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Besurethatyourplansinclude
post-secondaryeduca:on.
Here’shelpwithpayingforcollegeand
opportuni:estoincrease
yourknowledgeandexperience.
Wendy’s Heisman Scholarship
•  Offers scholarships from $1000-$10,000
•  10 finalists are invited to New York City
for the Heisman Memorial Trophy
weekend and for the Wendy’s High
School Heisman award ceremony
•  Must be a senior athlete with a 3.0 or
higher GPA, a leader at school or in the
community, and a good role model
•  Student athletes can apply at
www.wendysheisman.com
HearstFounda:onScholarship
Forstudentsinterestedinpublicservice
Twowinnerswillbeawarded$10,000each
Onlyonecandidateperhighschool
Minimum3.0GPA,strongacademic
performanceinsocialstudies,extensive
knowledgeofcurrenteventsandstateand
federalpoli:calsystems
•  Addi:onalinforma:onisavailableatyourhome
highschoolorat:
hOp://ussenateyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/
2015/06/2017-USSYP-Brochure.pdf
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ClemsonUniversity
LyceumScholarsProgram
•  LyceumScholarsreadthegreatbooksofWestern
Civiliza;onanddiscuss;melessques;ons,suchas
“Whatmakesasocietyfree?”,“Whatmakesasociety
prosperous?”,“WhataretheprinciplesofAmerican
founding?”
•  Studentsstudythemoral,poli;cal,andeconomic
founda;onsofafreesociety.
•  Studentsgraduatewitharobusttraininginthe
intellectualskillsofbeingra;onal,independent,
seriousandhonestthinkers,ar;culatespeakers,and
eloquentwriters.
•  Awardis$10,000.
•  Addi;onalinforma;onisavailableat
[email protected].
Sampleessayques:onsforyour
collegeapplica:on—prac:ce,
prac:ce,prac:ceyourwri:ngskills.
•  (BarnardCollege)“Pickonewomanin
historyorfic;ontoconversewithforan
hourandexplainyourchoice.Whatwould
youtalkabout?”
•  (CommonApplica;on)“Describeaplaceor
environmentwhereyouareperfectly
content.Whatdoyoudoorexperience
there,andwhyisitmeaningfultoyou?”
Moresampleques;ons…
•  (HarvardUniversity)“What[wouldyou]want
yourfuturecollegeroommatetoknowabout
you?
•  (PomonaCollege)“Whatdoesfreedommeanto
you?”
•  (RhodeIslandSchoolofDesign)“Isthere
somethingyoulove,havetodo,can’tstop
thinkingabout?Writeaboutapersonalpassion
orobsessionotherthanvisualartordesign.”
Moresampleques;ons…
•  (TexasA&MUniversity)“Describea
circumstance,obstacleorconflictinyourlife,and
theskillsandresourcesyouusedtoresolveit.
Diditchangeyou?Ifso,how?”
•  (WestPoint)“Whywillyoubesuccessfulin
workingwithleaders,peers,andsubordinatesof
agender,color,ethnicity,and/orreligion
differentfromyourown?”
FromParadeMagazine,August14,2014
YorkTechnicalCollegeEntranceExam
CompassTestPrac:ceSites
•  hep://fsweb.bainbridge.edu/tstrickland/
compass_tes;ng.htm_
•  heps://web.gsc.edu/fs/mhorton/LSEnglish
Fortestprac;ces:
hep://www.testprepreviw.com/compass_prac;ce.htm
hep://www.act.org/compass/sample/
hep://www.compass-test-prac;ce.com/
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SeeMrs.Wolfftolearnhow
yourworkorvolunteer
effortsmayearnyoua
highschoolcredit!!!