Applied Sciences | Did You Know? Weekly facts and advice from the experts at Options for College

The Summer Writing Program (SWP) will teach you how to compose academic papers similar to those you will write in college. You will participate in a daily morning class full of lively discussion of literature led by a Carleton professor. Then, discussion sections led by current Carleton students will offer you even more individual attention. A writing workshop also meets daily to provide you with opportunities to focus on your own writing process. Application deadline: April 23, 2012. Scholarships are available; the scholarship deadline is March 15, 2012.

For more SWP information go to: http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/SAP/writing/details/

The Carleton Summer Science Institute (CSSI) will help students learn to think and write like a scientist by doing science. CSSI students, faculty, and Carleton undergraduate research assistants will take courses and engage in hands-on, collaborative research related to faculty and student interests and will present their main project at the CSSI Research Symposium. There will also be opportunities to participate in forums and informal discussions about emerging questions in science, ethics, public policy, science writing, and other topics of interest. Application deadline: April 25, 2012. Scholarships are available; the scholarship application deadline is March 8, 2012.

For more CSSI information go to: http://apps.carleton.edu/summer/science/program_details/

This week’s DYK is brought to you by our newest Counselor, Jess Krzeminski, who received her BA in English from Carleton College where she was also a Lead Consultant in Carleton’s Academic Support Center and the recipient of the David John Field Prize and Toni Award in the Arts. Learn more about Jess on our website.

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Did you know that the University of Michigan’s financial aid packages will be automatically adjusted in a student’s favor if tuition is raised during his or her time at the university?

Did you know that The Island School on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas is for current, highly motivated high school students who would like to experience an alternative curriculum for a semester or summer?

Did you know that the Land-Grant College Act of 1862 helped establish higher-education institutions such as Cornell University, Michigan State University, and the University of Wisconsin?

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Did you know that Columbia Engineering has a 3-2 Combined Plan Program where students receive both a B.A. from an affiliated liberal arts college and a B.S. from Columbia in just 5 years?

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