CE NorCal 2018

Northern California from Oct. 11 to 14.

[CE NorCal 2018 @CollegeExpWest]

We got compliments almost everywhere we went this weekend, thanks to this year’s curious and engaged participants! Get ready, world.

And thank you, mentees and mentors, for such a memorable trip!

-CE NorCal Staff

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“You can really get stuck in life sometimes worrying about oh I wish I would have done things differently ... but really if you live in the moment, live in the now, you embrace the idea of ‘next play.’” - Our values speaker, Asif Makhani

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And today we’re at Facebook Headquarters, touring their workspace. A few incredible employees who took time out of their weekend to show us around and let our mentors use their space to host round robin sessions.

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This weekend has been full of information. We visited four universities and attended two admissions sessions - one at Stanford and one at UC Davis.

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But we also planned some surprises along the way! Mentees went on a scavenger hunt in San Francisco and ended their night with a fireworks display over the Bay.

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Our annual photo contest is underway!

Check out what our participants came up with:
#CENorCal18Future
#CENorCal18ForestGump
#CENorCal18SeaLions
#CENorCal18Pier39
#CENorCal18FamBam #CENorCal18CableCar

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Time to get this show on the road! 💪🏽📔✏️#CENorCal2018

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Hope you’re setting aside time this weekend to apply to College Expedition NorCal! (Pssst, please help us spread the word!)

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Enough with the Kiki talk. Let’s talk about College Expedition NorCal (formerly CEW). Our application will launch on Friday! 🎉

Tentative schools: Berkeley, Stanford, UC Davis and San Jose State University.

Can you guess who’s on this year’s project team? #CEWNorCal

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#tbt to Salim Khalfan: "Whether you are single, straight, transgender, white, blue or purple...if you say the shahada, you are a Muslim."

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2017 participants: Please don’t forget to fill out the CEW survey (your mentor has the link) to help us improve future trips! #payitforward

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College Expedition West✈️ pt. 1. #CEWest2017

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College Expedition West✈️ pt. 2. #CEWest2017

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...And that's a wrap! Thank you to our support staff, mentors and participants for making #CEW2017 so incredible. Please fill out the trip survey so we can share more photos with you!

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Mentors Sana and Arham explain how students can get their college application fees waived.

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Mentors Nabiha and Maheen explaining what LinkedIn is: “it’s really like a resume for you guys on your app.”

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Pop-up sessions for the day: How to make a LinkedIn, how to fill out college applications and how to choose between the SAT and ACT.

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No tour of @UCLA is complete without an #8clap. 💙💛

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Salim Khalfan shares his two cents with our participants: “Show me someone content with mediocrity, and I will show you someone destined for failure.”