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WHS FOUNDATION--College Trips (for juniors second semester)

The Woodside High School Foundation is providing a second college trip for the Class of 2020. The cost of transportation (charter bus) and a shared hotel room will be included. Priority is given to students with a 3.0 GPA or above. Students on the No Privileges list are ineligible for these trips.

The second trip will take place on April 25, 26, and 27. Colleges that may be included on this trip: Sonoma State, UC Davis, CSU Chico, Sacramento State, CSU Stanislaus, Dominican University, and UC Merced.

This Google form should only be completed by the juniors who are interested and can commit to the dates of at least one trip. This form (accessible to WHS 11th grade students) must be submitted by March 25.

https://goo.gl/forms/HpJ5eW0LF523R3qU2

Best attempts will be made to accommodate all WHS juniors who would like to attend, but because of numbers [unknown at this point], participation is not guaranteed.

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These colleges are WUE, Western Undergraduate Exchange. They offer close to in-state tuition for California students with about a 3.2 GPA.

BOISE STATE

https://admissions.boisestate.edu/apply/

COLORADO STATE

https://admissions.colostate.edu/applying-to-csu/

NORTHERN COLORADO UNIVERSITY

https://www.unco.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/first-year.aspx

NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY (NAU)

https://nau.edu/admission/freshman-admission/

UNIVERSITY of NEVADA--RENO (UNR)

https://www.unr.edu/admissions/how-to-apply/apply-now

PORTLAND STATE

https://www.pdx.edu/undergraduate-admissions/freshman-how-when-to-apply

MONTANA STATE

https://www.msuadmissions.org/application/

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII--MANOA

https://manoa.hawaii.edu/apply/

This college is not WUE but has good financial perks for CA students.

OREGON STATE

https://admissions.oregonstate.edu/

(The scholarships for CA students are called Golden State scholarships.)

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Big Future: Part of College Board's website, it's a great place to do college research. It is not a substitute for Naviance; it's just a good second source.

CaliforniaColleges: Students can explore 2-year and 4-year colleges (public and private) in California. This website provides resources about college and financial aid as well.

Community College Transfer Program: Find out which community college degree programs can increase your chances of admission to 4-year colleges.

Student-Athletes Interested in NCAA Division I and/or II Colleges

UPDATED NCAA Eligibility: Division I and II teams will be expecting you to demonstrate your initial eligibility by completing an application on this website during your junior year. Here is information about requirements that will be effective August 1, 2018. Be sure to send your official transcript with this form.

When you take the ACT or SAT during junior and/or senior year, send scores to the NCAA by using code 9999.

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