America's Best Colleges for B Students. Tamra B. Orr

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       B Student Support and Success

      Support for academic success is provided through tutoring, academic skills coaching, supplemental instruction and the math, public speaking and writing labs. Augsburg's TRiO/Student Support Services program helps students who are 1) low-income, 2) first-generation enrollees or 3) disabled (learning or physical) to achieve their bachelor's degrees. StepUp provides ongoing support to students in chemical recovery who are willing and able to progress toward an academic degree while remaining clean and sober. Students live together in separate, chemical-free housing. The Center for Learning and Adaptive Student Services (CLASS) assists academically qualified students with learning, attention, psychiatric or other cognitive disabilities reach their individual potential through services and accommodations, while the Access Center supports students with documented physical disabilities.

      Augsburg College provides a variety of support programs including dedicated guidance for: academic · career · personal · psychological · minority students · religious. The average freshman year GPA is 2.9, and 80 percent of freshmen students return for their sophomore year. Among students who enter the workforce, approximately 85 percent enter a field related to their major within six months of graduation. Companies that most frequently hire graduates from Augsburg College include: Target Corporation · Cargill · KPMG International · Best Buy · Anoka Hennepin School District · Hennepin County Social Services · Wells Fargo Bank.

       Support for Students with Learning Disabilities

      Learning disabled students are allowed to take extra time to complete a degree. According to the Augsburg, The Center for Learning and Adaptive Student Services (CLASS) at Augsburg College provides accommodations and academic support to students with any of a broad range of specific cognitive and psychological disabilities, including dyslexia, ADHD and Asperger syndrome. CLASS also serves students with psychiatric disabilities such as anxiety disorder, depression and PTSD, and those with acquired or developmental neurological conditions in which the primary impact is on cognitive function. Students with learning disabilities will find the following programs at Augsburg College useful: tutors · learning center · testing accommodations · extended time for tests · take-home exam · oral tests · readers · note-taking services · reading machines · tape recorders · waiver of math degree requirement. Individual or small group tutorials are also available in: time management · organizational skills · learning strategies · writing labs · math labs · study skills. An advisor/advocate from the Center for Learning and Adaptive Student Services is available to students.

       How to Get Admitted

      For admissions decisions, non-academic factors considered: interview · extracurricular activities · special talents, interests and abilities · character/personal qualities · volunteer work · work experience · state of residency · minority affiliation · alumni relationship. A high school diploma is required, although a GED is also accepted for admissions consideration. SAT or ACT test scores are required of all applicants. SAT Subject Test scores are considered, if submitted, but are not required. According to the admissions office: Minimum composite ACT score of 22, rank in top half of secondary school class and minimum 2.5 GPA recommended. Academic units recommended: 4 English, 4 Math, 4 Science, 4 Social Studies, 3 Foreign Language.

       Insight

      “At Augsburg, we realize that grades are only one measure of success,” says Bethany Bierman, assistant director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. She notes that one of the college's graduates received a D in high school chemistry and went on to receive a Nobel Prize in chemistry! The college is an intentionally diverse community, and with that comes students from a range of academic backgrounds. The admissions officers do a thorough review of an application, but grades are not the only basis on which students are accepted. Applicants can demonstrate that they are qualified for Augsburg by the extracurricular activities in which they are involved, including work positions or volunteer work. The difficulty of courses a student has selected in high school is also considered. Additionally, letters of recommendation that focus on the character of the student tell the admissions officers a great deal.

      “Ultimately, Augsburg seeks to accept students who want to use their gifts to make a difference in the world,” she says. Bierman states that the school's overall philosophy is that it is “more concerned with the quality and character of the alumni we produce than the incoming GPA of our students. As long as we know that students are working to their full potential, taking their academic work seriously and are seeking to make a difference in their community, we are proud of them, regardless of grades that are B's or C's.”

       How to Pay for College

      To apply for financial aid, students should submit the following: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Augsburg College participates in the Federal Work Study program. Need-based aid programs include: scholarships and grants · general need-based awards · Federal Pell grants · state scholarships and grants · college-based scholarships and grants · private scholarships and grants · Federal Nursing scholarships. Non-need-based aid programs include: scholarships and grants · state scholarships and grants · creative arts and performance awards · special achievements and activities awards · special characteristics awards.

      BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY

      2001 Newburg Road, Louisville, KY 40205

      Admissions: 800-274-4723 · Financial Aid: 502-272-8124

      Email: [email protected] · Website: http://www.bellarmine.edu

       From the College

      “Bellarmine University is an independent Catholic university educating students of many faiths, ages, nations and cultures, and with respect for each individual's intrinsic value and dignity. The school educates students through undergraduate and graduate programs in the liberal arts and professional studies.

      “Here we seek to foster a thoughtful, informed consideration of serious ideas, values and issues, time-honored and contemporary, across a broad range of compelling concerns that are regional, national and international. Thus we strive to be worthy of our foundational motto: ‘In Veritatis Amore, In the Love of Truth’.

      “Our lush 137-acre campus currently comprises more than 30 buildings including the W.L. Lyons Brown Library, the Norton Health Science Center and halls that are home to the nursing, education, and the arts and sciences. Bellarmine has six residence halls (with a seventh currently under construction), a chapel, campus center and university quadrangle. Our recreational facilities include indoor and outdoor tennis courts; fitness center; golf course and athletic fields including a state-of-the-art Frazier Stadium that's home to lacrosse, soccer, field hockey and track and field. Our campus on three hills and our award-winning architecture evoke the beautiful Italian hill towns of Tuscany, birthplace of our patron.”

       Campus Setting

      Bellarmine, founded in 1950, is a private university, affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. After merging with Ursuline College in 1968, Bellarmine became coed. Colleges/Schools include: Arts and Sciences, the Donna and Allan Lansing School of Nursing & Health Sciences, the W. Fielding Rubel School of Business, the Annsley Frazier Thornton School of Education and the School of Continuing and Professional School. Its 135-acre campus is located in Louisville. A four-year institution, Bellarmine University has an enrollment of 3,419 students. The campus features СКАЧАТЬ