Diversity Fall Fly-In Programs

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<p>As of August 2013. Below are FALL 2013 Diversity Programs, offering free Fly ins for Transporation/Room/Board. Please do your due diligence by contacting programs to ensure that there is not a reduction in budget that impact any portion of "FREE".</p>

<p>These Programs are open to AHANA students ( African American, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans). </p>

<p>Utilization of the search button in CC will list as sources, the Hispanic Student Thread with overwhelming input from entomom and ITSV among others. So a big Thank You to them. Additionaly Keil had a wonderful compilation <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/770660-fall-diversity-visit-programs-compilation.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/770660-fall-diversity-visit-programs-compilation.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>FALL 2013 Diversity Fly-In list.</p>

<p>Amherst, Massachusetts
Program: Fall 2013 Diversity Open House weekends (DIVOH): September 21-23, October 26-28
Application is due Friday, August 16
<a href="https://www.amherst.edu/admission/diversity/divoh%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://www.amherst.edu/admission/diversity/divoh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Barnard College, New York
Program: Barnard Bound: Sunday, October 13, 2013
Application deadline: TBA announced in August, 2013
For more info, visit- Barnard</a> Bound | Barnard College </p>

<p>Bates College, Lewiston, Maine
Program: Prologue to Bates: Prologue I runs October 13-15, 2013 and Prologue II runs November 10-12, 2013.
Application deadline for Prologue I: Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Application deadline for Prologue II: Wednesday, October 2, 2013
<a href="http://www.bates.edu/admission/prologue/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bates.edu/admission/prologue/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Program: Explore Bowdoin; September 26-29, 2013 and November 7-10 2013
Application Deadline: August 30 and September 27, respectively.
• Explore</a> Bowdoin 2013 (Bowdoin - Admissions)
• Application: <a href="https://bowdoincollege.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cJcSSPeLE7NXdRP%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://bowdoincollege.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cJcSSPeLE7NXdRP&lt;/a> </p>

<p>Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts
Program: SEED-Students Exploring and Embracing Diversity, Nov 10, 2012
Application deadlines: TBD. Students notified on rolling basis
There is an application to fill up but it will not be available until the 2nd week of August. Visit Admissions</a> | SEED<em>|</em>Undergraduate Admissions<em>|</em>Brandeis University to see if the site for SEED has been launched, along with the application</p>

<p>Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(3.3 GPA and combined 1800 on SAT or 27 on ACT to qualify for travel aid)
Program: Celebration of Diversity Weekend- November 9-11, 2013, January 20-22, 2014
Carnegie</a> Mellon Admission | Diversity Events </p>

<p>Colby College
Waterville, ME
Program: Experience Colby–September 29-October 1, 2013 and November 3-5, 2013
Application Deadline: August 23 (for September program), September 27 (for November program)
Colby</a> College | Admissions & Financial Aid | Experience Colby</p>

<p>Colgate University
Hamilton, New York
Program: 2013 Multicultural Open house, November 3-4, 2013
Deadline: September 30, 2013
Website: Multicultural</a> Open House at Colgate University
Application: Application</a> for Multicultural Open House</p>

<p>College of Charleston
Charleston, SC
Program: M.O.V.E., the Multicultural Overnight Visit Experience
Deadline: Not known, but ASAP since space is limited
Multicultural</a> Overnight Visit Experience (M.O.V.E.) - College of Charleston for more info and MOVE application</p>

<p>College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University
St. Joseph and Collegeville, Minnesota
Program: National Fly-in Weekend Program, November 16-18 and several spring weekends for accepted students. February 8-10, 2014; March 15-17, 2014, March 29-31, 2014, and April 12-14, 2014.
Deadline: Two weeks before weekend.
Applications will be released in early September.
National</a> Fly-in Weekend Program ? CSB/SJU</p>

<p>Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Program: 2013 Multicultural Open House, September 14-16, November 2-4, and November 9-11, 2013
Application opens July 1, 2013.
Deadlines: September 14-16 is due August 26, 2013
November 2-4 is due October 14, 2013
November 9-11 is due October 14, 2013
Website: Multicultural</a> Open House ? Colorado College
Apply: <a href="https://coloradocol.askadmissions.net/Vip/Default.aspx%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://coloradocol.askadmissions.net/Vip/Default.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Connecticut College
New London, Connecticut
Program: Explorer Weekend- October 18-21, 2013 or November 8-11, 2013
Deadlines:For October weekend (September 30) and for November weekend (October 21)
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG9WeWFXZnVldmVWMHRDUkNxSzNQWEE6MQ%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG9WeWFXZnVldmVWMHRDUkNxSzNQWEE6MQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Davidson College
Davidson, NC
Program: Discover Davidson I, Sept 28, 2013 and Discover Davidson II, Oct 20, 2013
Deadlines: Registration Now Open
The</a> page cannot be found - Davidson College</p>

