HARVARD PRINCETON MIT YALE BOSTON PRO EDUCATORS PLUS IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE TOURS MASSACHUSSETTS l CONNECTICUT l NEW JERSEY PRO EDUCATORS PLUS “Fostering students’ exposure to academic centers of excellence.” What we do Our college tours will take your children to visit Ivy League colleges and universities in the Northeastern United States. When June 2014, USA Students July 2014, International Student Who Students ages 14 and older How Your children will fly from Nigeria to meet Mrs. Folashade Aladesanmi in Boston. They will tour Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Boston Mrs. Folashade Aladesanmi is the Ms. Diane Tizzano received her founder and president of Pro Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Educators Plus, an academic succcess Music and currently is the Director of organization based in Marietta, Band and Orchestra and the Chair of Georgia. She is an education the Music department at Euclid High consultant. She has her first degree in School in Cleveland, Ohio. She has English and Literature, and a been an educator for over 20 years. Master’s degree in Business In 2012, her band was selected to Administration (MBA). perform for Vice President Joe Biden. She is the mother of childer whose Ms. Tizzano traveled to Nigeria in achievements include: admission 2009 to work with educators, teachers, into Harvard and Yale, admission students, and administrators. She is and graduation from a top Sci- looking forward to going back in 2014 ence, Technology, Engineering, and to continue to pursue the mission of Mathematics (STEM) program, and Pro Educators. acceptance into all Advanded Content courses in an acclaimed Georgia middle school. Harvard University CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS Harvard University is an American private Ivy League research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature, being the oldest institution of higher learning and the first corporation chartered in the country. Its history, quality of education, academic influence, and wealth has made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world. The university offers 46 undergraduate concentrations (majors), 134 graduate degrees, and 32 professional degrees. For the 2008–2009 academic year, Harvard granted 1,664 baccalaureate degrees, 400 masters degrees, 512 doctoral degrees, and 4,460 professional degrees. The university comprises eleven separate academic units: 1) Arts & Sciences 2) Business School 3) Graduate School of Design 4) Divinity School 5) Graduate School of Education 6) Kennedy School (Politics) 7) Law School 8) Medical School 9) School of Dental Medicine 10) School of Public Health 11) Radcliff Institute for Advanced Study Harvard has been highly ranked by many international university rankings. It has topped the league table of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) in 2012, a position held since the first ARWU rankings were released in 2003. Meanwhile, it ranked third in the QS World University Rankings, which is collaborating with U.S. News & World Report to release its annual global ranking. Yale University NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Yale University is a private Ivy League research university located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Yale’s central campus in downtown New Haven covers 260 acres (1.1 km2). An additional 500 acres (2.0 km2) includes the Yale golf course and nature preserves in rural Connecticut and Horse Island. Yale is a medium-sized research university, most of whose students are in the graduate and professional schools. Undergraduates, or Yale College students, come from a variety of ethnic, national, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Of the 2010–2011 freshman class, 10% are non-U.S. citizens, while 54% went to public high schools. Half of all Yale undergraduates are women, more than 30% are minorities, and 8% are international students. Fifty-five per- cent attended public schools and 45% attended private, religious, or international schools. Yale has a system of 12 residential colleges, instituted in 1933 through a grant by Yale graduate Edward S. Harkness, who admired the college systems at Oxford and Cambridge. Each college has a Dean, Master, affiliated faculty, and resident fellows. Each college also features distinctive architecture, secluded courtyards, a commons room, meeting rooms/classrooms, and a dining hall; in addition some have chapels, libraries, squash courts, and more. The Boston Globe wrote that “if there’s one school that can lay claim to educating the nation’s top national leaders over the past three decades, it’s Yale.” Boston University BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Boston University (most commonly referred to as BU) is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. The university has more than 4,000 faculty members and 29,000 students, and is one of Boston's largest employers. It offers bachelor's degrees, master's de- grees, and doctoral degrees, and medical and dental degrees through 18 schools and colleges on two urban campuses. The main campus is situated along the Charles River in Boston's Fenway-Kenmore and Allston neighborhoods, while the Boston University Medical Campus is in Boston's South End neighborhood. BU also operates 75 study abroad programs in over 33 cities in over 20 countries and has in- ternship opportunities in 10 different countries (including the United States and abroad). In 2013, the university received a record-breaking 52,693 applica- tions to fill only 3,800 seats in the Class of 2017. This was the highest amount of applications received by any university in North America with 36 percent of applicants offered admission to the Class of 2017. The students offered acceptance come from the top 9 percent of their high school graduating class, have an A- average, scored an SAT Composite Average of 2016, and an ACT Average of 30. U.S. News & World Report ranks Boston University 51 among na- tional universities for 2013. Boston University was also ranked 11th among public health graduate schools, 22nd among law schools, 22nd among social work schools, 31st among business schools, 34th among medical schools, 42nd among engineering schools, and 56th among education schools. In 2012, Emerging, a human resources company based in Paris, and Trendence, an institute that researches employer branding, personal marketing and recruitment, ranked Boston University 17th world- wide and 7th in the United States for employability of its graduates. Princeton University PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY Princeton has a long history. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, it is one of the nine Colonial Colleges established before the American Revolution as well as the fourth chartered institution of higher education in the American colonies. The university moved to Newark in 1747, then to Princeton in 1756 and was renamed Princeton University in 1896. Princeton now provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. It does not have schools of medicine, law, divinity, or business, but it does offer professional degrees through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the School of Architecture. The institute has ties with the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Princeton has been associated with 35 Nobel Laureates, 17 National Medal of Science winners, and three National Humani- ties Medal winners. On a per-student basis, Princeton has the largest university endowment in the world. From 2001 to 2012, Princeton University was ranked either first or second among national universities by U.S. News & World Report (USNWR), holding the No. 1 spot for 10 of those 12 years. Princeton was ranked 7th among 300 Best World Universities in 2011 compiled by Human Resources & Labor Review (HRLR) on Measurements of World's Top 300 Universities Graduates' Performance .In the "America's Best Colleges" rankings by Forbes in 2012, Princeton University was ranked first among all national colleges and universi- ties. The Forbes ranking also takes into consideration national awards won by students and faculty, as well as number of alumni in the 2008 "Who's Who in America" register. Mit CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSSETTS The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific, engineering, and technological education and research. MIT places among the top ten in many overall rankings of universities (see right) and rankings based on students' revealed preferences. For several years, U.S.News & World Report, the QS World University Rankings, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities have ranked MIT's School of Engineering first, as did the 1995 National Research Council report. In the same lists, MIT's strongest showings apart from in engineering are in computer science, the natural sciences, business, economics, linguistics, mathematics, and, to a lesser extent, political science and philosophy. The four-year, full-time undergraduate program maintains a balance between professional majors and those in the arts