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09-01-2009, 11:10 AM
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I faxed my transcripts, which may have helped. I think my financial situation helped as well. We have a very low-income and are strongly affected by Governor Markell's (your governor's) pay cuts for state employees. My mom works for Delaware.
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09-01-2009, 11:32 AM
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Mine was faxed from the school, as well, so let's hope I get a response soon. But I think that Scripps won't care to pay for Asian diversity, being as it's in California and gets plenty already.
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09-01-2009, 02:33 PM
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It's all about making your case well. If you get the travel grant, see you at the Philly airport!
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09-01-2009, 07:00 PM
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Guess I made it well enough--see you at Philly on the 20th, hopefully.  | |
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09-01-2009, 07:32 PM
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Minor updates.
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This is an up-to-date (as of August 2009) list of FALL diversity overnight programs offering free transportation/room/board. Open to ALANA students (including Asians) unless otherwise noted. I've provided contact information only for confirmed '09 programs.
Sources: Thanks to entomom and Diversity weekend opportunities for the research jumping-off point. I also referenced a PDF file called "multicultural-students" listing '06 programs, found somewhere through Google and saved to my computer.
If you have updated information on the schools marked ?, please let me know. I will try to keep this updated.
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Amherst - Diversity Open House Weekends, 9/26-9/28 and 10/24-10/26 (OVERDUE; rolling but priority 8/3 and strongly encouraged 8/14) '09, open and priority to all low-income [Dale Hendricks, dhendricks@amherst.edu]
Bates - Prologue to Bates, 10/11-10/13 (DUE 9/11) and 11/8-11/10 (DUE 10/9) '09, requires GC rec for travel scholarship Bates College | Prologue Application
?Bowdoin - Bowdoin Invitational '08
?Bryn Mawr - MOSAIC 10/15 '06
?Brown - Open House for Minority Students, 10/28 '06, travel grant?
Carleton - Taste of Carleton, 10/29-10/31 (app released in Sept.) '09
?Colby - Discover Colby, 10/29-10/30 '06
Colorado C - Multicultural Open House, 11/5-11/7 (DUE 10/5) '09, also open to first-gen and low-income, extra $500 subsidy for parent/guardian, individual travel grants (for different date) on case-by-case basis Multicultural Open House | Visit Our Campus | Prospective Students
Cornell - Engineering Fall Hosting Weekend, 10/16-10/18 (DUE 9/16) '09 Cornell Engineering : Fall Hosting
Dartmouth - Dartmouth Bound 7/23-7/25 (OVERDUE 6/3) and 8/6-8/8 (OVERDUE 6/1) '09, Native American Fly-in 10/4-10/7 (OVERDUE rolling 6/1 to 8/24) '09 Dartmouth Bound
Grinnell - Diversity Leaders Program, 10/30-11/1 (app released in early Sept.) '09, also first-gen Grinnell Diversity Leaders Program - Grinnell College
Hamilton - Diversity Overnight Program, 10/11-10/12 or 10/25-10/26 (both DUE 9/28) '09, min. 3.0 GPA [fax 315-859-4457 or mail to Kyra Young]
?Hampshire - ALANA Program, 11/10 '06
?Lehigh - Diversity Preview Day, 9/23 '06; Diversity Achievement Program, 11/12-11/13 '06; Multicultural Weekend?
Macalester - Multicultural Sampler, 10/1-10/4 and 10/22-10/25 (both OVERDUE) '09
?Mary Baldwin (VA) - Multicultural Weekend, 1/19-1/20 '07; Minority Recruitment Weekend?