<p>Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA
Program: Collegiate Leadership Summit- Fall Session 1: October 21-22, 2013
Fall Session 2: November 18-19, 2013
Deadlines: The nomination deadline for the Fall Session 1 program is Sunday, September 22, 2013.
The nomination deadline for the Fall Session 2 program is Sunday, October 20, 2013.
Students must be nominated to apply and participate.: <a href="https://apply.fandm.edu/register/cls-summit%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://apply.fandm.edu/register/cls-summit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Grinnell College
Grinnell, Iowa
Program: 2013 Diversity Preview Program, Oct 6-8, 2013
Deadline for application: September 6th, 2013
<a href="http://www.grinnell.edu/files/downloads/gdpp_app_131_copy.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.grinnell.edu/files/downloads/gdpp_app_131_copy.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Gustavus Adolpus
St. Peter, MN
Program: Fly-in Program-
Application Deadline: Please check for updates at Gustavus</a> Adolphus - Fly-in Program</p>

<p>Hamilton College
Clinton, New York
Diversity Overnight Program: September 22-24 or October 27-29, 2013
Application Deadlines: Priority Deadline- August 1, 2013; Final Deadline- September 1, 2013 (September Program); Final Deadline – October 1, 2013
Website: <a href="https://my.hamilton.edu/admission/diversityovernight/do-program-page%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://my.hamilton.edu/admission/diversityovernight/do-program-page&lt;/a>
Application: Diversity</a> Overnight - Application Form - Hamilton College</p>

<p>College of Holy Cross
Worcester, Massachusetts
Small Catholic college; 2.7+ GPA, low to middle test scoers
(D) Program: Perspectives Overnight Program, TBD, 2013
Application Deadline: More information and application forms will be available in September.
Visit Additional</a> Opportunities | Admissions | College of the Holy Cross</p>

<p>Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Program: Multicultural Fly-In Program, November 8-9, 2013
Application Deadline to submit application: October 11, 2013
You can find more info and the application here: Multicultural</a> Fly-In Program | Admission</p>

<p>Kenyon College
Gambier, Ohio
Programs: Cultural Connections: Cultural Connections I: Overnight Visit Program – November 9-11, 2013 (for seniors) and Cultural Connections II: Overnight Visit Program – February 1-3, 2013 (for juniors)
Please contact Kim Totman at 740-427-5778 to make reservations.
Admissions</a> Events<strong>·</strong>Kenyon College</p>

<p>Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Program: Diversity Achievers Program, 2013 dates not yet available
Application and all Materials Deadline: TBSA
Lehigh</a> University: Undergraduate Admissions: Visits & Tours</p>

<p>Lewis & Clark College
Portland, Oregon
Program: L.E.A.D. program, November 10-12, 2013
Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 4, 2013
<a href="https://college.lclark.edu/offices/admissions/multicultural_recruitment/lead/%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://college.lclark.edu/offices/admissions/multicultural_recruitment/lead/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Miami University (Ohio)
Oxford, OH
Program: Bridges at Miami University, Oct 27-28, Nov 3-4 , Nov 10-11, and Nov 17-18, 2013
Deadline for Applications Go Live August 1
<a href="http://miamioh.edu/admission/admission/high-school/bridges/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://miamioh.edu/admission/admission/high-school/bridges/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont
Program: Discover Middlebury, October 13-15, 2013
Application will go live in August.
Discover</a> Middlebury Program | Middlebury</p>

<p>Mt. Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts, All Women’s College
Small all women’s; consortium, test optional
Program: Focus on Diversity. November 3-4, 2013
Application Deadline-October 28, 2013
<a href="https://www.mtholyoke.edu/admission/visit/diversity%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://www.mtholyoke.edu/admission/visit/diversity&lt;/a>
<a href="https://www.mtholyoke.edu/admission/visit/diversity/diversity_registration%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://www.mtholyoke.edu/admission/visit/diversity/diversity_registration&lt;/a>
TRAVEL AID OFFERED BUT MUST APPLY FOR IT SEPARATE FROM EVENT</p>

