Southwest College Tours
College Tours will be posted on this calendar as they are scheduled. You may download information & applications from the links below the calendar or you can pick up applications from Barb in the Counseling Office at Southwest High School. If you have any questions regarding the college tours, call Jenny B at Project SUCCESS at 612.874.1277 or email jennyb@projectsuccess.org.
Note: To view downloaded college tour applications and information, you must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer. You may download it for free by clicking the icon below.
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Click on the links below to download College Tour applications!
CHICAGO COLLEGE TOUR - OCTOBER 20-23, 2010
Open to juniors and seniors at North, South, Southwest and Washburn High Schools, this trip is for students who are serious about exploring their options for college in the Chicago area. On the schedule are seven great schools making this trip a valuable opportunity to visit a variety of campuses and to make informed choices about your college education. The application deadline for this tour is September 24th so pick up and complete your application soon!
CHICAGO COLLEGE TOUR - March 20-23, 2011
(Spring Break)
The Chicago trip is extremely popular and fills up quickly. In order to accommodate a growing number of interested students, we are offering a second Chicago College Tour over Spring Break, March 20 – 23, 2011. Applications for the Spring Break Chicago College Tour will be posted by January 3, 2011.
THE 2009 CHICAGO COLLEGE TOUR!
Over MEA weekend last October, Project SUCCESS took 88 students from North, South, Southwest and Washburn High Schools to Chicago to check out the outstanding colleges and universities in the area. This was our biggest Chicago College tour in Project SUCCESS history and it was a huge success! Students were able to visit schools such as the University of Chicago, Columbia College, DePaul University, Loyola University, Northwestern University, the University of Illinois in Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Robert Morris College, Kendall College and the Illinois Institute of Art. We were also able to enjoy side-splitting comedy at Chicago's most famous comedy club, The Second City, and check out the awesome sights at Millennium Park.
The applications poured in for this extremely popular trip. The response was so huge that we are planning another Chicago College tour over Spring Break 2010 in addition to our annual trip in October. Applications for the Spring Break trip will be available in January. Applications for the October trips are always available when school starts in September each year.
Click on the link below for a photo journal of our 2009 Chicago trip.
2009 SPRING BREAK TOURS
During Spring Break 2009, Project SUCCESS took 28 students to visit five colleges in Iowa and 12 students to visit five Wisconsin colleges. The students attending were sophomores, juniors and seniors from North, South and Southwest High Schools.
Our first stop in Iowa was Iowa State University where students spent the whole day visiting the campus and hung out in the Student Union that evening. The next day we visited Drake University and Grinnell College, and then stayed overnight on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. Our last day we toured the University of Iowa and Cornell College in Mt. Vernon before heading back to Minneapolis.
Our Wisconsin tour started off at UW Stout in Menomonie and moved on to UW Eau Claire. We then travelled to Milwaukee that evening. On the second day we stayed in Milwaukee and visited Marquette University and UW Milwaukee. That afternoon and evening we decided to take ourselves on a walking tour all over the city. We stopped by the art museum, beautifully located on the shore of Lake Michigan, shopped a bit and had dinner at a very secret restaurant called “The Safe House” which was located in an unmarked alley in the downtown area. Our last day was spent at UW La Crosse before heading back home to Minneapolis.
2008 ATLANTA COLLEGE TOUR
In February of 2008, Project SUCCESS took 25 students from North, South and Southwest High Schools to Atlanta, Georgia to look at colleges. Students were able to visit Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, University of Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia Tech and Emory University. One highlight of the campus tours was when Dr. Robert Franklin, President of Morehouse College, came to speak to our group. An inspirational as well as educational experience, it was an honor for us to be able to spend some time with him. More trip highlights were attending the most amazing Alvin Ailey American Dance Theate Company at the Fox Theater, enjoying the tasty Southern cooking at Mary Mac's Tea Room, and visiting the powerful Martin Luther King Center.
Click on the link below to view a photo gallery of our trip. (You must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to open this link.)
SUCCESS in the Big Apple!
Last year over Spring Break we took 23 motivated Juniors and Seniors from North, South and Southwest High Schools to New York City to explore the many colleges, universities and trade schools the city and the surrounding area has to offer. Our students had a wide range of interests from fashion design to aerospace technology and almost everyone in the group found a school that suited their needs.
Most of the trip was spent hustling from one school to the next, but we did find time to check out some of the city's great neighborhoods and tourist attractions like Central Park, the Empire State Building, Times Square, China Town, Greenwich Village, Harlem, and we even got to take in a Broadway show!
Some students were able to visit colleges they have always dreamed about and came back with a realistic view of what it would take to attend them. Some students saw schools they had never thought of attending, but now those schools are in their top 5 picks. But every student was able to get a feel for the city and could determine if it was the right choice for them. They all came away with the tools to make informed decisions about their educational future.
Click on the link below to see some great photos from our trip!
The 2005 Los Angeles Area College Tour was a huge success!
Over Spring Break of 2005, Project SUCCESS took 23 awesome students who represented North, South & Southwest High Schools to Los Angeles to check out the colleges and universities in the Southern California area. We had a blast! Before the trip, students researched the colleges in the area and reported back to Project SUCCESS the schools they needed to visit. Thanks to Steve Youlios who donated ground transportation while we were there, we were able to accomodate almost every request! By the end of this trip, students had toured UCLA, USC, Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount University, Cal Arts, Cal Tech, Azusa Pacific, University of LaVerne, Cal Poly Pomona, Whittier College, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara City College, Westmont College, Cal State LA, LA City College, Cal State Long Beach, Columbia College Hollywood, Occidental, and Pomona, Pitzer, Scripps and Harvey Mudd of the Claremont Colleges. By visiting these campuses, students can now make informed choices regarding their college career.
One of our seniors on the trip, Edythe Smith, was accepted to all 3 of the schools she applied to in the Los Angeles area. She was able to make her final decision after visiting the 3 campuses. Congratulations to Edythe and to all the students who came with us for taking this crucial step in choosing your college!
Click on the link below to view a photo journal of our trip and a thank you to all of our supporters!
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