.compassprep.com/admissions_req_subjects.aspx

The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii is hiring Summer Interns. I have attached their flyer.

The Ian Doan Smith Memorial Scholarship deadline has been extended to May 27. Also, they have a new mailing address: 1043 Makawao Avenue, Suite 208, Makawao, HI 96768.

Be sure to check out the new scholarships on the Seabury Hall website!

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Nancy Ulin
Director, College Counseling
Seabury Hall
480 Olinda Road
Makawao, HI 96768
(808) 572-7235 phone (808) 572-7196 fax

College News 3-11-05

Juniors: Good Luck tomorrow – I know you are prepared and will do a fantastic job!

Reminder: You can still register for the ACT exam on April 9 with a late fee. www.act.org

The SAT subject tests given on May 7 have a deadline to register by March 25. www.collegeboard.com This exam will not be given at Seabury Hall due to the Craft Fair. Choose your location carefully.

Seniors: You should hear from all the college you have applied to by April 1. You have until May 1 to decide where you will deposit. Please keep me posted.

If you are planning on attending the University of Hawaii, Manoa, you must be at the meeting on March 30, 10:00am, Hawaiianna Room of the Library.

New scholarships are posted on the Seabury Hall website on a regular basis. Mr. Toda is listing them by due date. Keep checking!

http://www.seaburyhall.org/college/financialaid.html

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Nancy Ulin
Director, College Counseling
Seabury Hall
480 Olinda Road
Makawao, HI 96768
(808) 572-7235 phone (808) 572-7196 fax

College News 2-9-05

The Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers is hosting their annual Career Shadowing Program on Friday, February 25. The purpose of the program is to expose juniors who may be interested in a career in engineering to spend time with an active professional in their work setting. If you are interested, please let me know by Feb. 15.

Harvard Medical School has an opportunity for a summer program. Contact Vicky Holt Takamine at 808.754-2301

Be a sophomore or junior in high school

Be Native Hawaiian

Hold a 3.0 or higher

Have a desire to focus on issues of Native Hawaiian Health

Seniors: Keep checking the web site for scholarships. I am adding them on a daily basis. Mr. Toda is posting them by due date. Keep moving down on the page!!

http://www.seaburyhall.org/college/financialaid.html

Mahalo

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Nancy Ulin
Director, College Counseling
Seabury Hall
480 Olinda Road
Makawao, HI 96768
(808) 572-7235 phone (808) 572-7196 fax

College News 1-25-05

February 17^th First Hawaiian Bank College Night Program- All schools on Maui are invited to this program which will feature Dan Feldhaus of Iolani, Iris Nitta of Baldwin and Earle Hotta from Maui High School It will be held at the cafeteria starting at 5:30 PM. Maui High School

Mahalo to Mr. Earle Hotta of Maui High School for hosting this event!

Reminder: Hawaii Pacific University offers some wonderful scholarships that have a deadline of Feb 15. Take special note of the Rev. Frank E and Irene Butterworth Scholarship that is a full tuition scholarship that goes through Bishop Chang. The deadline is FEB 7. http://web1.hpu.edu/index.cfm?section_financialaid4296

Seniors: Keep checking the scholarship page on the Seabury Hall web site!

JUNIORS: Remember to bring a credit card number to class on Thursday/Friday. We will be signing up online for the SAT!

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Nancy Ulin
Director, College Counseling
Seabury Hall
480 Olinda Road
Makawao, HI 96768
(808) 572-7235 phone (808) 572-7196 fax

College News 1-19-05

Many thanks to Mr. Toda! All scholarships that come into my office will be posted online for you to download! Go to http://www.seaburyhall.org/college/financialaid.html

And be sure to check this on a regular basis as I am adding to it continuously.

Juniors: Our College Classes begin tomorrow! Check my door if you have questions.

Seniors: WOW! What a great job you have done. The acceptances and scholarships are outstanding. Congratulations to you.

Thinking about summer plans? The University of San Francisco is sponsoring a program in the arts for junior and senior high school students. Check it out at www.usfact1.com or call Peter Novak, Co-Chair, Visual and Performing Arts 415-422-5979 or email at novakp@usfca.edu.

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Nancy Ulin
Director, College Counseling
Seabury Hall
480 Olinda Road
Makawao, HI 96768
(808) 572-7235 phone (808) 572-7196 fax

College News 1-6-05

Passing on this information:

College Visits wanted to inform you of 2 upcoming college tours that are leaving from Hawaii. The first is a NORTHEAST COLLEGE TOUR: MARCH 17 - 27, 2005. The tour will be led by Mrs. Belinda Chung, College Counselor, St. Andrew's Priory and Mrs. Gwen Mau, College Counselor, Moanalua High School.

