Lower Manhattan Arts Academy

Internships/College Office

Useful Information for the Calendar Year of 2009-2010
Welcome Class of  2010 Parents and Students! I hope to see you back here for our early November meeting with financial aid expert Liz Hoagland from our CBO partner, The Door. 
 

HAPPY SPRING!!

This semester is full of new events, and as always, students, faculty, and parents need to be aware of procedures to make the entry into college a success. Parents and Students need to be aware of:

- The Financial Aid application: FAFSA
- Finishing  
Students who are applying to more selective colleges (NYU, Wesleyan, Carnegie Mellon, Swarthmore, Smith, CUNY Honors programs, Cooper Union, Skidmore,  SUNY Stony Brook--to name a few) are required to take the SAT II Subject tests in addition to SAT I Reasoning Test. December 5 is the last opportunity for your SATs to qualify for college application deadlines of January 1, 2010 or earlier; registration deadline was October 30. Students should come to the College Office, room 239 for a fee waiver, and for assistance with registration. More info is available online at www.collegeboard.com.
 
College reps are scheduled to visit LoMA:Marymount Manhattan College on Thursday, November 19 at 1:20 pm. More colleges have expressed interest and dates are being set; we also have college trips planned for Columbus weekend, Election Day, and other dates. Info will follow as it is finalized.
 
More than twenty of our seniors are getting a preview of college through the College Now program on the John Jay campus of City University. LoMA students are enrolled in courses such as Sociology, Criminal Justice, Anthropology, and more.
 
The College and Internship office and our CBO partners are excited to work with the class of 2010. The staff listed below are available to help students and parents with the college application process. One request to parents: please provide us with proof of income for 2009 as soon as possible; this helps us to identify which college admissions opportunity programs and scholarships your child will qualify for. Without documentation we lack the necessary information for accurate college guidance. If you have any questions, please call us at 212-505-0143x239.
 
Elizabeth Rothberg, College Advisor at LoMA                        

Holly Wolf, Internship Coordinator at LoMA
 
Sue Schaller, College Now Coordinator at LoMA                    

Liz Hoagland, College Advisor at The Door
 
Sonia Bhuta, Director of College Prep at Educational Alliance                     
 
 
Updates:

March 5th, 2010

River State Park 13th Annual COLLEGE FAIR
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 
12 Noon - 4 PM

Riverbank State Park 
145th St & Riverside Drive, Manhattan
FREE ADMISSION

**Open to Middle School and High School students seeking to pursue a degree from a Junior or Senior College, including Master's Program and trade schools!


November 4th, 2009

Reminders for SAT/ACT:
- SAT on Saturday, Nov. 7th
- Nov. 6th is the last day for registration for Dec. ACT

Further Help:
- SAT Prep tonight, Nov. 4th and Thurs, Nov. 5th. 
- SAT Prep, Friday from 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. 
- SAT Prep at The Door
- Go to majortests.com to prepare
- Go to purplemath.com for Math help 

CUNY College Information Fair:
- Sunday, November 15th, 2009 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Receive information on:
  - Academic and Honors Programs
  - Adult and Continuing Education
  - Financial Aid and Scholarships
  - Citizenship and Immigration Services

23rd Annual Historically Black Colleges & Universities Fair
- Malcolm Bernard Memorial HBCU Fair Week
- Saturday, November 14th, 2009
- 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. 
- Riverbank State Park (145th St. & Riverside Dr., Manhattan)
- Application Fee Waivers
- On-Site Admissions
- College Tour Information
- Scholarship Information
- Scholarship Applications
- Talk to Recent HBCU Graduates... and more....

Scholarships:

AXA Achievement Scholarship
- Learn more and download an application at: www.axa-achievement.com
- Apply by December 15th, 2009
- You may qualify for $10,000 or $25,000


September 22nd, 2009

**Internship Seminar Homework was Due Wed 9/23** 
- Remember to bring Multiple Intelligence Test Completed and       your 7 paragraphs Journal Entries (thoughts on Internship,   Senior Year, Hopes and Dreams, etc.). 

- Throughout this part of the year, students can find essential information on scholarships and other methods of paying for college at the following websites: 












Scholarships for September 2009 are still available. Those are a few websites where counselors and students can begin to search.

*Given: Students are welcome to find more resources available to them on the web.

SAT 2009/2010

Test Dates: Registration Deadlines: Late Fee Required:
 October 10 September 9      September 23 
 November 7 October 1  October 15 
   December 5            October 30  November 12 
January 23  December 15  December 30 
 March 13 February 4  February 18 
May 1  March 25  April 8 
 June 5 April 29   May 13 



ACT 2009/2010

Test Dates:  Registration Deadlines:  Late Fee Required: 
September 12  August 7      August 21 
October 24  September 18  October 2 
December 12  November 6  November 20 
April 10  March 5  March 19 
June 12  May 7  May 21 


**Test Dates are sometimes extended. Please confirm all dates on the following websites: