[Ncabs] Princeton University Summer Journalism Program, Summer 2010, Application Process [1 Attachment]
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Subject: [Brookland] Princeton University Summer Journalism Program, Summer
2010, Application Process [1 Attachment]
The Princeton University Summer Journalism Program
Dear School Administrator / Teacher,
If you are a teacher, we ask that you encourage your students to apply to
this all-expenses-paid program at Princeton University. If you are an
administrator, we ask that you help us spread the word by publishing an
announcement to teachers or other administrators who might know students who
would be interested in applying. See below for more information.
We are writing to inform you about an all-expenses-paid summer program for
high school student journalists from low-income backgrounds that will take
place for 10 days in August on the campus of Princeton University. The
program is entering its ninth year; since 2002, more than 165 students from
high schools across the country have been selected to participate in the
program. They were taught by journalists from The New York Times, The
Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Miami Herald, The New
Republic and The New Yorker; they covered Yankees, Mets, Jets and Liberty
games and held a press conference with New Jersey's secretary of state; they
met with Princeton University's president and dean of admissions; they
received counseling on their college applications from our staff, which
consists of Princeton University alumni and undergraduates; and they
published their own newspaper. We hope that you will consider nominating
some of your students to participate in this exciting program for aspiring
young journalists.
Below is a quick list of instructions and pointers for having your students
fill out the applications:
Please feel free to nominate as many students as you have who are
interested. We will happily accept several students from the same school, so
there is no need to worry about your own students competing for slots in the
program.
The application process will take place in two parts. For the first part,
students should fill out the attached application, and then email it to
sjpapplication@ <mailto:sjpapplication at gmail.com> gmail.com as a Microsoft
Word attachment. (If the student does not have access to Microsoft Word, the
student should just copy and paste the text of the application into an
email.) Before emailing us the application, students should name the
document using the following format: Lastname.Firstname.doc. So, if the
student's name is Mary Jones, the title of the document will be
Jones.Mary.doc. In addition, the student should type his or her name and
high school in the body of the email and put only the name of the Word
document (e.g., Jones.Mary.doc) in the subject line of the email. We must
receive the application by 11:59 p.m. ET on February 5, 2010. No extensions
will be given for any reason.
In the second round of the application process, finalists will be
interviewed by the program directors-either in person or over the phone-and
they will be asked to provide printed copies of the following items via U.S.
mail: an official transcript; the first page of the 2008 (or 2009, if
available) income-tax return form (the 1040 or 1040EZ form) of their
custodial parent(s)/guardian(s), or a signed statement by their
parent(s)/guardian(s) saying that their income is below the level at which
they would be required to file income tax returns; a recommendation letter
from a teacher; and clips from their high school newspaper or other
publication (optional).
To be eligible for the program, students must meet the following
qualifications:
- They must currently be juniors in high school.
- They must live in the continental United States.
- They must have at least an unweighted 3.5 grade point average (out of
4.0).
- They must have an interest in journalism.
- The combined income of their custodial parent(s)/guardian(s) plus child
support payments, if any, must not exceed $45,000.
Note: This program is for students from low-income backgrounds. If the
combined income of the custodial parent(s)/guardian(s) plus child support
payments, if any, exceeds $45,000 and a student still wishes to apply, he or
she may attach a letter explaining why his or her family qualifies as
financially under-resourced.
If you have questions, the best way to reach us is via email at
sjp at princeton. <mailto:sjp at princeton.edu> edu. Please note that applications
should be sent to sjpapplication@ <mailto:sjpapplication at gmail.com>
gmail.com, which is a GMAIL address. Questions should be sent to
sjp at princeton. <mailto:sjp at princeton.edu> edu, which is a PRINCETON address.
All application materials-as well as additional information about the
program-are available at www.princeton. <http://www.princeton.edu/sjp>
edu/sjp.
A final word: We know that the process of applying to any selective program
can be stressful, not to mention a lot of work-for students as well as their
teachers. But, over the years, the students we have had come through our
program have told us that, ultimately, the work they put into their
application was worth it.
For students without access to Microsoft Word, we are pasting in the
application text below. Thank you.
The Princeton University Summer Journalism Program
220 Nassau Hall Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 www.princeton.
<http://www.princeton.edu/sjp> edu/sjp
Dear Applicant:
Thank you for your interest in the Princeton University Summer Journalism
Program. We're looking forward to reading your application and, if you are
selected for the program, getting to know you this summer.
What is the Princeton University Summer Journalism Program? We welcome about
20 high school students from low-income backgrounds every summer to
Princeton's campus for an intensive, 10-day seminar on journalism. After the
program ends, counselors stay in touch with students to help guide them
through the college admissions process. Counselors assist students in
preparing for standardized tests, determining an appropriate list of
colleges to apply to, and filling out applications and financial aid forms.
