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HBCU 101 College Fair

The Montgomery Blair High School Counseling Department and NAACP Parent Council Present HBCU 101 - a preview to the HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) College Fair For 12th grade students and parents.

Information for all MCPS high schools will be available

Learn about
* using Family Connections
* preparing  for On-the-Spot Admissions Interviews
* dates for requesting recommendations and submitting your essay for review
* how to register, study for, and take the SAT on January 22, 2011

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Hear about:
* the HBCU experience
* finding the Right Fit
* land grant scholarships
* HOW you can afford an HBCU
* how HBCUs shape the future and preserve the past
* powerful teachers who make lasting impression
* recruitment, NCAA athletic scholarships, ROTC, other
* student life

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