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Students invited to the program, in most cases, have at least a 3.7 grade-point average or have earned scores of 1200 or higher on the SAT or 28 or higher on the ACT college entrance exams. The students聮 names are taken from a 欧美口爆视频-Boulder database created from contact cards the admissions office receives at college fairs and high school visits and from the 欧美口爆视频 admissions Web site.
MacLennan said the database includes academic information from students that have shown an interest in 欧美口爆视频-Boulder by Oct. 1, the date invitations were mailed. Therefore, all eligible students may not have been invited if they were added to the database after Oct. 1.
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During the program, students will attend pre-assigned research-demonstration sessions. Among them will be anthropology Professor Dennis Van Gerven, director of the Honors Program, making a presentation on Nubian mummies; biology Professor Michael Grant with a presentation on 欧美口爆视频-Boulder聮s scanning electron microscope; and other presentations on programs in engineering, business, journalism, pre-medicine and TAM or technology, arts and the media.
Later in the day, the directors of each special academic program will summarize their programs for the entire group. Throughout the presentations, 欧美口爆视频 students who are currently enrolled in these programs will be available to discuss them and answer questions from the visiting students and parents.
A special session on the Boettcher Scholars program also is planned to explain how to apply for the scholarship, which pays full tuition and fees, a living stipend and book stipend for four years to students who receive it annually. A total of 40 scholarships are given annually by the Boettcher Foundation to 欧美口爆视频 students who attend 欧美口爆视频 colleges and universities. 欧美口爆视频-Boulder has 17 Boettcher Scholars in the 2000 freshman class.
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