New England Colleges & Universities Experience

How to Apply For An Extended Education Project Week in Upper School

Follow this link then click “Enroll in Course.”  Next follow the directions in the course to complete applications. Applications are due by Sept 16th.

Trip Overview: Participants will spend five days visiting ten colleges and universities in New England. Visits to each campus will include a guided tour, admission and information session, and the opportunity to meet with Overlake alumni who are currently attending each school that is included on the 2020 trip itinerary. Our 2020 trip itinerary is featured on page three of this application.

This Project Week experience is limited to current 10th and 11th grade students at Overlake. Twenty-five students will be selected. Preference will be given to Overlake Juniors who plan to participate in the B’Hoot Camp College Planning Workshop on Saturday, January 11, 2020. Three members of the Overlake College Counseling team will lead this trip.

Project Week Credit & Travel Details: Credit for Project Week requires a student to complete a minimum of four full visit days of the 2020 College Experience, Monday, March 30 - Thursday, April 2, 2020. Any changes to a student’s air travel that alter the following trip itineray are an additional expense to the fixed group rate and must be coordinated/purchased separately by each student/their parent(s).

Please respond to the following questions. Please type your responses on a separate page. Please limit your responses to one page. Your application for this Project Week should be submitted on canvas by 11:59 pm, Monday, September 16, 2019.

2020 New England Colleges & Universities Experience Planning & Trip Timeline:

9/3/2019                    Project Week Is Announced; 2020 Extended Education Applications Open

9/16/2019                  2020 Colleges Experience Application is due to College Counseling by 3:30 pm

10/4/2019                  2020 NE Colleges Experience trip participants are announced

10/11/2019                2020 NE Colleges Experience Commitment Contract & Financial Commitment Due

1/11/2020                  2020 B’Hoot Camp—A College Planning Workshop for Overlake Juniors

Jan-March, 2020      Planning, Meetings & Preparation for the 2020 NE Colleges Experience

3/29/2020                  Depart from SeaTac International, AM Flight; 2020 Colleges Experience Begins

3/29-4/3, 2020          2020 New England Colleges & Universities Experience Project Week Trip

4/3/2020                    Return to SeaTac International, PM Flight; 2020 Colleges Experience Ends 

Questions About The 2020 Colleges & Universities Experience?

Contact:

Kate Asgari, Director of Overlake College Counseling

e: Kasgari@overlake.org  |  p: (425)868-1000 x659

New England Colleges & Universities Trip Itinerary

Sunday, March 29 – Friday, April 3, 2020

Sunday, March 29, 2020

7:30 AM         Depart from Seattle-Tacoma International, WA—Alaska Airlines/Flight #032

3:50 PM         Arrive at Philadelphia International Airport, PA 

                        Dinner & overnight lodging in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Monday, March 30, 2020

AM                  University of Pennsylvania—Pennsylvania

PM                  Haverford College—Pennsylvania

Overnight lodging in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

AM                  Villanova University—Pennsylvania

PM                  Lehigh University—Pennsylvania

                        Overnight lodging in Princeton, New Jersey

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

AM                  Princeton University—New Jersey   

PM                  Fairfield University—Connecticut

                        Overnight lodging in New Haven, Connecticut 

Thursday, April 2, 2020

AM                  Yale University OR Trinity College—Connecticut

   -Each student participant will select one school to visit: Yale or Trinity

PM                  Brown University OR Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)—Rhode Island

                           -Each student participant will select one school to visit: Brown or RISD

                        Group dinner and free time in Harvard Square & Visit Harvard Yard & The Coop

                        Overnight lodging in Boston, Massachusettes

Friday, April 3, 2020

AM                  Boston University--Massachusettes

PM                  Northeastern University—Massachusettes

5:55 PM         Depart from Boston-Logan International, MA—Alaska Airlines/Flight #015

9:20 PM         Arrive at Seattle-Tacoma International, WA

Trip Leaders, Colleges Experience 2020: 

Kate Asgari, Director of College Counseling & Tanya Cummings, Associate Director of College Counseling; Auzzie Sheard, College Counseling Assistant; and a representative from College Visits for all hotel & ground transportation.

Estimated Trip Cost, Colleges Experience 2020: $2,250 per person

Includes air and ground transportation, all meals, hotel lodging in a shared room, student-led campus tours, meetings with admission representatives and Overlake alumni, and materials for evaluating schools.    

Important Information about Roundtrip Air Travel for The Colleges Experience 2020:

Roundtrip air travel for each student and chaperone on this trip is purchased at a group rate and may not be altered or exhanged. The price of this trip is fixed, and once confirmed, it is non-refundable. If a student wishes to depart early or to alter their return flight, they/ their parent(s) must pay the full trip fee and coordinate and purchase a separate flight home at their own expense. Early departures must be met by a parent or adult proxy to confirm an early release. Kate Asgari must be notified by a participant’s parents or guardians by email by March 1, 2020 if a student does not plan to return with the New England Colleges & Universities Experience 2020 group.