The Admitted Student Program at Kettering University is designed to provide students with the tools and information necessary to help them take the next step toward Kettering. Students will mix and mingle with Kettering students, meet their co-op managers, learn about the co-op job process, and spend time with professors in the academic departments.
Parents: There will be opportunities for you to ask questions and gain answers. You will learn everything you need to know as you walk the college selection pathway with your student!
Admitted Student Days will take place on February 25th or March 10th. Register here!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
How much do students earn in co-op?
Parents:
By now you probably know that part of your student's educational experience at Kettering University includes a paid co-op experience designed to allow your son or daughter to put classroom learning to use in a real job setting. Students typically earn between $40,000 and $65,000 throughout their educational career at Kettering.
Our most recent Co-op Wage and Benefits Survey provides more detail on what Kettering students currently earn.
Think about this: your student will gain REAL job experience in a challenging engineering, science, computer science, mathematics or business field. The wage that he or she earns is a good salary that can be used to offset tuition and living costs. Take a look at some of the Kettering University employer partners.
Kettering's professional Co-op Managers are here to assist your student with his/her co-op job search!
Learn more about the co-op program at Kettering here.
By now you probably know that part of your student's educational experience at Kettering University includes a paid co-op experience designed to allow your son or daughter to put classroom learning to use in a real job setting. Students typically earn between $40,000 and $65,000 throughout their educational career at Kettering.
Our most recent Co-op Wage and Benefits Survey provides more detail on what Kettering students currently earn.
Think about this: your student will gain REAL job experience in a challenging engineering, science, computer science, mathematics or business field. The wage that he or she earns is a good salary that can be used to offset tuition and living costs. Take a look at some of the Kettering University employer partners.
Kettering's professional Co-op Managers are here to assist your student with his/her co-op job search!
Learn more about the co-op program at Kettering here.
Monday, January 2, 2012
What will college cost? Where do we find scholarships?
Parents:
What do you need to know about the cost of attending Kettering University? Who determines the types of financial assistance your student can expect to receive in order to help pay for college?
Last year, 98% of our entering class received some form of financial aid to assist with costs. Financial aid may consist of a combination of grants, merit scholarhips, federal work-study, or loans. Remember that Kettering students currently earn between $40,000 and $65,000 in co-op job wages over the duration of their program of study. Your student may very well use these earnings toward future tuition payments. This is a huge benefit that makes Kettering unique!
Students attend classes for two terms per year. (Students do not pay tuition for the terms during which they work their co-op jobs.)
Let me re-emphasize that your student may qualify for aid to greatly reduce costs. How does this work? Here is a short explanation:
Listed below are a few federal government web pages that provide helpful information. I encourage you to take a look at these sites and read up on the financial aid process. It may be well worth your time.
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/funding.jsp#02
http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/repaying.jsp
Here are a few additional sites that may be useful for scholarship searches:
http://www.zinch.com/
http://www.scholarships.com/
http://www.scholarships360.org/
What do you need to know about the cost of attending Kettering University? Who determines the types of financial assistance your student can expect to receive in order to help pay for college?
Last year, 98% of our entering class received some form of financial aid to assist with costs. Financial aid may consist of a combination of grants, merit scholarhips, federal work-study, or loans. Remember that Kettering students currently earn between $40,000 and $65,000 in co-op job wages over the duration of their program of study. Your student may very well use these earnings toward future tuition payments. This is a huge benefit that makes Kettering unique!
Students attend classes for two terms per year. (Students do not pay tuition for the terms during which they work their co-op jobs.)
Let me re-emphasize that your student may qualify for aid to greatly reduce costs. How does this work? Here is a short explanation:
- Kettering offers generous academic or "merit" scholarships, based on each applicant's GPA and best SAT or ACT scores. Students are automatically considered for this scholarship upon admission to Kettering. Use our merit scholarship calculator at to determine eligibility. Accepted students are notified of their award by letter.
- FAFSA filing. We encourage you to fill out and submit the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) on http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/, available after January 1, 2012. This form costs nothing to file and determines your student's eligibility for need-based grants, loans and federal work-study on campus. Help us give you the maximum assistance by filing the form and listing Kettering University (our FAFSA code is 002262).
- Additional scholarship searches (scholarships that your student earns on his/her own, which can be applied toward Kettering tuition). Some additional scholarships and search engines can be found as you scroll down our scholarship calculator web page. Each year, many students submit applications and essays for the scholarships listed on this page. Other scholarships that students earn from their schools, communities, and other organizations may also be applied toward Kettering's cost.
- Important to know: Starting mid-March our Financial Aid Office will send your student his/her financial aid award letter in which you may view all of the aid (based on the FAFSA information) for which your student is eligible. This letter will help you determine your final Kettering cost for next year.