The second tour is a CALIFORNIA COLLEGE TOUR: MARCH 18 - 27, 2005. The tour will be led by Mrs. Lei Ann Haas, Counselor, Mid-Pacific Institute and Mr. Rich Haas, Teacher, Mid-Pacific Institute.

We need a few more students to sign up for each of these two tours to go. We hope that you will share the information with your students and families. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us directly, or the counselors who are leading the tours. Thank you! Have a great day.

Sincerely,
Catherine Clifton
Tour Coordinator
COLLEGE VISITS

215 East Bay Street / Suite 401
Charleston, SC 29401
(843) 853-8149 (843) 577-2813 FAX
Email: cvisits@aol.com / www.college-visits.com

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Nancy Ulin
Director, College Counseling
Seabury Hall
480 Olinda Road
Makawao, HI 96768
(808) 572-7235 phone (808) 572-7196 fax

College News 12-17-04

Talent Development Hawaii, a summer program for gifted students, will be offered this coming summer at the University of Hawaii. Talented students will be challenged to learn and excel beyond the school curriculum. The program is aimed at students from Hawaii from all socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds. www.math.hawaii.edu/talent

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday!

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Nancy Ulin
Director, College Counseling
Seabury Hall
480 Olinda Road
Makawao, HI 96768
(808) 572-7235 phone (808) 572-7196 fax

College News 12-3-04

A reminder that I will be visiting some California schools next week: Mt. St. Mary’s, Marymount, Otis, Cal-Arts, Cal Lutheran, and the University of Judaism. Please contact Karen Stephens with any questions or concerns.

A BIG Mahalo to Mr. Toda! As scholarships come in, we will post to the Seabury Hall website so you can download them!

http://seaburyhall.org/college/financialaid.html

In the news….

Mt. St. Mary’s, the women’s college in Los Angeles announces three new majors:

BA in Documentary Film and Social Justice

BS in Social Work

ASS Arts in Media Communication Check them out at www.msmc.la.edu.

Scholarship:

The AXA Foundation, in association with US News & World Report, presents the AXA Achievement Scholarship. The application deadline is December 15. Download the application at www.axa-achievement.com.

If you have a job and are working at least 15 hours a week while attending Seabury Hall, please let me know!

Seniors: If you are planning to play athletics in college at an NCAA Division I or II institution, please register with the NCAA Clearinghouse at www.ncaaclearinghouse.net.

Upcoming events:

1/3 Alum Assembly – All juniors and seniors will stay in the Performing Arts Center for A. and B Blocks for an opportunity to chat with our recent graduates about their experiences!

1/11 Financial Aid Presentation – All seniors and parents should attend! Paul Levenson will demystify the FAFSA and help everyone complete this. Juniors and parents are welcome to attend.

Do not get confused!!! The FAFSA is free and the web site is http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

If you will be filing the FAFSA, it is now time to get your PIN number. Go to http://www.pin.ed.gov/PINWebApp/pinindex.jsp.

Both parents and students will need a PIN number! WRITE IT DOWN!! This will be your PIN number from now on.

1/20 – First “college classes” for the juniors!

2/1 Junior College Information Night – All juniors and parents are expected to attend.

2/17 First Hawaiian Bank's College Planning Night: A Family Affair. This year, it'll be held on the Maui High School campus due to a scheduling conflict. Scheduled date: February 17th. Time to be announced, but I suspect that it'll start around 5:30 PM or so.

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Nancy Ulin
Director, College Counseling
Seabury Hall
480 Olinda Road
Makawao, HI 96768
(808) 572-7235 phone (808) 572-7196 fax

College News 11-9-04

The College Fair will be held on Nov. 16, 5-7pm at the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS, Multipurpose Building, Corner of Kamehameha Ave. & Lono Ave. www.hawaiiccfair.org

Seniors – Great job on the first big deadline! Our next big deadline is Nov. 15. Make sure I know what you are doing!

Dr. George Mills from the University of Puget Sound has had to cancel his visit on Nov. 12. He will reschedule at a late date. If you are interested in UPS, check out their online newsletter at www.upw.edu/admission/SoundOff.