The program's goal is to diversify college and professional newsrooms by
encouraging outstanding students from low-income backgrounds to pursue
careers in journalism. All expenses, including students' travel costs to and
from Princeton, are paid for by the program. Students who attend the program
come from across the country. The program will enter its ninth summer in
2010.
What is the program like? Classes at the program are taught by reporters and
editors from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, The
New Yorker, CNN and ABC News, among other media outlets. Students tour the
Times and CNN; cover a professional sports event (in past years, a Yankees,
Mets, Jets or Liberty game); cover news events in the Princeton area; film
and produce a TV segment; and report, write, edit and design their own
newspaper, The Princeton Summer Journal, which is published on the program's
last day. The program is also designed to give students a taste of what life
is like at one of the best colleges in the country-students live on campus
and eat in one of the university's cafeterias-and to prepare them to apply
to top schools. Students meet with Princeton's top professors as well as the
school's president and its dean of admissions. Students attend seminars on
every aspect of the college admissions process. They also take a practice
SAT and attend an SAT class taught by Princeton Review. After students
return home, program staff remain in contact with them, assisting them
during the college application process and helping them to apply for
journalism internships once they are in college.
What have our students accomplished? More than 165 students have graduated
from our program during the past eight years, and many return each summer to
serve as mentors to our current students. We are proud of their academic and
journalistic accomplishments. Four of our alumni are currently enrolled at
Princeton. Others have gone on to Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown, Columbia,
Cornell, Duke, the University of Pennsylvania, Williams, Amherst,
Middlebury, Georgetown, Bowdoin, the University of Virginia, Johns Hopkins,
New York University and many other selective schools. Their work has been
published in college newspapers across the country, including The Daily
Princetonian, The Yale Daily News, The Brown Daily Herald, The Columbia
Spectator, The Cornell Daily Sun and The Bowdoin Orient. Our alumni have
also landed jobs or internships at The New York Times, The New Republic, The
Philadelphia Daily News, NBC and CBS, among other outlets. Alumni
reflections on the program can be found here.
Who is eligible? This program is intended for low-income students with
excellent academic records who are committed to pursuing a career in
journalism. To apply for the program, you must meet the following
qualifications:
- You must currently be a junior in high school.
- You must live in the continental United States.
- You must have at least an unweighted 3.5 grade point average (out of 4.0).
- You must have an interest in journalism.
- The combined income of your custodial parent(s)/guardian(s) plus child
support payments, if any, must not exceed $45,000.
Note: This program is for students from under-resourced financial
backgrounds. If the combined income of your custodial parent(s)/guardian(s)
plus child support payments, if any, exceeds $45,000 and you still wish to
apply, you may attach a statement explaining why you believe your family
qualifies as financially under-resourced.
How to apply. The application process consists of two rounds. For the first
round, fill out the application below, and then email it to sjpapplication@
<mailto:sjpapplication at gmail.com> gmail.com as a Microsoft Word attachment.
(If you do not have Microsoft Word, please just paste the text of your
application into the body of the email.) Before emailing us the application,
please name the document using the following format: Lastname.Firstname.doc.
So, if your name is Mary Jones, the title of your document will be
Jones.Mary.doc. In addition, type your name, the name of your high school
(including the city and state location) and the email address where you
would like to be contacted in the body of your email and put only the name
of the Word document (e.g., Jones.Mary.doc) in the subject line of the
email. We must receive your application by 11:59 p.m. ET on February 5,
2010. No extensions will be given for any reason.
After we receive the first round of applications, we will select a group to
proceed to the second round. If you are selected for the second round, the
program directors will arrange to interview you-either by phone or in
person-and we will also ask you to mail us printed copies of the following
documents:
- Your official high school transcript
- The first page of the income-tax return form (the 1040 or 1040EZ form) for
the calendar year 2008 of your custodial parent(s)/guardian(s); or a signed
statement by your parent(s)/guardian(s) saying that their income is below
the level at which they would be required to file income tax returns. (If
the form for calendar year 2009 is available, you may send that instead.)
- A recommendation letter from a teacher
- Clips from your high school newspaper or other publication (if you have
them)
Note: From the time they are notified that they have made it to the second
round, applicants will have about two weeks to mail these items to us.
Here are some tips about the application process:
1. When sending us your application or when contacting us for any reason,
use an email address to which you will have regular access throughout the
application process. Do not change your email address or stop checking email
in the middle of the application process.
2. Send all applications to sjpapplication@
<mailto:sjpapplication at gmail.com> gmail.com - please note that this is a
GMAIL address. Send all questions about the program to sjp at princeton.
