TAE's 2nd International College Fair 2009

Escuela Tomás Alva Edison will be hosting its second international collage fair.

Where and When:
We invite you to participate on Thursday, October 8, 2008 from 5-7pm at our high school in la colonia del Valle, south of the center of Mexico City, north of Coyoacan. We are on the corner of Heriberto Frías and Miguel Laurent. Map

About our school:
Escuela Tomás Alva Edison is a 25 year old preK through high school with a bilingual Mexican program with a 100% Mexican middle class population. Our entire school has over 2,000 students. Our graduating class is 130. We will be inviting our high school as well as our middle school students and parents to attend. 2008 HS Profile | school website

Last Year's Fair:
Last year, at our very first international college fair we had over 300 students and parents who attended. We were very pleased with our turn out of 46 university representatives attending our school over the course of the week. Seeing as we are a population only beginning to explore the possibilities of studying outside of Mexico, many representatives noticed that the majority of students were in the US equivalent of 9th or 10th grade. The fair was a long term investment and helped parents understand the importance of starting to consider the possibilities realistically from a younger age.

Despite the fact that we only started offering international college counseling two years ago and therefore very few families had planned financially and emotionally with enough years to consider having their children study outside of Mexico, we currently have students studying at Embry Riddle, SCAD, University of Texas, and Les Roches. Since we have started our initiative of opening up the possibilities of studying outside of Mexico, we have been proud to have received acceptance letters from Amherst, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Michigan State University, University of Rochester, and University of Oregon with scholarship offers up to $28,000.

Cost:
There is no cost for our fair, though we will have a suggested donation of $50US or $600MEX pesos. There will be a donation table on the day of the event. All proceeds from the donations will be used to create scholarships for test taking, to help students who find the costs of SATs and TOEFL impeding when deciding whether or not to apply. Seeing as none of our students are US citizens, we cannot apply for discounts or fee waivers for these exams.

Apply:
Please fill out the application return to Christine Scharf. Space is limited and is first come (email), first served basis. Due to limited space, this fair is not open to national schools. National Schools may contact Joel Rivera.

Thank you for your interest in our students.

Christine Scharf
English Language Coordinator
Escuela Tomás Alva Edison
Email: c_scharf@tae.edu.mx
Tel: +52 (55) 5604-0314 ext.107

Mailing address:
Escuela Tomás Alva Edison
Heriberto Frías 1401
Col. Del Valle
Del. Benito Juárez
México DF 03100
México