<p>Oberlin College and Conservatory
Oberlin, Ohio
Program: Multicultural Visit Program: October 10-12, November 7-9, and December 5-7, 2013
Application Deadlines:
• October 10-12 is due September 16, 2013
• November 7-9 is due October 14, 2013
• December 5-7 is due November 11, 2013
apply</a> - Oberlin College</p>

<p>Occidental College
Fall MVP
Los Angeles
Fall</a> MVP | Occidental College | The Liberal Arts College in Los Angeles</p>

<p>Pitzer College
Claremont, CA
Fall Diversity Weekends: October 31-November 2, 2013 and November 7-9, 2013
Application will go up September 1, 2013
Diversity</a> Program at Pitzer College, Office of Admision</p>

<p>Reed College
Portland, Oregon
Program: Reed Overnight Multicultural Experience (ROME), November 4-6, 2013
Deadline: September 17, application will be available Aug 1st
• Eligibility requirements: Citizen or permanent resident, HS minority student, 2 short essays, SAT/ACT/PSAT scores, HS transcript.
• Supplemental info can be sent via:
Reed</a> College | Admission | Reed College Admission Office or contact them at 1800-547-4750 or email them at <a href="mailto:applyrome@reed.edu">applyrome@reed.edu</a> </p>

<p>Scripps College
Claremont, California, All Women’s College
All women’s small, consortium,
Program: Multicultural Outreach: Discover Scripps October 13-14, 2013
Application Deadline to submit online application is September 6, 2013
Application: <a href="https://scrippscollege.edu.185r.net/survey/index.php?time=2009-09-21%2009:00:00&filter=&id=124&timeID=151%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://scrippscollege.edu.185r.net/survey/index.php?time=2009-09-21%2009:00:00&filter=&id=124&timeID=151&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts
Small, all women’s,
Program: Women of Distinction: November 8-10th, 2013
Applications are due September 20, 2013. They will go live in August.
Smith</a> College: Women of Distinction</p>

<p>Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Program: Discover Swarthmore! Saturday, September 28 through Monday September 30, 2013.
Applications Deadline: Applications will be accepted until Friday, August 16.
Website: DS</a> Application Instructions :: Admissions & Aid :: Swarthmore College
Application: <a href="http://www.swarthmore.edu/admissions/discovery_app.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.swarthmore.edu/admissions/discovery_app.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Texas A&M
College Station, TX
Program: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: MEDALS 21ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE , November 15 – 16, 2013, Maximizing Educational Development through Academic and Leadership Skills
Application Deadline: TBA
[MEDALS[/url</a>] </p>

<p>Trinity College
Hartford, Connecticut
Small liberal arts, 3.0+ GPA, medium test scores
Program: Preview Weekend: November 10-11, 2013
Application deadline: App will be posted in September
<a href="http://www.trincoll.edu/StudentLife/Diversity/Pages/Preview.aspx%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.trincoll.edu/StudentLife/Diversity/Pages/Preview.aspx](&lt;a href="http://medals.tamu.edu/%5DMEDALS%5B/url"&gt;http://medals.tamu.edu/)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts
Program: Voices of Tufts: The Diversity Experience: October 24-25, 2013
(Rolling so apply earlier than deadline)
Application will be released in early September, 2013. Voices</a> · Tufts University Admissions Department</p>

<p>Union College
Schenectady, NY
Program: Community Experience September 4-7, 2013
Deadline: August 9, 2013
Website: Community</a> Experience - Union College
Application: <a href="https://unioncollegeny.wufoo.com/forms/p7p1w7/%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://unioncollegeny.wufoo.com/forms/p7p1w7/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>University of Richmond
Richmond, VA
Small private college, 3.0+ GPA, medium test scores
Program: November 10, 2013
Open</a> Houses - Undergraduate Admission - University of Richmond
Diverse students and family visits. Overnight for students.</p>

<p>University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Medium college, medium city, upper state NY, 3.3+ test scores, medium test scores
Program: Multicultural Visitation Program, 2013 dates not yet up
Application: 2013 dates needs
<a href="https://enrollment.rochester.edu/admissions/mvp/mvp_form.shtm%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://enrollment.rochester.edu/admissions/mvp/mvp_form.shtm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
Medium public, 3.0+ GPA, medium test scores
Program: Discovering UVM October 20–22, 2013; October 27–29, 2013; November 3–5, 2013
Application deadline; Application will go live in August
Visiting</a> : University of Vermont</p>

