WELCOME TO THE METRO NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL COUNSELOR TOUR

The fourth annual Metro New York tour has been scheduled for the week immediately following the OACAC conference at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY next year. OACAC ends on Friday, July 12th and the Metro NY Tour commences on Sunday, July 14th.

Counselors MUST take part in the entire week and participate in ALL daily university visits.

**IMPORTANT: Please note that this tour is for INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AND INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL COUNSELORS ONLY!

TOUR REGISTRATION:

Application Deadline: February 1, 2013-NOTE:  The registration deadline has now passed.  Counselors interested in attending are encouraged to apply and will be added to our waitlist.  As we do have a large number of participants invited, we can expect some cancellations, thus some on the waitlist are likely to be offered a spot.

This tour is limited to a maximum of 35 international school counselors. To register, please scroll to the bottom of this page and complete the registration form. Upon successful submission of the form, you will get a confirmation page. Be sure to use the middle button to "send" the application through!

Please note that submission of the application does NOT guarantee a spot on the tour.  Applicants will be notified of their selection to the tour by MARCH 1, 2013.

Eligible Participants:

• Guidance Counselors from overseas schools
• Guidance Counselors at INTERNATIONAL schools in the U.S.
• Independent International Counselors who place UNDERGRADUATE students

Please note that as this tour is geared towards counselors of international students and American Citizens Abroad, guidance counselors from traditional public/private schools in the U.S. are not eligible to participate in this tour. 

"Agents" or "consultants" who expect commission for the placement of students and/or contracts from the universities are not eligible to participate.

ARRIVAL INFORMATION:

• The tour will begin on SUNDAY, JULY 14, 2013 and will conclude with a morning check-out on FRIDAY, JULY 19. Attendees will need to arrive in time for a 5:30 p.m. departure from the hotel on Sunday for the opening reception and will need to depart on Friday morning, prior to hotel check-out time.

• The closest airport to Manhattan is LaGuardia (LGA). Other nearby airports are Newark Liberty (EWR) and JFK. Please take into account additional time for traffic/travel from the airport to the hotel when making reservations.  Regular train service is available from Poughkeepsie, NY (where OACAC is taking place) to Grand Central Station in NYC. Trains depart almost hourly for the 1.5 hour trip into Manhattan.

• As our guest, you will be required to stay through the closing reception and participate in all daily activities.

• Please note that with the exception of an opening reception on Sunday and a closing reception on Thursday, we have intentionally left your evenings/nights free so that you may explore the many fun things our area has to offer.

• Additional travel suggestions and more detailed versions of the schedule will be posted here throughout the year.

CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS:

Counselors who have been emailed to confirm their place in the tour can click here for updated information.

METRO NY TOUR SCHEDULE 2013:

Below is the  schedule for the 2013 tour:

Sunday:

3 p.m. Hotel check-in time
5:30 p.m. Meet Metro NY International Tour Committee Member in lobby of hotel to depart for opening reception
6-7:30 p.m. Opening Reception at Fordham Lincoln Center (with heavy hors d'oeveres)

Monday:

8:15 a.m. meet in lobby to depart
9 a.m.-12 p.m. The New School (Eugene Lang/Parsons)- (breakfast included)
1-4 p.m. Pace Universtiy-lunch included
Evening-free

Tuesday:

8 a.m. Meet in lobby to depart
9 a.m.-12 p.m. Fordham University (breakfast included)
1:30-4:30 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson University (Madison Campus)-lunch included
6:30 p.m. Anticipated arrival at hotel (could be later depending on traffic-booking event tickets this night is not advised!)
Evening-free

Wednesday:

7:30 a.m. meet in lobby to depart
9 a.m.-12 p.m. Long Island University-CW Post Campus (breakfast included)
1-4 p.m. Hofstra University (lunch included)
5:30 p.m. Anticipated arrival at hotel
Evening-free

Thursday:

8:30 a.m. Meet in lobby to depart
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. St. Johns University (breakfast included)
1:30-4:30 p.m. Long Island University-Brooklyn Campus (lunch included)
4:30-7 p.m. Tour review and closing reception at LIU Brooklyn (dinner included)
8 p.m. Anticipated arrival at hotel

Friday:

Morning-check out.

Important note:  Upon successful submission of this form, you will be brought to a "thank you" page.  If for some reason you do not see this page after submitting the application, please send an email to metronytour@gmail.com.