Join Mr. Steere (Director of College Counseling) for a special community screening and panel discussion of the documentary Try Harder. Required event for G11.The screening will take place immediately following dinner. Zoom Link for Virtual Participants
About Try Harder: "The American college application process can be stressful at the best of times. For the super-smart, mostly Asian-American students at San Francisco’s Lowell High School, it’s emotionally draining. At Lowell, it’s cool to be a nerd – everyone is talented. This Storyville documentary follows a group of students as they make their university applications, all of them under pressure to get a prized spot at one of the country’s most elite institutions. Try Harder! is a portrait of young adults in the most diverse American generation ever, navigating their way through a quintessential rite of passage."
11th graders join Mr. Steere and Ms. Sanjana Singh from Concourse Global to develop their profiles for Concourse's Global Match. Students, please bring your laptops!
"Concourse is an online platform where universities apply for students, flipping the script on traditional admissions. Our mission is to bring more access and equity to higher education by reinventing admissions to make it simpler and more student centric."
In the last two years, TJ students have received 194 offers of admission with scholarships totaling $12.3M, or almost $500,000 per student.
“Big school, little school: Sizing up best fit” - A panel on fit and college admissions featuring Tori Schlotzhauer, University of Missouri and Rachel Schleicher, Rockhurst University, moderated by Director of College Counseling Eric Steere.