Visiting next week:

11/15 Embry-Riddle – Debbie Cate 1:00pm

Santa Monica College-Esther Hugo 2:00pm

11/16 Pt. Loma Nazarene University-Chip Killingsworth 11:45am

Trinity Western University CANADA-Sam Rehman 12Noon

Whitman College-Blythe Stephens INTERVIEWS TO FOLLOW 2:00pm

Maui College Fair 5-7pm

11/17 Art Institute of Chicago IN AP ART ROOM 11:40am

Westmont College-Joyce Luy 1:00pm

Vanderbilt-Liz McKenzie 2:00pm

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Nancy Ulin
Director, College Counseling
Seabury Hall
480 Olinda Road
Makawao, HI 96768
(808) 572-7235 phone (808) 572-7196 fax

College News 10-22-04

Seniors: Please check on the financial aid web page for each college you are applying to and make sure you have all the forms necessary. You will file the FAFSA after Jan. 1, 2005. Some schools require you to file the CSS Profile. You will find this at www.collegeboard.com.

WARN YOUR STUDENTS ABOUT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IMPERSONATORS!!!

A person claiming to be a representative from the U.S. Department of Education has been calling students and offering to convert student loans to grants for a $249 processing fee. The impersonator will ask for a bank or credit card account number to use for the fee. The caller offers to replace their student loans with an $8,000 grant. ED has urged financial aid administrators to contact students and warn them about this scam. No one should ever provide their bank account or credit card information over the phone unless they initiated the call and trust the company they are calling. If your students receive one of these calls it should be reported to the Office of the Inspector General immediately (1-800-MIS-USED) or oig.hotline@ ed.gov . More information on identity theft prevention is available at www.ed.gov/misused.

The University of the Pacific School of Engineering and Computer Science is pleased to invite all high school juniors and seniors to a reception and presentation on our Programs. Ala Moana Hotel, Tuesday, Nov. 23^rd, 7pm . Please RSVP to pshubert@ uop.ed

Check out this web site: www.wordsmith.org. You can subscribe to a word-a-day! Improve your vocabulary, improve your SAT scores, just by reading your email! Fun…

Visiting Next Week:

10/25 Linfield College- Lisa Knodle-Bragiel 8am

10/26 Chaminade University –Aolani Esene 8am

Willamette University – Theresa Hudkins INTERVIEWS TO FOLLOW 11am

The Art Institutes- Chris Haworth 12:30pm AP ART

10/27 University of Miami-Ed Gillis 12Noon

University of Northern Colorado-Kawika Malama 12:30pm

10/28 Dartmouth College-Kiyoe Hashimoto 8am

University of Hawaii, Hilo- Mahealani Jones 10:00am

10/29 Scripps College-Pat Goldsmith INTERVIEWS TO FOLLOW* NO SCHOOLTHAT DAY 1:00PM

College News 10-8-04

College Board Releases First Official New SAT Practice Test Online:
Students can now test themselves online in preparation for the new SAT that will debut next March.
The College Board has placed an official practice exam on its new SAT Preparation Center™ Web site,
www.collegeboard.com/srp.

Beginning October 18, 2004, students will also be able to go to collegeboard.com, enter their answers
to the official practice test, and receive a free online score report and a skills report. These reports
will help students better identify areas for development and where they need to focus their study. In
addition, students will be able to access answer explanations for all questions on the free official
practice test.

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Visiting the next two weeks:

10/13 Pomona College-Bruce Poch NOT A REGULAR SHOOL DAY 1:30pm
10/14 Stanford University-Jarrid Whitney 8am
10/15 Colorado College-Jessica Raab INTERVIEWS TO FOLLOW 8am
University of Washington-Dr. Phillip Ballinger 1pm
George Washington University-Rhonda Leshman 2pm
10/19 Gonzaga University -Dennis Gagaoin 9:30am
Pacific Lutheran-Judy Bergman 10:30am
10/20 Cal Maritime-Kris Krzak 9:00am
10/21 Claremont McKenna-Richard Vos on the lani 2pm
Washington University – Nanette Tarbouni 2pm
Evening with Nanette Tarbouni “Case Studies of Admissions Decisions” 6:30pm
10/22 Hawaii Pacific University-Larry Kekakulike 9:30am
Mt. St. Mary’s College-Dean Kilgour 11:45am

Sadly, the Representative from Colorado State had planned to visit Seabury Hall on Nov. 11 when we are out
of school. However, Eric Delehoy will be glad to meet with students from Seabury Hall in his hotel lobby.
He will be staying in Lahaina 11/10 through 11/12 and will arrange times directly with students. Students
can contact him via email by Friday, November 5th if they are interested.