Middlebury - Discover Middlebury, 10/18-10/20 (DUE 9/11) '09 http://www.middlebury.edu/NR/rdonlyr...B08/0/DM09.pdf [Manuel Carballo, mcarball@middlebury.edu]
?Mt. Holyoke - Voices of Diversity Program, 11/5-11/6 '06
?U of New Hampshire - Discover UNH Weekend, 11/4-11/6 '06 http://admissions.unh.edu/visit/discoverunh.html
UNC-CH - Hispanic/Latino Student Recruitment Weekend, 9/18-9/19 '09 Diversity and Multicultural Affairs | Prospective Students | Hispanic and Latino; Native American Recruitment Weekend, 11/16-11/18 '07 Diversity and Multicultural Affairs | Prospective Students | Native American
Oberlin - Multicultural Visit Program, 10/1-10/3 (DUE 9/4) and 11/12-11/14 (DUE 10/16) and 12/3-12/5 (DUE 11/6) '09 Oberlin Multicultural Visit Program
?Ohio Wesleyan - Multicultural Open House Program, 2/1-2/3 '07
?U of Pittsburgh - PM 'itsv'
Reed - Multicultural Scholars Preview Days, 11/8-11/10 (DUE 10/1) '09, all applicants receive app fee waiver Reed College Admission Office
?Rice - Vision Weekend '09 (2/17-2/19 '08) [Laura Villafranca, laurav@rice.edu, 713-348-2830]
Scripps - Preview Scripps (Scripps Multicultural Outreach Program), 9/20-9/22 (OVERDUE 9/1) '09 Scripps College : Preview Scripps : The Scripps Multicultural Outreach Program
?Simmons (MA) - Multicultural Admissions Program, 10/15 and 11/18 '06
Smith - Women of Distinction Program, 11/13-11/15 (DUE 9/25) '09 Smith College: Women of Distinction: Home Page
Swarthmore - Discover Swarthmore (previously Discovery Weekend), 10/3-10/5 (OVERDUE 8/28) '09 Swarthmore College :: Discover Swarthmore! :: Discover Swarthmore! 2009 or discover-dot-swarthmore-dot-edu
?Trinity (CT) - Preview Weekend, 11/11-11/13 '06
?Tufts - Students of Color Outreach Program (TELESCOPE), 11/9-11/10 '06
?Union - Multicultural Weekend, 10/7-10/9 '06; "Getting to Know You" 10/10-10/12 '08
Washington U in St. Louis - Discovery Weekend, 9/24-9/26 '09, not limited to ALANA (pay) but free w/ certain invitations Home
?Wellesley - ALANA overnight, 10/15-10/16 '06; Discover Wellesley Weekend? (not obviously funded), 10/18-10/19 '09 Discover Wellesley This Fall
Wesleyan - Transportation Assistance Program, 10/11-10/12 (DUE 9/21) and 11/10-11/11 (DUE 10/16) '09, not explicitly multicultural Wesleyan University : Admission
?Wheaton (MA) - Diversity Day, 10/9 '06
Whitman - Visit Scholarship Program, 10/8-10/9 (DUE 9/11) and 11/12-11/13 (DUE 10/9) '09, also underrepresented socioec Visit Scholarship Program
Williams - Window on Williams, 10/1-10/3 and 10/15-10/17 (both OVERDUE 8/22) '09 [Liliana Rodriguez, lrodrigu@williams.edu, 413-597-2211]
?Yale - Multicultural Open House, 10/7 '06, travel grant?
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09-01-2009, 08:02 PM
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Anyone here ever been to one of these? How diverse are they usually? Like what percentage of African-Americans/Hispanics are usually present?
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09-03-2009, 04:33 PM
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#22 | | Senior Member
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Added specific information to Carleton and a new entry on Kenyon.
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This is an up-to-date (as of August 2009) list of FALL diversity overnight programs offering free transportation/room/board. Open to ALANA students (including Asians) unless otherwise noted. I've provided contact information only for confirmed '09 programs.
Sources: Thanks to entomom and Diversity weekend opportunities for the research jumping-off point. I also referenced a PDF file called "multicultural-students" listing '06 programs, found somewhere through Google and saved to my computer.
If you have updated information on the schools marked ?, please let me know. I will try to keep this updated.
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Amherst - Diversity Open House Weekends, 9/26-9/28 and 10/24-10/26 (OVERDUE; rolling but priority 8/3 and strongly encouraged 8/14) '09, open and priority to all low-income [Dale Hendricks, dhendricks@amherst.edu]
Bates - Prologue to Bates, 10/11-10/13 (DUE 9/11) and 11/8-11/10 (DUE 10/9) '09, requires GC rec for travel scholarship Bates College | Prologue Application
?Bowdoin - Bowdoin Invitational '08
?Bryn Mawr - MOSAIC 10/15 '06
?Brown - Open House for Minority Students, 10/28 '06, travel grant?
