New Visions
New Visions students gain valuable insight into career options from a real-world perspective. A 1-year, honors-level program, New Visions turns area businesses, healthcare facilities, and government buildings into classrooms for highly motivated, academically successful high school seniors.
For 3.5 hours each day, New Visions students learn and explore through mentoring, internships, interactions with professionals, group discussion, and creative projects, as well as more traditional methods. New Visions students earn four academic credits including one credit each for English and social studies and two electives credits. They also may earn college credit, and the program is a proven asset on transcripts and college applications.
Questar III currently offers seven New Visions programs in eight locations:
- Business, Finance, and Marketing – Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson
- Emergency Preparedness, Informatics, Cyber and Homeland Security (EPICH) – University at Albany, Albany
- Medical – Samaritan Hospital, Troy or Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson
- Pathways in Education – University at Albany, Albany
- Scientific Research & World Health – University at Albany’s Health Sciences Campus, Rensselaer
- STEM @ RPI – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy
- Visual & Performing Arts – The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy
Application process and timeline for interested students:
- Attend the New Visions Parent Information Night and meet the teacher. Find a list of dates to attend in January 2025 and how to sign up by clicking here.
- Complete the online application. This consists of essay questions, recommendations, and will be followed up by an interview. Click here for the application. Application deadline: February 3, 2025.
- Program visits and interviews are conducted in February and March.
- Questar III finalizes the recommendations for admissions and sends applicants their admissions recommendations via email from the high school counseling offices by mid-April.
Tips and FAQs for Applications:
References
Be sure to obtain permission from your references BEFORE you list them on your application. When you ask an adult to provide you with a reference, please obtain his/her correct email address and daytime phone number. Let your references know about the program you are applying to and explain what you hope to gain by participating in the program. Once you have submitted your application, your references will be contacted via email and asked to complete the online reference form. After completing your application, please check with your references to verify that they received the email requesting they complete the online form. Please notify Tara Tolan immediately via email if your references do not receive this request. Note: You will not be able see what your references say about you.
Email Address
Email is our primary mode of communication for notifying prospective applicants about the online application, open houses, program visitation days and interviews. Once you have indicated interest in New Visions, you should check your email often, including your spam folder.
Questions or Problems with the online application?
If you encounter any difficulties with the application process or have any questions, please contact Tara Tolan at tara.tolan@questar.org or 518-828-4157