Providing talented students with college and career–readiness opportunities, and assisting them in their path toward higher education.

Tutorial services Career exploration and aptitude assessments Mentoring programs Information on postsecondary institutions; education or counseling

services designed to improve the financial and economic literacy of college-bound students

Academic, financial, career, or personal counseling including advice on entry or re-entry to secondary or postsecondary programs

Exposure to college campuses through visits and overnight stays

Assistance in completing college admissions, financial aid applications, and college entrance exams

Special activities and fieldtrips In-school workshops for students and programming for the

families of participants

• Over a lifetime, a college graduate can expect to earn $1 million more than a high school graduate.

• On average, college graduates have lower unemployment rates than high school graduates– even in tough economic times.

• College graduates have more jobs to choose from.

• College gets you out of your neighborhood and into a bigger world. It can open doors you never imagined.

• People see you as a leader when you are the first in your family to go to college.

• When you have a college education, you make better decisions as a consumer.

• People who go to college live longer.

STUDY SKILLS & REVIEW STRATEGIESCRITICAL THINKING

SKILLSLearn to evaluate everything that you see, read, hear, or experience; decide for yourself what to believe

IMPORTANCE WHO THEY ARE

• Enhance common sense

• Filter emotion

• Categorize experiences

• Select references

• Understand the “experts”

• Sort fact from opinion

• Learn to express yourself in a clear and interesting manner

• Able to resist manipulation

• Able to overcome confusion

• Able to perceive connections between subjects and events

• Able to base judgments on evidence and facts

• Able to realize that the “truth” is never simple; gray or unclear areas always exist

College Visits

Guest speakers & student panels

College awareness

programming for families

In-school workshops

Volunteer opportunities

Summer camps

Focus groups

After-school activities

Student leadership conferences

ACT prep

Student development retreats

Arts & cultural events

What can you expect from TRiO ETS?

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth. ~Sonia Sotomayor

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