The AICCU Regional Counselor Conferences brought together nearly 400 high school and community college transfer counselors to learn more about opportunities for their students to study at California’s private, nonprofit colleges and universities.
The conferences were held in early September at the following AICCU member institutions: Santa Clara University, the University of the Pacific, the University Redlands, the University of San Diego and Westmont College. The final conference in the series was held virtually on Sept. 25, with over 100 counselors in attendance.
Each event featured sessions on admissions, financial aid, and student services that were designed to give counselors more insight on the requirements needed to be accepted into our diverse institutions and the range of support services offered to help their students succeed. Counselors were able to meet with representatives from 30 AICCU member institutions to get better acquainted with the unique programs offered at each campus.
Shauna Solari, a counselor at Riverbank High School, said she was excited to bring the information she learned back to her students. She said her students are used to smaller class sizes and would appreciate the 10-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio present at many independent institutions.
"When you are in the State of California and you have two different state systems, the private colleges get overlooked often," Solari said. "I think [this event] dispelled a lot of things that we hear all the time about private schools. We don't get the chance to go off and see and explore any of these schools, especially those in Southern California. So having all of them come up here to us is a big deal."
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