Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 30, Number 1, 1 January 2013 — College Horizons workshop [ARTICLE]

College Horizons workshop

A pre-college program for Native Hawaiian, Native American and Alaska Native sophomores andjuniors is coming to Hawai'i this summer, and applications to attend are due Feb. 4. The six-day College Horizons workshop helps explain the college admissions and applications process and offers workshops that help students select suitable colleges to research and apply to, complete winning applications and write memorable essays, learn test-taking strategies, navigate the hnaneial aid process, and get advice on how to succeed in college as a native student. College Horizons partners with 40 colleges and universities that send admissions officers to the workshops. This year, schools include Stanford, HarvardandYale universities, Dartmouth College, Princeton University, Rhode Island School of Design and Whitman College. The program is scheduled to be in Hawai'i June 16 to 21, 2013, at Hawai'i Preparatory Academy in Kamuela, Hawai'i Island. Fee is $225 and includes tuition, room, meals, program materials and ground transportation to and from the airport to campus. Scholarships and hnaneial aid are available for tuition and travel. For information, visit collegehorizons. org. Click on "Apply" to sign up for an applicant e-mail list and register to receive an application.