Listed below are a few federal government web pages that provide helpful information. I encourage you to take a look at these sites and read up on the financial aid process. It may be well worth your time.
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/funding.jsp#02
http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/repaying.jsp
Here are a few additional sites that may be useful for scholarship searches:
http://www.zinch.com/
http://www.scholarships.com/
http://www.scholarships360.org/
Saturday, December 24, 2011
More college mail... and more... and more...
By this point in your high school senior's college search, you are probably getting pretty tired of the stacks of envelopes, glossy brochures and post cards arriving to your home on a daily basis. If your son or daughter has been accepted to Kettering, however, I ask that you begin to pay attention to the Kettering envelopes, as they contain important information about scholarships and financial aid, academics and the co-op job search process.
Over the next few months the Kettering admissions officers and cooperative education managers are available to assist you and your prospective Kettering student with the next steps toward enrollment. I guarantee that this process will create a paper trail...you might want to start a file folder!
May your child come out from under the tremendous stacks of "unknown" college mail and open the envelopes from Kettering University!
As always, please call our office at 800-955-4464, ext 7865 if you have questions.
Next topic: filing the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
Over the next few months the Kettering admissions officers and cooperative education managers are available to assist you and your prospective Kettering student with the next steps toward enrollment. I guarantee that this process will create a paper trail...you might want to start a file folder!
May your child come out from under the tremendous stacks of "unknown" college mail and open the envelopes from Kettering University!
As always, please call our office at 800-955-4464, ext 7865 if you have questions.
Next topic: filing the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
Sunday, November 27, 2011
What is A-Section, what is B-Section?
If you have spent any time researching Kettering University, you probably learned that the paid cooperative education program is one of Kettering's unique features. Every new student, with the help of his or her Kettering co-op manager, will work to secure a paid learning experience with a company. In the coming months, your student will receive more information about this process.
Another element that makes Kettering different from most universities is our academic calendar. Functioning as a year-round system, Kettering has 4 terms of 12 weeks each. Terms begin in July, October, January and April. Students switch between their course terms and co-op terms every 12 weeks. Student are assigned to either A-Section or B-Section, meaning that their classes will begin in either the July or October term.
A-Section
July term: start classes at Kettering
October term: co-op experience
January term: classes at Kettering
April term: co-op experience
B-Section
October term: start classes at Kettering
January term: co-op experience
April term: classes at Kettering
July term: co-op experience
(Last year some new B-Section freshmen started at their co-op jobs in July, depending on job location and availability -- even before they started their classes in October!)
This calendar system is a new concept for many prospective students. Kettering students will tell you that they get used to moving every 3 months!
Students learn their section assignments at the time of acceptance to Kettering. If students wish to switch sections, they may simply send an email to sectionassignments@kettering.edu.
As always, call us at 1-800-955-4464 ext. 7865 with your questions.
Another element that makes Kettering different from most universities is our academic calendar. Functioning as a year-round system, Kettering has 4 terms of 12 weeks each. Terms begin in July, October, January and April. Students switch between their course terms and co-op terms every 12 weeks. Student are assigned to either A-Section or B-Section, meaning that their classes will begin in either the July or October term.
A-Section
July term: start classes at Kettering
October term: co-op experience
January term: classes at Kettering
April term: co-op experience
B-Section
October term: start classes at Kettering
January term: co-op experience
April term: classes at Kettering
July term: co-op experience
(Last year some new B-Section freshmen started at their co-op jobs in July, depending on job location and availability -- even before they started their classes in October!)
This calendar system is a new concept for many prospective students. Kettering students will tell you that they get used to moving every 3 months!
Students learn their section assignments at the time of acceptance to Kettering. If students wish to switch sections, they may simply send an email to sectionassignments@kettering.edu.
As always, call us at 1-800-955-4464 ext. 7865 with your questions.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Deadlines, Timelines, What's Next? Glad you asked.
Hello, Parents and Guardians of our Kettering applicants! Here are just a few items to which I'd like to draw your attention:
1. Our first round of admission letters will be sent in mid-November. Students who have completed their applications by submitting transcripts and test scores should hear from us around that time. Kettering practices rolling admissions which means that we have no application or admission deadlines. We will work with your students on application completion throughout the fall, winter and spring months! If you know others who plan to apply, please encourage them to do so.
2. Many opportunities exist to visit Kettering! If your family would like to visit our campus, please log onto www.admissions.kettering.edu/visit to schedule your personalized visit! You can also check out Discover Kettering, our big open house coming up on Saturday, November 12th. Information for this event can be found on the same web link.
Later, in winter and spring, we will have some campus visit dates especially tailored to accepted students. Watch this blog and the Kettering web site for news on those days as well.
