Things you need to know:

Date: Tuesday, September 8th-Friday, September 11th

Time: 11am-2pm

How: Via Zoom or Google Meets (see the full schedule for meeting links)

Sessions will include:

• Navigating Senior Year and the College Admissions Process with your school counselors

• The College Essay with Griffin Monahan, Senior Assistant Director of Admissions at Boston University

• Test Optional Policies and Updates from UMass Amherst with Mike Drish, Director of First-Year Admissions at UMass Amherst

• A College Admissions Panel with reps from Roger Williams, UMass Amherst, Framingham, Marist, UConn, Worcester State, BU and WPI

• UMass Lowell Information Session for LD and non-LD students with Thomas Screnci, Assistant Director of Admissions at UMass Lowell

• Financial Aid 101 with Monica Blondin, Director of Financial Aid at Assumption University

• AND MORE!

The design of the SAT prep course is to best prepare your child for the SAT: optional essay, evidence-based reading and writing, complex equations and data analysis. The full course covering math and English will be offered over seven weeks on Wednesday evenings September 23 - November 4, from 5:30 – 8:05 p.m. The seventh session will be English only on November 4 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. A practice test will be administered on Saturday, September 19, from 8 - 11:15 a.m. for students enrolled in the full program. Tuition for this program is $500, but space is limited. To enroll, please complete the application attached below and return it by September 7.

Click HERE for more information!

Questions? Email Sarah Lefebvre at sarah_lefebvre@wrsd.net.

We are thrilled to bring our families and students a new service offering going into the new school year. We have signed up our school to have access to College Guidance Network, a virtual programming network specializing in demystifying the college admissions process.

The full ten-episode series will provide you with expert advice on the college admissions process. Topics include how to create a balanced school list, write an effective essay and apply for financial aid. They will even take you behind the scenes to see how admissions committees actually work! Take a closer look at the full schedule of programming and speakers on their programming page.

The first episode will air live on Wednesday, September 16 at 7:00 PM ET: “Admissions in the time of COVID” to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on college admissions with the most up-to-date details.

Panelists are, Kate Cassino, CEO of Hobsons (Naviance); Lee Coffin, Dean of Admissions at Dartmouth; Bob Bardwell, Executive Director of Massachusetts School Counselor Association; and Nick Ducoff, author of “Better Off After College”, and Emily Roper-Doten, Dean of Admission & Financial Aid, Olin College of Engineering.

The discussion will include:

• How families can make the best choices in a rapidly changing environment
• Changes to the Common App
• Changing test policies
• The increasing importance of essays
• Financial aid implications
• How colleges’ institutional incentives may affect families

Zoom link to join the live webinar on September 16

Passcode: 614954

You don’t need to take any action to register or sign-up for the episodes, I will share the Zoom link with you to view each episode a week or so prior to the airing date so you can add them to your family calendar. The episodes will also be posted to College Guidance Network website for later viewing.