Occasionally you may be asked to conduct a high school visit for our office. These visits differ from a high school fair in that you will most likely be the only college representative there, whereas there are many colleges represented at high school fairs. The secretary from the counseling center of each high school would be the contact person for setting up a visit. Mail to each high school a poster with the date and time of your visit (we will provide the posters), along with your name at least two weeks before the scheduled visit. Find out if there are current Missouri S&T students from the high schools you are visiting (we can get you a list); counselor or prospective students may ask about them.

What to take on a school visit:

1. Name of the high school counselor
2. List of prospective students at the high school
3. Application for Admission & Scholarships
4. Travel pieces (gold)
5. Information cards and Missouri S&T pens
6. A few course catalogues
7. Cost sheets
8. Summer camp information

The visit:

• Arrive around twenty minutes early. Parking can be a problem at some high schools, and you need time to find the counseling center and may have to sign in at an office for security reasons.
• Usually a counselor will be assigned to you, and he/she may have questions for you. The visit should last approximately 30-40 minutes, not more than one class period. Just a note: sometimes you may have no students, or just visit with a counselor; be prepared for anything!
• Introduce yourself to the students; ask if they have any questions. Hand out the information cards and pens. Have them fill out card.
• Talk general facts with the students. This would be somewhat like a campus visit speech, modified, of course. Mention the UMR/Missouri S&T name change.
• Where Missouri S&T is located: Rolla;  population of Missouri S&T: 6.100; 4,700 undergraduates and 1,300 graduates; largest majors; etc.
• Discuss competitiveness of Missouri S&T.  
• Discuss different majors, ask students what they may be interested in majoring in, and give information specific to the student’s majors.
• High school students are interested in housing requirements, cars on campus as a freshman, sports, activities, fraternities and sororities, what to do on weekends.
• Thank everyone - the students, the counselor, the secretary… They will appreciate and remember!

Please note that all Missouri high schools and many around the Midwest are visited by the Missouri S&T Admissions Staff. If you are interested in assisting at a Missouri high school, please contact the Missouri S&T Admissions Counselor responsible for that particular high school.