She just graduated college, now has an office in the Student Service Center, and is here to help you get to college.
Julie Scroggs is a college advisor who was hired by the Missouri College Advising Core to come to Northtown after she requested a Kansas City school.
“My job here is to increase the amount of students who go to college after graduating from Northtown overall. I help to make a college going culture where students can get help applying, receiving scholarships and making decisions about financial aid,” said Scroggs.
The Missouri College Advising Core has the following objectives: to make college seem like an attainable goal, to provide information about college application, to increase college enrollment and graduation among high-ability, low-income students and to encourage community college students to finish their associate degrees.
One of the ways that the Missouri College Advising Core tries to get students to be willing to come into the advising office is by placing advisors who are recent college graduates themselves. This is to help make the advisor more relatable to the students.
“It’s great to have just one person who is focusing their effort on helping seniors get to college. The other administrators don’t always have enough time to help the students to their best ability. I really hope that she will be with us next year,” said assistant principal Mr. Bates
Scroggs is a graduate from Mizzou and was involved in a sorority, a wellness advocate group and was a summer orientation leader. Because she recently graduated, she is able to tell students accurately what these events are like.
“I love the students’ enthusiasm, curiosity and motivation to apply to college and try for something bigger,” said Scroggs, when describing her favorite thing about being an advisor so far.
Scroggs also sets up college campus visits and brings ambassadors from colleges to visit Northtown.
Advice that Scroggs would give to students who are worried about college or who just don’t know where to start:
“First think about things that you are interested in so you can pick your major. Then decide on what you want from a college: distance from home, size of the student body, programs that interest you, how much aid you can get. Don’t be afraid to ask for help,” said Scroggs.
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