Carleton - Taste of Carleton, 10/29-10/31 '09 (DUE 9/14), subsidized flight program available [fax 507-222-4526 or contact Stefani Tran or Carla Zelada at 800-995-2275 or toc@carleton.edu]
?Colby - Discover Colby, 10/29-10/30 '06
Colorado C - Multicultural Open House, 11/5-11/7 (DUE 10/5) '09, also open to first-gen and low-income, extra $500 subsidy for parent/guardian, individual travel grants (for different date) on case-by-case basis http://www.coloradocollege.edu/admis...lOpenHouse.asp
Cornell - Engineering Fall Hosting Weekend, 10/16-10/18 (DUE 9/16) '09 Cornell Engineering : Fall Hosting
Dartmouth - Dartmouth Bound 7/23-7/25 (OVERDUE 6/3) and 8/6-8/8 (OVERDUE 6/1) '09, Native American Fly-in 10/4-10/7 (OVERDUE rolling 6/1 to 8/24) '09 Dartmouth Bound
Grinnell - Diversity Leaders Program, 10/30-11/1 (app released in early Sept.) '09, also first-gen Grinnell Diversity Leaders Program - Grinnell College
Hamilton - Diversity Overnight Program, 10/11-10/12 or 10/25-10/26 (both DUE 9/28) '09, min. 3.0 GPA [fax 315-859-4457 or mail to Kyra Young]
?Hampshire - ALANA Program, 11/10 '06
Kenyon - Trustee Opportunity Travel Grant '09, 90% of plane fare or $50 towards gas (rolling, DUE 2/1), also first-gen [email Travis D. Culver at culvert@kenyon.edu]
?Lehigh - Diversity Preview Day, 9/23 '06; Diversity Achievement Program, 11/12-11/13 '06; Multicultural Weekend?
Macalester - Multicultural Sampler, 10/1-10/4 and 10/22-10/25 (both OVERDUE) '09
?Mary Baldwin (VA) - Multicultural Weekend, 1/19-1/20 '07; Minority Recruitment Weekend?
Middlebury - Discover Middlebury, 10/18-10/20 (DUE 9/11) '09 http://www.middlebury.edu/NR/rdonlyr...B08/0/DM09.pdf [Manuel Carballo, mcarball@middlebury.edu]
?Mt. Holyoke - Voices of Diversity Program, 11/5-11/6 '06
?U of New Hampshire - Discover UNH Weekend, 11/4-11/6 '06 http://admissions.unh.edu/visit/discoverunh.html
UNC-CH - Hispanic/Latino Student Recruitment Weekend, 9/18-9/19 '09 Diversity and Multicultural Affairs | Prospective Students | Hispanic and Latino; Native American Recruitment Weekend, 11/16-11/18 '07 Diversity and Multicultural Affairs | Prospective Students | Native American
Oberlin - Multicultural Visit Program, 10/1-10/3 (DUE 9/4) and 11/12-11/14 (DUE 10/16) and 12/3-12/5 (DUE 11/6) '09 Oberlin Multicultural Visit Program
?Ohio Wesleyan - Multicultural Open House Program, 2/1-2/3 '07
?U of Pittsburgh - PM 'itsv'
Reed - Multicultural Scholars Preview Days, 11/8-11/10 (DUE 10/1) '09, all applicants receive app fee waiver Reed College Admission Office
?Rice - Vision Weekend '09 (2/17-2/19 '08) [Laura Villafranca, laurav@rice.edu, 713-348-2830]
Scripps - Preview Scripps (Scripps Multicultural Outreach Program), 9/20-9/22 (OVERDUE 9/1) '09 Scripps College : Preview Scripps : The Scripps Multicultural Outreach Program
?Simmons (MA) - Multicultural Admissions Program, 10/15 and 11/18 '06
Smith - Women of Distinction Program, 11/13-11/15 (DUE 9/25) '09 Smith College: Women of Distinction: Home Page
Swarthmore - Discover Swarthmore (previously Discovery Weekend), 10/3-10/5 (OVERDUE 8/28) '09 Swarthmore College :: Discover Swarthmore! :: Discover Swarthmore! 2009 or discover-dot-swarthmore-dot-edu
?Trinity (CT) - Preview Weekend, 11/11-11/13 '06
?Tufts - Students of Color Outreach Program (TELESCOPE), 11/9-11/10 '06
?Union - Multicultural Weekend, 10/7-10/9 '06; "Getting to Know You" 10/10-10/12 '08
Washington U in St. Louis - Discovery Weekend, 9/24-9/26 '09, not limited to ALANA (pay) but free w/ certain invitations Home
?Wellesley - ALANA overnight, 10/15-10/16 '06; Discover Wellesley Weekend? (not obviously funded), 10/18-10/19 '09 Discover Wellesley This Fall
Wesleyan - Transportation Assistance Program, 10/11-10/12 (DUE 9/21) and 11/10-11/11 (DUE 10/16) '09, not explicitly multicultural Wesleyan University : Admission
?Wheaton (MA) - Diversity Day, 10/9 '06
Whitman - Visit Scholarship Program, 10/8-10/9 (DUE 9/11) and 11/12-11/13 (DUE 10/9) '09, also underrepresented socioec Visit Scholarship Program
Williams - Window on Williams, 10/1-10/3 and 10/15-10/17 (both OVERDUE 8/22) '09 [Liliana Rodriguez, lrodrigu@williams.edu, 413-597-2211]
?Yale - Multicultural Open House, 10/7 '06, travel grant?
