College In View Consulting

🎓Decision Day!🎓

Campus Visit ~ Harvey Mudd College

A STEM-focused college, specifically engineering, science, and math, with a strong commitment to the liberal arts. Harvey Mudd is part of the Claremont Colleges consortium, giving students access to 5 campuses, cross-registration, shared dining and athletic facilities, and a vibrant social scene.

🔴 About 900 undergrads in a tight-nit community with collaboration at its core.

🟡 One of the most selective STEM colleges in the nation with an acceptance rate

Univ of Oregon - Portland campus 🦆
What a beautiful morning learning about the Ballmer Institute of Children's Behavioral Health degree at Univ of Oregon's Portland campus. ☀️

Ballmer Institute of Children's Behavioral Health (BA, BS, or B.Ed.)

🟢First of its kind in the nation - Addressing the national crisis of children's mental health.

🟡Possible through an astounding $425M gift from Connie (UO alum) and Steve Ballmer.

🔵Students transfer to Ballmer for Year 3 and 4. Years 1 and 2 can be at Univ of Oregon's Eugene campus, a community college, or another university.

🔴All 90 upper division credits are behavioral health focused. No electives.

🟠Students participate in 700+ hours in youth-serving settings, healthcare and community-centered programs.

🟣Graduating its first class this spring.

🟡They currently have more partners looking for interns than they have students.

🟢This program is great for students who want to pursue children's behavioral issues and want a hands-on, clinical experience in real school, clinic, and community-based environments.

Campus Visit ~ Scripps College

A prestigious women's liberal arts college among the Claremont Colleges Consortium in sunny SoCal! It's known for its stunning Spanish Colonial architecture and ability to empower the next generation of leaders and change-makers.

Unique facts:
🔵Students at Scripps can take any courses in any of the 5C schools (actually 7C with grad schools) as well as enjoy the variety of dining options.

🟠85% acceptance rate to medical school.

🟢 Recognized as a top producer of STEM PhDs. Roughly 1/3 of the student body are STEM majors.

🟣Scripps had seven Fulbright recipients out of 28 applicants in 2025-26.

🟡Housing guaranteed all four years, although only required freshman year.

🔴The founder, Ellen Browning Scripps, was 89 years old when the college came to be, and her influence led to the purchase of land that came to be Pitzer, Claremont McKenna, and Harvey Mudd Colleges.

🔵 Students freely pick fruit among the campus orange, pomegranate, and grapefruit trees, and Scripps even produces its own award-winning olive oil.

🟠Overall acceptance rate @35% with the Early Decision acceptance rate @50%.

🟢SAT average: 1490 and ACT average: 33

🟣 Less than 2% of students make it off the wait list.

Friday morning's snapshot ~ Those days when you can support three meaningful, local organizations in a single morning ~ Wichita Family Support Center, the North Clackamas Education Foundation, and the North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce!

Making financial aid fun! Well, not exactly, but sharing the ins and outs nonetheless! Loved seeing both new and returning faces to last night's "Understanding College Costs and Financial Aid" library event.

We are two days away from anyone hoping to learn more about college costs and financial aid.
Thu, April 2, 6pm

✅ Calculating the cost of college
✅ Using Common Data Sets to predict merit aid
✅ Finding local and state scholarships
✅ Working through a calculator based on a sample family
✅ WUE and AP/Dual credit savings

Register here ~ www.collegeinview.com

Campus Visit: UCLA

Unique facts:

🔵Overall 11% acceptance rate with 80% of first years being in-state Cali residents leaving it very competitive for out-of-state and international students. Students are expected to have a combination of AP, Dual enrollment classes, internships, and experiential programs on their application.

🟠Directly from their brochure: "There is no single academic path that we expect students to follow, but the strongest applicants take the most rigorous high school curriculum available to them."

🟢For the application, students choose four of the eight essay prompts with some degrees having supplemental essays.

🟣No applications updates are allowed after submission.

🟡Guaranteed housing all four years

🔴Average student changes major 2-3 times

🟢No business school, but they do offer degrees such as Business Economics.

🟡Broad range of liberal art classes are part of their gen ed requirements

🔴Only 70 students accepted into the nursing program

🟣$1 billion in research funding

🟢Film set for many movies including Legally Blonde, Gilmore Girls, Modern Family, and Oppenheimer

🟠The Getty is only 3 miles away.

🔵UCLA is ranked #1 for their food dining!