Applying for Universities (Since "college" is a misnomer and "University" is a bunch of "colleges" therefore it should be applying to "University")

Steps to applying for Universities (and colleges)
1. Be a pain in the neck. In a good way though. Let everybody know you want to go to a university. Find people that can help you gently squeeze all the good advice you can get from them.
2. Push yourself; seriously, if you know what you want to do, then freaking sign up for those classes and make the most of them. Universities like persistence. Sometimes you can get college credit for classes you take during highschool; take advantage of them.
3. Explore universities; just because the university has the right major doesn't mean that it's right for you. Go the campus, talk to students, stay overnight or something. Don't let freshman orientation be your first day on campus grounds.
4. Apply to get in to the university. That's a given.
5. Apply for scholarships; Get dat cash. It's out there, and if you don't get it then some other, faster kid will. Which means APPLY EARLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Bryant (One of the College Info Coordinators)

Did you know?!

Just to let you know, we will be posting every Tuesday and Friday so be sure to check the blog!!!

Did you know that SAGE has an email? It's dvsageclub.com@gmail.com! Try it out! Send us an email!

Mentorship is a big part of SAGE this year. This is a great program where freshman and sophomores can ask juniors and seniors for help on almost anything. Hopefully this will make their high school experience easier. Are you a part of it? If not, send us an email and you could become a mentor or mentee!

We are currently updating our club database. SAGE has collected information from almost every club on school and compiled a list. We will provide sponsor names, meeting times/locations, etc. so check the Activities page and the SAGE blog for updates! Hopefully we'll have it ready in a few weeks.

SAGE has also made a college list. Our college information coordinators have created a list of tons of colleges and important information! We will make that available to everyone ASAP.

Want to listen to a lecture from a university? Watch some of our videos. We have several video lectures from different colleges. The links are posted on the left side of the blog!

Pictures on the college brochures are great. But, what's better than the real thing? Check out our college photos collection to see pictures that SAGE members have taken while visiting campuses. If you have some college pictures you would like to share, send them to SAGE! Just let us know what college it is.

SAGE also has many community service opportunities so be sure to check the blog or email SAGE for more information.

Last but not least, please look forward to The Forum, a newspaper-like publication with pieces about politics, tests, etc. (And with no grammar mistakes!). Literary works will also be included!

Hopefully this has helped you learned about what SAGE has to offer this year. See you at the next meeting! (It will the Wednesday afte Fall Break and will be another PSAT review session)

- Christine Hsieh
SAGE President

College Photos Update

Photos of USC (University of Southern California) and Boston University were added to the dvsageclub photobucket album today. Click on the following links to see the new photos:

USC Photos
http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii34/dvsageclub/USC/?albumview=grid

Boston University Photos
http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii34/dvsageclub/Boston%20University/?albumview=grid

Update on "theU" Videos

The post entitled "Informational Videos about Your Favorite Universities" has been recently updated (on 1/21/08). Revisit it to see a link to a complete list of colleges and universities for which these videos have been made. In addition, a description of these videos by the Princeton Review has been added to the post.

More College Photos!

As promised, we are continuing to update our database of college photos. Recently we have added photos of Lafayette College and Bucknell College. You can see this new photos (and the old ones as well) at our photobuket.com album:

http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii34/dvsageclub/

In addition, we have found another photobuket.com album (unaffiliated with SAGE) that has a lot of college photos, including some of American University and George Washington University:

http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/aa12/oregonhummingbird/

Remember, the more photos we have, the better this database will be. Thus, if you have any photos that you want to contribute to this database, email us at dvsageclub.com@gmail.com, or contact one of the officers.

Informational Videos about your Favorite Universities

Youtube "theU" (all one word) to get a list of a bunch of informational videos that cover all aspects of a college, from "The Food" to "The Shelter" to "The Scene". You can also find these videos at http://www.theu.com/; however, you must create a free profile first.

This is the Princeton Review's explanation of what these videos are about:

The Princeton Review has partnered with theU to bring you MTV-style college video tours. theU’s videos were created by students, for students to give an uncensored behind the scenes look at some of the most popular colleges in the U.S.

The following are a sample of some of the "Intro" videos; you can view a complete list of all the colleges represented in the series at http://princetonreview.com/college/research/articles/find/theu/schoolvideos.asp.

Yale



Washington University in St. Louis



UCLA



University of Arizona

Videos of Harvard Lectures

Harvard has published a series of videos of classroom lectures, which are a great way to get a glimpse of the Harvard educational experience. Disregard the promotional propaganda that these videos have (they interview students who talk about how much they like the class, etc.) and judge for yourself whether they are good or not.

The purpose of this post is not to further advertise Harvard; instead, it is meant to show what types of resources are available online that prospective students can use as they try to figure out which school is right for them.

Click on the following links to watch the videos:

Justice: A Journey in Moral Reasoning
A basic ethics course; highly recommended -very entertaining

String Theory, Black Holes, and the Fundamental Laws of Nature
An introductory quantum mechanics course

W.B. Yeats: "Among School Children"
This is a sample of a college-level literature course; the topic is W.B. Yeats' poem "Among School Children"

Interpreting the Past
This is a history course; topics include "Who gets remembered and why?" and the Agrarian Revolution, which happened just after the American Revolution.

The full catalog of videos can be found at http://athome.harvard.edu/archive

Always wanted to see what the following schools looked like but never got the chance to visit?

Well now you can.

The University of Chicago

http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii34/dvsageclub/University%20of%20Chicago/?albumview=grid

Northwestern University

http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii34/dvsageclub/Northwestern%20University/?albumview=grid

UC Berkeley

http://s260.photobucket.com/albums/ii34/dvsageclub/UC%20Berkeley/?albumview=grid

Check out these college pictures and dozens more at photobucket.com.
Brought to you by your friends at SAGE

Stay updated as we continue to add more photos of more schools to our database.