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09-03-2009, 06:51 PM
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I was invited to the Cornell and the Columbia diversity overnight program. Definitely applying for the Columbia one, maybe the Cornell.
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09-03-2009, 07:26 PM
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^ Can you elaborate on them? Formal program names, dates, contact information, who is eligible?
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09-03-2009, 08:16 PM
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GW is having a multicultural open house at the end of October. Quote:
On Thursday, October 29, and Friday, October 30, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions welcomes high school seniors from around the country to GW’s campus for Colonial Connection.
The event kicks off with a cultural festival dinner Thursday evening hosted by the Dean's Council for Multicultural Recruitment. Friday events allow our visiting students to experience campus life through the eyes of current GW students and provide great opportunities to connect with student organizations and the Multicultural Student Services Center.
Activities for the event include:
A reception with current students
Opportunities to interview with an admissions representative
Participation in a class
An overnight stay with a current student
A luncheon with the Dean’s Council for Multicultural Recruitment
A student organization fair
Campus Tour
GW will provide travel assistance scholarships to students from around the country. If you would like to apply for a travel scholarship, please let us know when you RSVP.
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09-03-2009, 10:13 PM
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^ Thanks! Do you know when the travel scholarship application is due? And if there's a website or contact person to seek more information?
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09-04-2009, 10:16 AM
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Unfortunately, no. That's the entire page of the website. There's nominally more information when you actually register, but not much.
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09-04-2009, 11:18 AM
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Bah. Can you provide the website link, then?
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09-04-2009, 11:53 AM
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Here's the link: Multicultural Open Houses - The George Washington University
This is the information I got when I registered:
When
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 4:00 pm
to Friday, October 30, 2009 4:00 pm
Admissions Visitor Center
801 22nd Street NW
Washington, DC (Map)
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09-04-2009, 12:20 PM
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Thanks! The updated compilation:
This is an up-to-date (as of August 2009) list of FALL diversity overnight programs offering free transportation/room/board. Open to ALANA students (including Asians) unless otherwise noted. I've provided contact information only for confirmed '09 programs.
Sources: Thanks to entomom and Diversity weekend opportunities for the research jumping-off point. I also referenced a PDF file called "multicultural-students" listing '06 programs, found somewhere through Google and saved to my computer.
If you have updated information on the schools marked ?, please let me know. I will try to keep this updated.
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Amherst - Diversity Open House Weekends, 9/26-9/28 and 10/24-10/26 (OVERDUE; rolling but priority 8/3 and strongly encouraged 8/14) '09, open and priority to all low-income [Dale Hendricks, dhendricks@amherst.edu]
Bates - Prologue to Bates, 10/11-10/13 (DUE 9/11) and 11/8-11/10 (DUE 10/9) '09, requires GC rec for travel scholarship Bates College | Prologue Application
?Bowdoin - Bowdoin Invitational '08
?Bryn Mawr - MOSAIC 10/15 '06
?Brown - Open House for Minority Students, 10/28 '06, travel grant?
Carleton - Taste of Carleton, 10/29-10/31 '09 (DUE 9/14), subsidized flight program available [fax 507-222-4526 or contact Stefani Tran or Carla Zelada at 800-995-2275 or toc@carleton.edu]
?Colby - Discover Colby, 10/29-10/30 '06
Colorado C - Multicultural Open House, 11/5-11/7 (DUE 10/5) '09, also open to first-gen and low-income, extra $500 subsidy for parent/guardian, individual travel grants (for different date) on case-by-case basis Multicultural Open House | Visit Our Campus | Prospective Students
Columbia U - diversity overnight '09 [ask Snyder005]
Cornell - Engineering Fall Hosting Weekend, 10/16-10/18 (DUE 9/16) '09 Cornell Engineering : Fall Hosting; diversity overnight '09? [ask Snyder005]
Dartmouth - Dartmouth Bound 7/23-7/25 (OVERDUE 6/3) and 8/6-8/8 (OVERDUE 6/1) '09, Native American Fly-in 10/4-10/7 (OVERDUE rolling 6/1 to 8/24) '09 Dartmouth Bound
George Washington - Colonial Connection Multicultural Open House, 10/29-10/30 '09 (DUE ??), travel scholarships available
Grinnell - Diversity Leaders Program, 10/30-11/1 (app released in early Sept.) '09, also first-gen Grinnell Diversity Leaders Program - Grinnell College
Hamilton - Diversity Overnight Program, 10/11-10/12 or 10/25-10/26 (both DUE 9/28) '09, min. 3.0 GPA [fax 315-859-4457 or mail to Kyra Young]
?Hampshire - ALANA Program, 11/10 '06
Kenyon - Trustee Opportunity Travel Grant '09, 90% of plane fare or $50 towards gas (rolling, DUE 2/1), also first-gen [email Travis D. Culver at culvert@kenyon.edu]
?Lehigh - Diversity Preview Day, 9/23 '06; Diversity Achievement Program, 11/12-11/13 '06; Multicultural Weekend?
