Save The Date: College Consortium

Applying to college can be stressful, as families ponder the various options for their high school students.

With so many colleges to choose from, it helps to have the chance to meet with admissions representatives.

Parents and students from Port Washington, Manhasset and Locust Valley will have that opportunity on Tuesday, April 16, at Schreiber High School's Seventh Annual College Consortium, where more than 80 representatives from colleges and universities will be in attendance.  

The event first took place in Port Washington in April 2006.  The administration and guidance office of the Paul D. Schreiber worked to invite colleges to send admissions and alumni representatives to our school as a means of increasing the direct access our families would have with the colleges in which they were interested. What's more, individual panels and breakout sessions were created targeting the important topics in the college admissions process. The first consortium featured 41 colleges and drew more than 800 parents and students. Each year the event has grown in the number of colleges and families who take part in the evening.

The evening will begin with a panel discussion regarding key changes and issues affecting college admissions. The panel will run from 6:35-7:30 p.m.

At the conclusion of the panel discussions, parents and students will participate in the college fair segment of the evening. During this time, college representatives are assigned different locations throughout the building so that students can speak to them about their programs, admissions procedures, and application processes. This is the ideal setting for students to gather pertinent information. Unlike the larger fairs, parents, students, and representatives have the opportunity to have quality time to ask questions and exchange information.

The following is a listing of the schools that will present at the consortium, with more expected to sign on in the next week. 

Adelphi University

Baruch College of the CUNY

Briarcliffe College

University of Bridgeport

University of Chicago

Colby College

Colgate University

University of Colorado at Boulder

Columbia University

University of Connecticut

CUNY Admissions Center

Dickinson College

Dowling College

Duke University

Eastern Connecticut State Univ

Emory University

Fairfield University

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Five Towns College

Franklin and Marshall College

Gettysburg College

University of Hartford

Hobart and Williams Smith

Hofstra University

Iona College

Ithaca College

Johnson & Wales University

Le Moyne College

LIU Post

Macaulay Honors College at CUNY

Manhattan College

Manhattanville College

Marist College

U of MA Amherst

Mercy College

Merrimack College

University of Michigan

Molloy College

Nassau Community College

The Ohio State University

Pace University, New York City

Pennsylvania State Univ

Polytechnic Institute of NYU

Queens College of the CUNY

Quinnipiac University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rutgers New Brunswick

Sacred Heart University

University of Scranton

Siena College

St. John's University - Queens Campus

SUNY Albany

SUNY New Paltz

Stony Brook University

Binghamton University

SUNY College at Old Westbury

SUNY Delhi

Farmingdale State College

SUNY Maritime College

The University of Tampa

University of Texas @ Austin

Union College

SUNY Buffalo

Vanderbilt University

Vassar College

Wagner College

Washington University in St. Louis

The College of New Jersey

New Jersey's Science and Technology University

High Point University

Nichols College

Elon University

Bard College at Simon's Rock