Post-Secondary Education Night Summit High School Counseling: 2015

Tonight’s Agenda: What are your options? Plan, Prepare, Perform Admissions Panel / Q&A

Where do I begin? What are my options? Traditional College vs Tech/Vocational/Trade School 2-Year vs 4-Year In-state vs Out-of-state Public vs Private Tennessee Board of Regents: tbr.edu 46 Institutions: 6 Universities, 13 Community Colleges, 27 Colleges of Applied Technology *Middle Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech University, Columbia State CC, and TCAT at Hohenwald here tonight* The University of Tennessee: tennessee.edu Campuses: Knoxville, Chattanooga, Martin, Health Science Center Private Colleges and Universities (72 in TN)

Plan: Narrowing the College Search Explore Colleges *Start determining what is most important to you in a College/University* Research Careers Learn About Financial Aid Investigate Scholarships Summit High Counseling Website: http://edublogs.wcs.edu/summitcounseling/

Prep’A’re: For a Successful Application Process Academics: Challenging and consistent course load all four years Increase/Maintain GPA during Junior year Activities: Job/Internship Clubs/Sports Community Service/Volunteer COLLEGE VISITS! Assessments (Tests): PLAN (Fall of Sophomore year) PSAT (Fall of Junior year) ACT and SAT (Spring of Junior & early Fall Senior year) ASVAB (Military – Senior year)

Special Populations: Students with 504 Plans and/or IEPs Potential College Athletes: Colleges/Universities will provide support for these students STUDENT must provide official documentation from the high school verifying the IEP to the College/University All starts by registering with NCAA Eligibility Center and/or NAIA Eligibility Center Requirements to be eligible for competition at College/University level are separate from graduation requirements Transcripts & Test Scores must be sent separately to NCAA/NAIA

Perform: Junior Year To-do’s: Keep your grades up! College Visits, College Fairs, Meet reps at Summit Recommendation Letters (build relationships now) Gain experiences for essays (work, volunteer, travel) Scholarship Research Utilize Resources on Summit Counseling Website