3. What will it cost your student to attend Kettering? We always urge students/parents to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, after January 1. For an early estimate of what an education at Kettering might cost, however, I encourage you to take a look at our Net Price Calculator. Follow the instructions at http://www.kettering.edu/futurestudents/finaidcalculator/.
Students who qualify for our academic or "merit" scholarhips do not need to file special paperwork. We will notify qualified students about their scholarships shortly after they are admitted to Kettering. Check out more information on special scholarships at http://admissions.kettering.edu/money/scholarships.cfm.
Have you seen the interview of James McClaren, one of our students, about his academic experiences and co-op job? This is a wonderful example of the kind of academic preparation that puts Kettering students ahead of their peers. Click on the short link below to watch the interview.
Matt Roush Interviews Kettering University Student James MacClaren « CBS Detroit#.TlwturdpJBY.facebook
Watch for more Kettering admissions news!
1. Our first round of admission letters will be sent in mid-November. Students who have completed their applications by submitting transcripts and test scores should hear from us around that time. Kettering practices rolling admissions which means that we have no application or admission deadlines. We will work with your students on application completion throughout the fall, winter and spring months! If you know others who plan to apply, please encourage them to do so.
2. Many opportunities exist to visit Kettering! If your family would like to visit our campus, please log onto www.admissions.kettering.edu/visit to schedule your personalized visit! You can also check out Discover Kettering, our big open house coming up on Saturday, November 12th. Information for this event can be found on the same web link.
Later, in winter and spring, we will have some campus visit dates especially tailored to accepted students. Watch this blog and the Kettering web site for news on those days as well.
3. What will it cost your student to attend Kettering? We always urge students/parents to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, after January 1. For an early estimate of what an education at Kettering might cost, however, I encourage you to take a look at our Net Price Calculator. Follow the instructions at http://www.kettering.edu/futurestudents/finaidcalculator/.
Students who qualify for our academic or "merit" scholarhips do not need to file special paperwork. We will notify qualified students about their scholarships shortly after they are admitted to Kettering. Check out more information on special scholarships at http://admissions.kettering.edu/money/scholarships.cfm.
Have you seen the interview of James McClaren, one of our students, about his academic experiences and co-op job? This is a wonderful example of the kind of academic preparation that puts Kettering students ahead of their peers. Click on the short link below to watch the interview.
Matt Roush Interviews Kettering University Student James MacClaren « CBS Detroit#.TlwturdpJBY.facebook
Watch for more Kettering admissions news!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
We want to hear from you
It may be helpful for you to know this regarding your student's application process to Kettering:
We try to make this process as personable as possible, for example, by assigning one of our admissions counselors to every applicant. Your student's counselor is available to answer questions, explain next steps, and to educate you on "all things Kettering".
It is our goal to maintain close contact with every applicant via whatever method works best -- home phone, cell phone, e-mail, Facebook, visits, letters, notes, carrier pigeon-- tell me what works best for your family!
If you don't yet know the name of your student's Kettering admissions person, please let me know. I will be happy to connect you! The staff is spending a good deal of time traveling around the country recruiting during the fall months, but they do check messages and respond to voice mails and e-mail.
(For your information, Kettering will begin to send decision letters in mid-November to students whose files are already complete.)
Kettering practices "rolling" admissions, meaning that we do not maintain application deadlines. Students may apply throughout senior year of high school!
If you ever experience difficulty reaching anyone in the Office of Admissions, remember that I am only a phone call or an email away as well!
Best of success to your future math, science, engineering, or business student! (Or how about pre-med?)
Karen
Tel: 810.762.7496
kfull@Kettering.edu
We try to make this process as personable as possible, for example, by assigning one of our admissions counselors to every applicant. Your student's counselor is available to answer questions, explain next steps, and to educate you on "all things Kettering".
It is our goal to maintain close contact with every applicant via whatever method works best -- home phone, cell phone, e-mail, Facebook, visits, letters, notes, carrier pigeon-- tell me what works best for your family!
If you don't yet know the name of your student's Kettering admissions person, please let me know. I will be happy to connect you! The staff is spending a good deal of time traveling around the country recruiting during the fall months, but they do check messages and respond to voice mails and e-mail.
(For your information, Kettering will begin to send decision letters in mid-November to students whose files are already complete.)
Kettering practices "rolling" admissions, meaning that we do not maintain application deadlines. Students may apply throughout senior year of high school!
If you ever experience difficulty reaching anyone in the Office of Admissions, remember that I am only a phone call or an email away as well!
Best of success to your future math, science, engineering, or business student! (Or how about pre-med?)
Karen
Tel: 810.762.7496
kfull@Kettering.edu
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