<p>Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Medium, public college. 3.0+ GPA, medium test scores
Program: Primeros Pasos, September 28, 2013
Deadline: RSVP by September 21, 2013
• Primeros</a> Pasos ? Virginia Commonwealth University Office of Admissions
Shirley Dettmore at (804) 828-6124 at least two weeks before the event.</p>

<p>Wesleyan University
Middletown, Connecticut
Program: Fall Open House Columbus Day Open House October 13-14, 2013 (Forms due September 27th) and Veterans Day Open House November 10-11, 2013 (Forms due October 25th)
Open</a> House Travel Assistance, Admission - Wesleyan University
Open</a> Houses, Admission - Wesleyan University for more info.</p>

<p>Williams College
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Program: Windows on Williams (WOW)- September 26-28, 2013 and October 10-12, 2013
Application Deadlines:
Priority Deadline: Sunday, July 14th, 2013
Final Deadline: Sunday, August 25th, 2013
<a href="https://williams-uga.edu.185r.net/survey/?id=104%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://williams-uga.edu.185r.net/survey/?id=104&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Bless you for this update.</p>

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<p>^
Took the words right out of my mouth</p>

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<p>Just referencing each college page for my daughter’s choices - fantastic info!</p>

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<p>thank you so much for compiling this; what a fantastic resource!!! If you were totally ambitious or a saint (!) you could add a line to the schools which consider factors other than race for their diversity criteria – some are looking for low income, first gen or even geographical diversity well as ethnicity. Again, this is a great compilation!</p>

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<p>Thank you for this great post. Every little bit helps…</p>

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<p>dckdck, this can turn out to be much more than a little help. One of my kids has applied for quite a few fly-ins at selective colleges. So far she’s been accepted to half. The average length of the events is 3 days & nights all expenses paid. If she gets accepted even one more of the other programs, the cost of these programs - just what we would have paid for airfare and hotel for equivalent visits, not counting all the entertainment, education, hospitality, food etc. – is more than she could have earned working a full time job all summer. Other amazing aspects are 1) the students get a real boost for their app’s with admissions and financial aid workshops during the event 2) they get to know admissions counselors and faculty who can vouch for them during admissions process 3) they get a <em>real</em> experience of what it’s like to live and study at C
ollege X which helps them in their own decision making process and 4) meeting a group of peers who are in same position and can be a source of information and mutual support during the stressful college admissions…I can’t say enough about the incredible value of these opportunities for under resourced students. Here’s a telling statistic: for students who attend Windows on Williams (Williams College’s diversity program offered twice each fall) odds of admission goes from 17% to more than 70%.</p>

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<p>OP, you could add “Taste of Carleton” at Carleton College, Northfield Minnesota: [Carleton</a> College: Admissions: Taste of Carleton: Fall 2013](<a href=“http://apps.carleton.edu/admissions/visit/TOC/]Carleton”>http://apps.carleton.edu/admissions/visit/TOC/)<br>
MSAP fall weekend at Pomona College, Claremont CA: [MSAP</a> Fall Weekend - Pomona College](<a href=“http://www.pomona.edu/admissions/diversity/msap-fall-weekend.aspx]MSAP”>Perspectives on Pomona (POP) | Pomona College in Claremont, California - Pomona College)
these are both for ALANA, first gen and low income</p>

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<p>Just noticed the deadline for WOW at Williams has passed - ugh!</p>

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<p>These programs are not just for “Under-resourced” kids. We have a family friend, whose family is high income, she goes to a typical suburban school, she has high ACT scores and happens to be Hispanic. She has accepted several solicitations to attend these free fly-in programs. She doesn’t have enough time in her schedule to go to all of them that she was invited it.</p>

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<p>Glad, this has been a helpful post. Honeybee thanks for adding Carelton and Pomona.</p>

<p>Students who are accepted to these program do get the “actual feel” of the school which sometimes enables them to decide if they like big or small schools, rural/urban … the list goes on. </p>

<p>They also develop and sometimes sustain relationships from these programs. Though my kids did not matriculate to any of these schools that offered the fly-in programs. They enjoyed immensely all that the programs they attended offered and have sustained some great friendships.</p>

