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    Maumee Valley exposes students to a unique and vibrant learning experience in an environment that encourages academic excellence at the highest level and realizes each student's unique potential.
               
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    Our outstanding faculty instills a lifelong love of learning.
               
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    At Maumee Valley we foster intellectual curiosity, critical thinking and a deep concern and respect for others.
               
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    In the last three years, 21 percent of seniors received National Merit recognition (finalist, semifinalist or commended)—the highest percentage in northwest Ohio.
               
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    The outstanding faculty consists of 53 teachers with a true commitment to independent school education and interactive, individualized learning. Thirty hold master's degrees and four have earned a Ph.D.
               
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    Maumee Valley is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory school.
               
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    Maumee Valley features a 10:1 student to teacher ratio.
               
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Recommended Reading
The Gatekeepers by Jacques Steinberg
College Unranked by Lloyd Thacker (link to Education Conservancy's website)
Letting Go by Karen Coburn and Madge Trieger
The Fiske Guide to Colleges by Edward Fiske
Rugg's Recommendation on the Colleges by Frederick E. Rugg
Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope (link to CTCL's website)
Empty Nest...Full Heart: The Journey From Home to College by Andrea Van Stenhouse

Important Websites
College Board (PSAT, SAT, AP, CSS Profile, college & fin. aid search engine)
ACT (PLAN, ACT)
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
CollegeData (recommended college search engine)
FastWeb (leading financial aid search engine)

Standardized Test Prep Options
Sharon Hoicowitz 419-535-0706 (private tutoring for SAT & ACT)
Carol Hall 419-332-4630 (link to her website; group classes for SAT, ACT, and study skills)
Princeton Review (tutoring in Ann Arbor, 3 online courses)
Kaplan Center 419-536-3701 (SAT & ACT tutoring, classes on Secor Rd.)
SAT QuizBank (free online test prep by Kaplan)
Huntington Learning Center 419-868-1600 (private tutoring & group classes for SAT & ACT; in Spring Meadows)

Technology Corner
"Struggling To Get Into College": very good CBS News story (9 min. 26 seconds) on the selectivity and the rising costs of college admission.
"Start Here, Go Further With Federal Student Aid: Money for Education Beyond High School": U.S. Department of Education video presentation about federal student aid including FAFSA.
"The College Admissions Game": an NPR 7-part series on the state of selective college admissions and alternatives to getting caught up in the frenzy. Provides tips, advice, and some really fabulous information.
"Colleges Resist the Pull of Published Rankings": NPR highlights a growing trend in the college admissions world to buck the traditional rankings that have fed the current college admissions frenzy.

Summer Opportunities
Click here for a continuously updated list of pre-college programs, internships, etc. for high school students.
Enrichment Alley offers a searchable database for academic programs, internships, and service opportunities.

  
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