1. Destination Graduation
Class of 2019
Destination Graduation

2. Senior Year It’s Stressful. It’s Confusing. It’s Overwhelming
Senior Year It’s Stressful! It’s Confusing! It’s Overwhelming! It’s Expensive! Can you believe it’s here? We promise it’s fun!

3. Roswell Students by the numbers
Did you know this about the Class of 2018?
23% of the senior class was accepted to Georgia State
80 students took 10 or more AP and/or Dual Enrollment classes over their high school career
Most popular out of state school- University of Alabama
259 students (out of 471) graduated eligible for the HOPE scholarship
36% of the senior class had an overall A average in December of 12th grade
$13,436,285 scholarship dollars were earned

4. Guest Presenters Jed Applerouth Everything College Admissions Atua Emu
Georgia Student Finance Commission

5. Ready To Start Applying?
The Big 3 1.Application 2.Transcript 3.Test Scores – SAT and/or ACT

6. After the Big 3, the next few…
College Essays
What can you bring to campus?
Letters of Recommendation
Senior Profile Sheet and/or Resume
Demonstrated Interest
Campus and College Visits
Extracurricular Activities

7. How to check your HOPE GPA
Go to
Create an account (or log into your existing account)
Be sure to include your Social Security number in your profile
Go to My Gafutures tab
Select My HOPE GPA
HOPE and Zell Miller GPA includes grades from 9th- 12th grade
Middle School grades do not count in HOPE/Zell Miller Scholarship
HOPE/Zell Miller Scholarship use your unweighted grades (7 points removed)
Apply for HOPE/Zell Miller Scholarship by completing the FAFSA at

8. Milton High School (for students from all schools)
Meet with college representatives from across the country!
Atlanta North Fair
Milton High School (for students from all schools)
Monday, September 17th, 6pm-8pm
Text “PROBEINFO” to for the latest updates on the tour.
Go to to register for a personalized bar code

9. College Applications and Financial Aid Tips and Tricks
No Class Rank
Over 38% of our students had an A average over the past 3 years
No 4.0 GPA for Fulton County
Don’t convert your GPA, your GPA is called the Numeric Average and it is weighted
Be sure to read college admissions blogs and twitter- great info!
Look at UGA, GA Tech, USC
Get to know your admissions representative!
No formula guarantees admissions anywhere!
Complete the FAFSA after October 1
Financial Aid packages can be very competitive from private college and universities- don’t be afraid to look!
Completing the FAFSA also completes the HOPE Application
Roswell maintains a scholarship bulletin online-check here often for national, college specific, and local scholarships (Tommy Burnett Memorial, Roswell Rotary, Senior Class, and more)

10. School Counselors are here to help! www.roswellstudentservices.weebly.com

11. QUESTIONS?