What's New in the Shifting College Landscape: The Revised SAT and Finding Value for Your Tuition Dollars

What's New in the Shifting College Landscape:

The Revised SAT and Finding Value for Your Tuition Dollars

Join us for an evening of essential updates on the college world! We’ll be doing two talks over a wine and light bite reception:

The New SAT: A Comprehensive Overview

ArborBridge's Senior Director of Instruction, Megan Stubbendeck, and Director of Tutoring Programs, Sean Quinn, offer an unprecedented look at the new test.

 

Here's what we'll cover:

• A comparison of the old SAT vs. the new SAT (format, timing, scoring, etc.)
• How the new SAT compares to the new ACT
• Detailed breakdown of each section
• Test preparation tips for students
• Which test to take: testing timeline recommendations for sophomores, juniors, and seniors

How to Pay For College Without Ending Up In The Poorhouse

Rachel Coates of EduCoates.com, college admissions consultant, editor and former New York Times manager, shares practical and creative ideas for making college affordable.

Here's what we'll cover:

• The importance of early planning
• How to find generous colleges & avoid stingy ones​
• Tuition discounts based on academics, even for average students​
• How to get the need-based financial aid you are eligible for
• Return on investment: how to identify value
• Smart use of Federal grants, loans & loan forgiveness programs
• International options that compare favorably

You can catch us for both talks on separate evenings in Brooklyn or Manhattan:

Tuesday in Brooklyn

June 2,  6:30-9pm

Old Stone House

336 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Wednesday in Manhattan

June 10, 6:30-9pm

Columbia University

Dodge Hall, Room 413

2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027

Schedule for each evening:

6:30pm Reception

7:00pm How to Pay For College Without Ending Up In The Poorhouse

7:30pm The New SAT: A Comprehensive Overview

8:00pm Open Q&A

Kindly register at http://arborbridge.com/june-presentation-registration/ or RSVP to rachel@educoates.com. Looking forward to seeing you then!

What's New in the Shifting College Landscape: The Revised SAT and Finding Value for Your Tuition Dollars

Join us for an evening of essential updates on the college world! We’ll be doing two talks over a wine and light bite reception:

The New SAT: A Comprehensive Overview

ArborBridge's Senior Director of Instruction, Megan Stubbendeck, and Director of Tutoring Programs, Sean Quinn, offer an unprecedented look at the new test.

Here's what we'll cover:

• A comparison of the old SAT vs. the new SAT (format, timing, scoring, etc.)
• How the new SAT compares to the new ACT
• Detailed breakdown of each section
• Test preparation tips for students
• Which test to take: testing timeline recommendations for sophomores, juniors, and seniors

How to Pay For College Without Ending Up In The Poorhouse

Rachel Coates of EduCoates.com, college admissions consultant, editor and former New York Times manager, shares practical and creative ideas for making college affordable.

Here's what we'll cover:

• The importance of early planning
• How to find generous colleges & avoid stingy ones​
• Tuition discounts based on academics, even for average students​
• How to get the need-based financial aid you are eligible for
• Return on investment: how to identify value
• Smart use of Federal grants, loans & loan forgiveness programs
• International options that compare favorably

You can catch us for both talks on separate evenings in Brooklyn or Manhattan:

Tuesday in Brooklyn

June 2,  6:30-9pm

Old Stone House

336 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Wednesday in Manhattan

June 10, 6:30-9pm

Columbia University

Dodge Hall, Room 413

2960 Broadway, New York, NY 10027

Schedule for each evening:

6:30pm Reception

7:00pm How to Pay For College Without Ending Up In The Poorhouse

7:30pm The New SAT: A Comprehensive Overview

8:00pm Open Q&A

Kindly RSVP to rachel@educoates.com. Looking forward to seeing you then!

What are your kids doing for SPRING BREAK??

What are your kids doing for SPRING BREAK??

They are invited to join us for the ART EXCEL Program (Ages 8-13) or YES! Youth Empowerment Seminar (14-18). Both are dynamic programs that interactively engage kids to do something fun, educational,  extremely valuable, and potentially life-changing at the same time.  

Over 40,000 kids from all across the country (and more around the world) have gone through these programs, and we're still growing!!

When:

Spring Break: Mon-Thurs April 14-17: 10am-3pm each day.

Where:

Our venue is currently set to be at 30th and 5th Ave in Manhattan.
However, if substantial registrations come from Brooklyn families, we will have a Park Slope venue (TBA)!

About the Course:

These initial 20-hour seminars are comprehensive. They include practical tools for stress management, relaxation, problem solving strategies, leadership training, social skills development, and creative projects. 

Courses will provide:
Breathing techniques
Games
Fun yoga
Socially engaging processes
A take-home daily practice 

Free follow up sessions for participants
Group of close friends

Such vital skills enable children (people) to nurture greater inner strength for managing negative emotions, conflict, peer pressure and criticism, while fostering better child-parent relationships, friendships, and academic achievement.

For more info about ART EXCEL, including a VIDEO, visit: http://www.artofliving.org/art-excel
Direct link to video: http://youtu.be/Rv6dr0JGFMs

Recently published study about the effect of the YES! course on teen impulsivity: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23601502

About Us:

The Youth Empowerment Seminar and the ART Excel courses are projects of IAHV (International Association for Human Values), a humanitarian NGO and The Art of Living Foundation.

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Click below for registration:*

Ages 8-13: aoljgd.org/artexcelspringbreak

Ages 14-18: aoljgd.org/yes!springbreak 

*Register by March 31 and get the Early Bird Discount!
If you have any questions at all, please contact:
Angela Hanna: 610-762-0822 or angela.hanna@iahv.org.

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We are looking forward to two wonderful courses!

The YES! and ART EXCEL Teams 

Art Excel - All Round Training in Excellence - Art of Living

FREE SEMINAR : College Admissions and Financial Aid 101

College Admissions and Financial Aid 101: What you need to know about the college admissions and financial aid process including:

 

October 22, 7:00 PM

Old Stone House, 336 3rd Street

Park Slope, Brooklyn

 

-How should you create a balanced college list?

-What really happens in the admissions office?

-The lowdown on the differences between merit and need based aid

-What sources can you find online to assess your eligiblity?

-How can your son or daughter's application strength influence influence grant award?

 

Presenters:

Deena Maerowitz, former Assoc. Director of Admissions at Columbia Business School, attorney and social worker with background in adolescent education issues and Professional member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association.

 

Maura Griffin, mom to a 16-year-old high school junior, is founder of Blue Spark Capital Advisors and a certified college planning specialist. She has her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and her MBA from Columbia.

 

Deena Maerowitz, J.D.,M.S.W

Guiding Students Through Admissions

phone: 646-206-7128

Undergradadmit LLC

email: Deena@undergradadmit.com

www.undergradadmit.com