Macalester - Multicultural Sampler, 10/1-10/4 and 10/22-10/25 (both OVERDUE) '09
?Mary Baldwin (VA) - Multicultural Weekend, 1/19-1/20 '07; Minority Recruitment Weekend?
Middlebury - Discover Middlebury, 10/18-10/20 (DUE 9/11) '09 http://www.middlebury.edu/NR/rdonlyr...B08/0/DM09.pdf [Manuel Carballo, mcarball@middlebury.edu]
?Mt. Holyoke - Voices of Diversity Program, 11/5-11/6 '06
?U of New Hampshire - Discover UNH Weekend, 11/4-11/6 '06 http://admissions.unh.edu/visit/discoverunh.html
UNC-CH - Hispanic/Latino Student Recruitment Weekend, 9/18-9/19 '09 Diversity and Multicultural Affairs | Prospective Students | Hispanic and Latino; Native American Recruitment Weekend, 11/16-11/18 '07 Diversity and Multicultural Affairs | Prospective Students | Native American
Oberlin - Multicultural Visit Program, 10/1-10/3 (DUE 9/4) and 11/12-11/14 (DUE 10/16) and 12/3-12/5 (DUE 11/6) '09 Oberlin Multicultural Visit Program
?Ohio Wesleyan - Multicultural Open House Program, 2/1-2/3 '07
?U of Pittsburgh - PM 'itsv'
Reed - Multicultural Scholars Preview Days, 11/8-11/10 (DUE 10/1) '09, all applicants receive app fee waiver Reed College Admission Office
?Rice - Vision Weekend '09 (2/17-2/19 '08) [Laura Villafranca, laurav@rice.edu, 713-348-2830]
Scripps - Preview Scripps (Scripps Multicultural Outreach Program), 9/20-9/22 (OVERDUE 9/1) '09 Scripps College : Preview Scripps : The Scripps Multicultural Outreach Program
?Simmons (MA) - Multicultural Admissions Program, 10/15 and 11/18 '06
Smith - Women of Distinction Program, 11/13-11/15 (DUE 9/25) '09 Smith College: Women of Distinction: Home Page
Swarthmore - Discover Swarthmore (previously Discovery Weekend), 10/3-10/5 (OVERDUE 8/28) '09 Swarthmore College :: Discover Swarthmore! :: Discover Swarthmore! 2009 or discover-dot-swarthmore-dot-edu
?Trinity (CT) - Preview Weekend, 11/11-11/13 '06
?Tufts - Students of Color Outreach Program (TELESCOPE), 11/9-11/10 '06
?Union - Multicultural Weekend, 10/7-10/9 '06; "Getting to Know You" 10/10-10/12 '08
Washington U in St. Louis - Discovery Weekend, 9/24-9/26 '09, not limited to ALANA (pay) but free w/ certain invitations Home
?Wellesley - ALANA overnight, 10/15-10/16 '06; Discover Wellesley Weekend? (not obviously funded), 10/18-10/19 '09 Discover Wellesley This Fall
Wesleyan - Transportation Assistance Program, 10/11-10/12 (DUE 9/21) and 11/10-11/11 (DUE 10/16) '09, not explicitly multicultural Wesleyan University : Admission
?Wheaton (MA) - Diversity Day, 10/9 '06
Whitman - Visit Scholarship Program, 10/8-10/9 (DUE 9/11) and 11/12-11/13 (DUE 10/9) '09, also underrepresented socioec Visit Scholarship Program
Williams - Window on Williams, 10/1-10/3 and 10/15-10/17 (both OVERDUE 8/22) '09 [Liliana Rodriguez, lrodrigu@williams.edu, 413-597-2211]
?Yale - Multicultural Open House, 10/7 '06, travel grant?
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