1. Senior College Planning Night Fall 2018
Shelli – Welcome!

2. Agenda College options What do colleges want? FAFSA timeline
Scholarships
Transcripts
Standardized testing
To do list
Shelli

3. College and Career Options
4- YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY
Liberal Arts College
University
Focused Experience University
Military Academy
2- YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS
MILITARY
WORK
Shelli

4. Considerations Location of the school Size of the school
Strength in the field of interest
Admission Requirements
Opportunities outside of the classroom
Housing
Cost & Financial Assistance
Michelle

5. What Do Colleges Want? Grades Class Rank Strength of Curriculum
Test Scores
Community Service
Involvement
Letters of Recommendation
Personal Essays
Work Experience
Michelle

6. Fafsa Timeline fafsa.ed.gov Create FSA ID prior to filling out FAFSA
Need social security number
FAFSA opens October 1st
Will need 2017 W2 (or use the retrieval tool)
Priority deadline is February 1st
If parents and/or student is undocumented, do not complete the FAFSA
Kathryn

7. Scholarships www.northtowncounseling.com www.nexttier.com
Scholarship tab – listed by month of due date
Username: (student ID #)
Password: nkc (nkc followed by student ID #)
Search financial aid website for schools of interest
For example, UM system scholarship deadline is December 15th.
Kathryn

8. Scholarships Letters of Recommendation Transcripts Personal essay
Senior Questionnaire
Shelli

9. A+ Program Sandy McQuerry (sandy.mcquerry@nkcschools.org)
A+ Requirements
GPA of 2.5 or higher
95% attendance or higher
Maintain record of good citizenship
Score proficient or advanced on the Algebra I EOC
Perform 50 hours of unpaid tutoring/mentoring
Michelle

10. transcripts Mrs. Deleve – Registrar (kathie.deleve@nkcschools.org)
Transcript Release Authorization Form
Parent signature – kept on file
Transcript Release Form
Completed when transcript needs to be sent to a specific school
Maria

11. ACT Scores Visit ACT.org to request official score report
ACT will send your official score reports to up to 4 schools (20 if free/reduced)
This must be designated during test registration
NCAA
Maria

12. Fee Waivers ACT/SAT College Applications 2 ACT fee waivers
At least 2 SAT fee waivers
College Applications
Maria

13. Standardized Tests Accommodations for testing ACT Test Benchmarks
Subject Area
ACT Test Benchmark
English 18
Reading 22
Math
Science 23
Amanda

14. To Do List: Set up college visits and visit fairs
Create an account just for communicating with colleges – then check it! Get your parents involved with this
Develop a time management tool to keep track of deadlines
Amanda

15. To Do List: Start filling out applications
Ask for letters of recommendation – Senior Bio
Start an autobiographical essay for scholarship applications
Apply for admission and scholarships
File for FAFSA
Go ahead and apply for FSA ID now
FAFSA Frenzy
Amanda

16. Coming up! NACAC National College Fair
Over 200 colleges, tech schools and universities from across the country will be in Kansas City!
TUESDAY October 16 8:30-11:30a.m. and 6-8 p.m.
Register online at:
FREE event!

17. Questions?
Amanda