<p>@MidwesternHeart, I am not sure any one mentioned that these were for “Under-Resourced” kids. It is actually for “Under-Represented” I am sure there is a variety of SES kids who fall under that umbrella as it relates to African American, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans.</p>

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<p>BTW_ Congrats to your kid honeybee on the acceptances thus far. :cool:</p>

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<p>BIG Thanks to Entonmom for the sticky on the AA Resource thread!</p>

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<p>Son was notified of his selection to the fly in program last night. Today they will send the information for making travel plans. Does anyone know if they pay for a parent to fly with the student?</p>

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<p>I know one college will. Was it Colorado College? If my memorry serves me correctly. But I really think they want the kids to come independent of their parents. Where will the parent be housed during the students stays. </p>

<p>My dd has done one of these programs already. She went to UNC/Chapel Hill in May & loved it. She was accepted to the WOW/Williams program and is applying to a few more. Too bad more of these aren’t offered in the spring of junior year. It’s a lot to have the kids traipse all over for several weekends during their all important senior year.</p>

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<p>Congrats to your son redriding. As NHCTMOM mentioned, I believe Colorado College does.</p>

<p>However, this is a time for your kids to bond with others, so shorten the leash a bit for them to go and explore by themselves :cool:</p>

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<p>I’ve gone to a couple of programs (and been rejected from a couple of others…so don’t fret if you don’t get in, it is a reality check and ‘learning experience’ according to my family!).</p>

<p>Anyway…I think it is better to go without parents when the colleges are paying for just student and most students are coming alone. It really lets you see how you feel about traveling and navigating things on your own. I mean, frankly, if you hate it or have a hard time doing it for a weekend trip when EVERYTHING is arranged for you and there is a ton of help…well, then you might want to re-think the idea of going far for college. My parents went to one with me, did not go to the other. The later one had be a bit nervous, frankly. But I came back with a lot of confidence in my ability to analyze the schools on my own and my ability to travel alone (I had gone to ‘camps’ alone, but had not fully traveled alone to a place I had never been with no one I know).</p>

<p>Also, I agree with NHavenCTmom…this is a HASSLE to try and apply for and travel to these this fall. I’ve got a winter term sport so I don’t know if I can do any the are in Nov. and beyond and even this fall it is a hassle. </p>

<p>Thankfully, the 2 I have been to were late summer. As much as I’d like one of the fall ones, it will be tough to juggle with school, the ACT/SAT coming up, etc. Junior year would have been a much better time for these.</p>

<p>HSG</p>

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<p>I know that the following only pay for the student: DIVOH (Amherst) and WOW (Williams), Explore Bowdoin, Taste of Carleton, Discover Middlebury and MSAP at Pomona (I’ve named the programs in case there’s more than one associated with a school). Most of the colleges explain that they want to make the experience available to as many students as possible and therefore use all funding for students rather than including any parents. I’m sure that for reasons of independence etc. mentioned above, it is advantageous for the students to attend without a parent, and I have been thinking that it in our family’s case it will be interesting for my D to form her opinions of the schools completely away from me. Our kids can read our moods and know how we are feeling even when we try to not to influence them, so whether your child is more inclined to go along with your views or oppose them, they will probably have more authentic responses to a college without your presence - at least that is true in our family. </p>

<p>I agree w hsgrad and NHCTMom that this semester could not be worse timing for these visits. D is busiest ever with 5 AP’s, fall varsity sport, music commitments, ACT & SAT, college app’s and scholarship app’s due, etc. and will be missing quite a bit of school for these visits. But they are too valuable to miss, and I’m sure she’ll be glad eventually.
Probably colleges don’t feel they could ask students to travel alone and take on the kind of responsibility these visits require as juniors, thus the senior year scheduling. </p>

<p>In any case they represent a wonderful opportunity and I’m hoping the visits will help all invited students to prioritize their college lists, learn valuable info about the application process, make great new friends (as learninginprog shared), and even get an admissions boost to a favorite college.</p>

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<p>Add to the list Dartmouth’s Native Fly-in Program, thought they have not listed dates:
[Dartmouth</a> College Native Fly-In Program](<a href=“Home | Native American Program”>Home | Native American Program)</p>

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<p>My daughter has been invited by both Tufts and Oberlin to apply for their programs. She will probably also apply to the one at Middlebury - so exciting!</p>