The Versan Office is closed on : Saturday August 1st
                                               Monday August 3rd
                                               Thursday August 6th

Versan students here is the lowdown on University of Rochester:

-Great Professor, Very Engaging
-Scholarship Opportunities available for students with SAT score 2000 and above.
-Very strong academic program, Good in everything from the sciences to liberal arts
-Closely connected to Eastman School of Music (known for violin and piano).


RIT - Rochester Institute of Technology
-Great school for engineering
-Very structured program.
-Good Professor

Hey Versan Students. Its me once again giving feedback on schools aboard this time in Canada.

University of Toronto
-Great univeristy in Canada
-Consider the Harvard of the Canadian Schools.
-Only top students should really considering applying.
-Their Honors Program are the two we would recommend (Trinity College and Victoria College)
-These honors programs are modeled after the Oxford system!!!
-Overall impression is that the school ROCKS!!

York University
-Great school for either business related courses or the fine arts.
-The fine arts (film, acting, animation and dance) are their expertise.
-Actress Rachel McAdams (Mean Girls, The Notebook and Wedding Crashers) was a graduate of this fine arts program.


University of Guelph
-Great school for students interested in science (nano-science, aerospace engineering, environmental science and etc.)
-Very good outdoor programs and would be great for a student who loves nature.

Western Ontario
-#1 Business school in Canada.
-Great at conservatory programs as well
-Very far out and cold
-Offers solid school experience
-Big on social activities for students (movie theater on campus that plays all the recent big blockbusters

Ryerson University
-Great school for computer science (software engineers such as radio, tv and print)
-One of the best aviation programs in Canada.
-Also known for their architecture program as well.

N.B.
 Most of the campuses in Canada offer students a mini-mall like experience on campus that provides services such as hairdresser, nail tech places, movie theaters, food halls and so forth that are not seen in the United States.

Mrs. Bramwell-Riley has just given me some information from her trip to California. She toured many different universities across the state. Here are some really good ones:

Santa Clara University
They are a very prestigious university located in sunny California.
Their strengths are in Business, Computer Sciences, and Information Technology. So anyone with an interest in these areas should really consider applying here.
Also, the major tech firms in Silicon Valley recruits students from this university yearly.

University of San Fran
Another great school located in sunny California. It is located in the urban city of San Fransisco.
Anyone interested in Nursing, Law, Architecture. Economics or Business should check them out and consider applying.
They have a very pretty, calming campus located in a metropolitan city.
They are also a very competitive athletic school that is great at Water-polo, Swimming, Soccer (Football) and Basketball.
Interesting fact about University of San Fran is that they have the largest swiming pool in the entire US.

This Catholic school is very sports oriented some of their top sports are;  soccer (boys and girls) baseball, track and field, cross country, basketball, golf, tennis, volleyball and rowing (women only). The volleyball program here is one of the best in the state. Because of the value placed on sports this is a good school for sports scholarships. Although the sports are top notch the academics are not the best, students here are average to below average, we recommend that any student who goes there should join the honors program to keep on top of things.
Other good programs are dance, music and theatre

There are still many summer programs options available at universities in the US.
Here are a few:

Graham School (apart of the University of Chicago) has a wide array of unique programs for high school students. These opportunities and more include:
-Research in the Biological Sciences
-Stones and Bones
-The Science of Sustainability
-Ancient Egyptian Language, Culture, and History
-Traveling Academy
-American Law and Litigation
-Creative Writing and much more

For more information, come into the Versan Office for the brochure or email Sarah Lopez (slopez@uchicago.edu)

Worchester Polytechnic Institution (WPI)
All their programs are geared towards exploring in the science, technology and engineering.

WPI Frontiers
WPI Launch
WPI Strive
WPI Wunders

To find out which one suit your needs come into the Versan Office or visit www.wpi.edu/+summer or email WPI @ admissions@wpi.edu

Barnard College (For girls only!! Sorry boys.)
This summer opportunity is in association with Columbia University in NYC.
They have three option in their summer program, such as:

-Liberal Arts Program
-Liberal Arts Intensive
-Young Women's Leadership Institute

If your interested visit www.barnard.edu/summer or come into the Versan Office.

p.s.
More opportunites are stiil left for the summer and its still not late to apple to these programs. Also, most universities offer a summer program for high school students which offers them college credit and experiene and are in beautiful cities around the world such as NYC.

posted by Rainier Goubault

This college is for ladies only. This school has a lot to offer they are have an impressive; nursing, education and fine arts program in addition to one of the states best choir's. They are open to giving girls a second chance and therefore accept students with average grades. The school is very welcoming and supportive and wants to represent underrepresented girls. The rooms are amazing every one has a single and their own balcony.
In addition to treating students well the coellge is commited to treating the environment well, and stringly promote eco friendly life styles.

This school is a favorite of Mrs. Bramwell- Riley second only to Stanford University; acedemics are excellent and its affordable too, at $26,000. Its strictly a A+ school, applicants with less than 3.9 GPA's need not apply, SAT range from 620- 730. Because of this combination of grades and cost Berkeley is very competitive especially for international students 4,000 apply every year yet there is only space for 700 at the school.

Miss Bramwell is back in Jamaica after a brief visit with colleges and universities in California.
She will be off again touring some more schools around the North American continent.