Eric.Delehoy@ colostate.edu

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The Art Institutes www.aii.edu will be offering a BS in Game Design.  A representative will visit Seabury on 10/26.

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Nancy Ulin, Director of College Counseling
Seabury Hall				Phone: 808.572.7235
480 Olinda Road				Fax: 808.572.7196
Makawao, HI  96768      		nulin@ seaburyhall.org

College News 10-6-04

News and reminders....

Don't forget to send your SAT/ACT scores to the colleges/universities you are applying to!

Visiting this Friday:

10/8		Pacific University – Jeff Grundon			8am
		www.pacificu.edu
		Yale University-Robert Jackson and Stephen Goldstein	10:00am
		www.yale.edu
		University of Portland-Janelle Neva			1:15pm
		www.up.edu

Visiting Next Week:
10/13		Pomona College-Bruce Poch  NOT A REGULAR SHOOL DAY	1:30pm
		www.pomona.edu
10/14		Stanford University-Jarrid Whitney			8am
		www.stanford.edu
10/15		Colorado College-Jessica Raab INTERVIEWS TO FOLLOW	8am
		www.coloradocollege.edu
		University of Washington-Dr. Phillip Ballinger		1pm
		www.washington.edu
		George Washington University-Rhonda Leshman		2pm
		www.gwu.edu

Remember to always check each school you are considering for special scholarships!  Although Cal 
Lutheran has had to postpone their visit, they have sent me some exciting news about their 
Presidential Scholarships:
www.callutheran.edu/presidential

Also, check out Holy Names University www.hnu.edu that offers some outstanding scholarship opportunities
for academics, music, and athletics!

Auburn University www.auburn.edu is offering a new BS in wireless engineering.

The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay contest guidelines can be found at www.jfkcontest.org.
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Nancy Ulin, Director of College Counseling
Seabury Hall				Phone: 808.572.7235
480 Olinda Road				Fax: 808.572.7196
Makawao, HI  96768      		nulin@ seaburyhall.org

College News 9-23-04

I will be out of the office on Friday visiting the University of Hawaii, Manoa 
and for the next week, attending the national conference of College Admissions Counselors.  
Please contact Karen Stephens with any questions.  I will be back in the office on 10/4.
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Upcoming visits:
10/4		Columbia University-Alice Huang	NEW TIME			1:30pm
		www.columbia.edu

10/6		Boston College-Kristen Alexander				10:30am
		www.bc.edu

10/8		Pacific University – Jeff Grundon				8am
		www.pacificu.edu

		Yale University-Robert Jackson and Stephen Goldstein		10:00am
		www.yale.edu

		University of Portland-Janelle Neva				1:15pm
		www.uofport.edu


10/13		Pomona College-Bruce Poch  NOT A REGULAR SHOOL DAY		1:30pm
		www.pomona.edu

10/14		Stanford University-Jarrid Whitney (tentative)			8am
		www.stanford.edu

10/15		Colorado College-Jessica Raab INTERVIEWS TO FOLLOW		8am
		www.coloradocollege.edu
		University of Washington-Dr. Phillip Ballinger			1pm
		www.washington.edu
		George Washington University-Rhonda Leshman			2pm
		www.gwu.edu

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UH Manoa will be hosting Maui Manoa Experience Program on Sunday, September 26, 2004 at the 
Maui Beach Hotel from 2:00 - 3:30 P.M.  Please RSVP to Imelda R Zamaripa ireyes@ hawaii.edu
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Pomona College will be visiting our campus outside of regular hours.  Please note that on 
10/13 (PSAT Day) Bruce Poch will be at Seabury Hall for an information session on Pomona College at 1:30pm.
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The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation is again offering scholarships.  You must apply online at 
www.coca-colascholars.org.  These awards are based on demonstrated leadership, commitment to 
community, academic achievement, and employment.  Deadline is Oct. 31.
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Nancy Ulin, Director of College Counseling
Seabury Hall				Phone: 808.572.7235
480 Olinda Road				Fax: 808.572.7196
Makawao, HI  96768      		nulin@ seaburyhall.org

College News 9-17-04

Visiting next week:

9/20	University of Denver-Margret Korzus  INTERVIEWS		2pm
	www.du.edu

9/22	Creighton University-Garland Jarmon			9:00am
	www.creighton.edu
	University of the Pacific-Marc McGee   NEW DATE		11:00am
	www.pacific.edu

