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About Educational Talent Search

Services Provided:

  • Academic, financial, career, or personal counseling including advice on entry or re-entry to secondary or postsecondary programs
  • Career exploration
  • Tutorial services
  • Information on postsecondary education
  • Exposure to college campuses
  • Information on student financial assistance
  • Assistance in completing college admissions and financial aid applications
  • Assistance in preparing for college entrance exams
  • Workshops for the families of participants

    • Educational Talent Search Brochure

    Boise State University's ETS program provides services for 1725 students, 6th through 12th graders at 19 schools in Ada, Canyon, and Owyhee counties. The schools are Boise High, Borah High, Capital High, Mt. Cove High, Fort Boise Middle High, Fairmont Jr. High, South Junior High, Timberline High, Caldwell High, Homedale High, Horseshoe Bend Senior High, Idaho City Junior and Senior High, Melba Junior and Senior High, Nampa, Notus, Parma Middle and Senior High, Skyview High, Vallivue High, and Wilder Middle and Senior High Schools.

    The staff provide services at each school on a weekly basis. Students receive information to help them become successful in school, graduate and enroll in postsecondary education. Instruction and information include effective study habits, goal setting, enrolling in college-bound classes, career information and interest testing, college admissions, scholarships and financial aid process.

    Students are given the opportunity to attend the Boise College and Career Fairs, career workshops, college visits, the Mexican-American Studies Conference, the Hispanic Youth Symposium, the Council for Opportunities in Education Student Leadership Conference and Upward Bound Math Science programs in several states. As juniors and seniors, students have the opportunity to visit out-of-state colleges and universities as well.

    Contact Information:
    TRiO Pre-College Program
    Boise State University
    1910 University Drive
    Boise, ID 83725
    Office Phone: (208) 426-3572 Fax: (208) 426-4334

    Physical Address
    1105B Grant Ave.
    Boise, ID 83725

    For more information about TRIO, you can go to the national website at: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/trio/index.html