<mailto:sjp at princeton.edu> edu - please note that this is a PRINCETON
address.
3. Proofread and edit your application carefully before submitting.
4. Most importantly, this program is for students who are interested in
journalism-who are planning to write for their college newspapers and who
are at least strongly considering an eventual career in journalism. Every
year, we receive applications from students who are smart and talented-but
who are not really interested in journalism. Apply to this program only if
you are serious about pursuing a career in journalism.
A final word: We know that the process of applying to any selective program
can be stressful, not to mention a lot of work. But, over the years, the
students we have had come through our program have told us that, ultimately,
the work they put into their application was worth it.
The program directors are all looking forward to reading your application.
If we can answer any question along the way, don't hesitate to contact us.
The best way to reach us is at sjp at princeton. <mailto:sjp at princeton.edu>
edu.
Sincerely,
Program Staff
THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY SUMMER JOURNALISM PROGRAM
APPLICATION FOR SUMMER 2010
Please fill in the blanks below:
Name:
High School:
Home Phone Number:
Mobile Phone Number (if available):
Street Address:
Apartment Number:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Email:
Birth Date (Month, Date, Year):
High school grade point average through end of the first semester of your
junior year (on a 4.0 scale)
(We want the aggregate GPA for high school and not just the GPA from the
most recent semester alone.)
Unweighted:
Weighted:
List all your extracurricular activities (both at school and outside it) in
order of importance to you. Please do not use acronyms when listing your
activities:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Your favorite journalistic publication:
Your favorite book:
Your favorite movie:
Your favorite quotation:
Name one person you consider a hero:
Please briefly write about your summer activities during the past three
years. Please be specific with the exact name of the camp/program/employer
and the dates of attendance/employment. Write two or three sentences about
what you did.
Name of Mother or Legal Guardian 1 (indicate relationship if Legal
Guardian):
Occupation:
Employer:
Education (type an "X" next to one of the following):
a. high school degree
b. some college
c. associate's degree
d. bachelor's degree
e. graduate degree
Name of college attended (if any):
Degree/year:
Name of graduate school attended (if any):
Degree/year:
Is this parent living (type "Yes" or "No"):
Is this parent your legal guardian (type "Yes" or "No"):
Name of Father or Legal Guardian 2 (indicate relationship if Legal
Guardian):
Occupation:
Employer:
Education (type an "X" next to one of the following):
a. high school degree
b. some college
c. associate's degree
d. bachelor's degree
e. graduate degree
Name of college attended (if any):
Degree/year:
Name of graduate school attended (if any):
Degree/year:
Is this parent living (type "Yes" or "No"):
Is this parent your legal guardian (type "Yes" or "No"):
Please list the names and ages of all your siblings, and indicate if they
have attended a college:
Name Age College (if any)
Graduation Year
Number of custodial parent(s)/guardian(s) (answer "one" or "two"):
If you answered "one" above, write the total income from 2008 (or 2009, if
available) of your parent/guardian here (this is the number that appears in
the bottom right-hand corner of the first page of his or her 1040 or 1040EZ
form):
If you answered "two" above, do they file income taxes jointly or
separately? (answer "jointly" or "separately"):
If you answered "two" and "jointly" above, write the total income from 2008
(or 2009, if available) of your parents/guardians here (this is the number
that appears in the bottom right-hand corner of the first page of their 1040
or 1040EZ form):
If you answered "two" AND "separately" above, write the total income from
2008 (or 2009, if available) for each of your parents/guardians here (these
are the numbers that appear in the bottom right-hand corners of the first
pages of their 1040 or 1040EZ forms)
Parent/guardian 1:
Parent/guardian 2:
If your parent(s)/guardian(s) receives child support from a non-custodial
parent/guardian, state the amount per year of those child support payments:
If your parent(s)/guardian(s) is not required to file income tax returns
because his or her income is below the level at which he or she would be
required to file an income tax return, please type an "X" here:
Note: This program is for students from under-resourced financial
backgrounds. If the combined income of your custodial parent(s)/guardian(s)
plus child support payments, if any, exceeds $45,000, please include a brief
statement here explaining why you believe your family qualifies as
financially under-resourced:
Essay 1: In about 150 words, tell us about a newspaper or magazine article
you've read recently that impacted you deeply, and why it had an effect on
you.
Essay 2: In about 150 words, tell us why you are interested in pursuing
journalism as a career.
Article: Take an issue, a trend, a phenomenon, a group or an important
person in your local community, and write an article about it, her or him.
This is a chance for you to show off your skills as a journalist. Your
article may take the form of a news piece, a feature story, a profile or an
opinion piece-at the top of the article, please specify which type of
article you are writing. It should be about 400 words in length.
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