9/23	University of La Verne-Melissa Koers			11:00am
	www.ulv.edu

9/24		Ms. Ulin at UH

9/27-10/3	Ms. Ulin at NACAC

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Whittier College - if you have a GPA of 3.5 or better and SAT I score of 1200 or better, 
you might consider applying by 10/15 to Whittier College.
This carries with it the potential to be invited to their honors weekend and compete for scholarships.
Also, if you apply online at their website, the $50 fee is waived!
www.whittier.edu

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Scripps College www.scripps.edu offers the Scripps New Generation Scholarship. Completely merit  based, 
the scholarship provides for four years of full tuition, room, board, three roundtrip airfares home 
each academic year, and funding for one summer research stipend to be used sometime during a student's 
time at Scripps.  Strong candidates should have about a 4.0 gpa and SAT scores above 1400.  Deadline to 
apply is November 1.
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Special thanks to Mr. Toda for posting these on the web!!!!

Have a great weekend.

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Nancy Ulin, Director of College Counseling
Seabury Hall				Phone: 808.572.7235
480 Olinda Road				Fax: 808.572.7196
Makawao, HI  96768      		nulin@ seaburyhall.org

College News 9-14-04

The University of Denver will be here on Monday, Sept. 20.  Please sign up for interviews in my office. 
Dr. Korzus sent me the following message:
"Since the University of Denver requires a personal interview of each applicant, I would like to give 
your students a heads-up. If they are thinking of applying Early Action (November 15th deadline), I will 
try to interview them after my presentation on Monday, September 20th. Each interview lasts about 20 minutes. 
The students can look at sample questions on our website www.du.edu/admission/hyde
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Loyola Marymount will be at Seabury on Thursday, 9/16 at 9am!!!

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Check out a new web site www.ctcl.com for information on Colleges that Change Lives, a book that many have benefited from!
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MIT news:
The new admissions web site is now live: http://web.mit.edu/admissions/

The new site organizes information in a clearer and easier to find way, and is much more visually pleasing. 
More important, we now offer prospective students the opportunity to register for their own MyMIT portal account, 
which will allow them to receive customized information on MIT programs based on their interests (sort of like, 
My Yahoo, or the way Amazon recognizes who you are and knows what books to recommend).

Some key highlights that you can mention while encouraging students to visit the site and register for a portal account:

--- Prospective students can sign up for an account as early in their lives as they like

--- Students can apply on-line through the portal, as well as use it to track their application through the process

--- The portal will also offer an easy way for students to interact via email with current students

--- The new main site has good pages specifically for parents

--- A future phase of the project will allow for non-students to register for a portal account (parents, teachers, 
guidance counselors, etc), but for now, this is not possible
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Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania will be hosting an information session on Oahu,Thursday, 
Sept 30, 7:30pm, Sheraton Waikiki.
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Tufts University is visiting our campus, but is also hosting an information session at the Hyatt Regency Maui, Sunday, 
Sept. 19 at 2:00pm!

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Nancy Ulin, Director of College Counseling
Seabury Hall				Phone: 808.572.7235
480 Olinda Road				Fax: 808.572.7196
Makawao, HI  96768      		nulin@ seaburyhall.org

College News 8-28-04

What a great start to the year!  Here's the latest news...

Remember that REALITY CHECK Document that shows average SAT scores?  I have attached the most recent version.

Reed College's www.reed.edu Associate Dean of Admission, Edward Derby, will be conducting interviews on Oahu, 9/12.  
Please call 800.547.4750 to schedule an appointment.

Chaminade University www.chaminade.edu has several fall events planned.
Saturday, Nov. 20, 10:30am-4:30pm-The Chaminade Experience-spend a day.
Call 800.735.3733 to find out more.

Learn more about the University of Oregon's "WUE" scholarship at http://admissions.uoregon.edu/CNL-2004-07.html#wue.

If you are interested in participating in the Hawaii Junior Miss program, application is in my office.

Although Skidmore College www.skidmore.edu is only going to be able to visit Honolulu this year, I have an email 
from Darren Drabek who welcomes contact by email/phone with students  interested in Skidmore College who may not 
be able to get to Honolulu.  His email address is:  ddrabek@skidmore.edu

Loyola University New Orleans www.loyno.edu has a separate application for music and theater that require auditions 
and are in the office.

Northern Arizona University www.nau.edu offers the "WUE" program and has an undergraduate degree in Forestry. Brochures 
are in the office.

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Nancy Ulin, Director of College Counseling
Seabury Hall				Phone: 808.572.7235
480 Olinda Road				Fax: 808.572.7196
Makawao, HI  96768      		nulin@ seaburyhall.org

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