1. Welcome Seniors and Parents
Can you believe this is your final year?

2. What direction are you going?
Military
Job
2 year college
4 year college
Stay at home and hang-out? Not an option!
The time to plan is now!

3. Military
You need to take the ASVAB-Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (
You need to contact a recruiter

4. Going straight to a job? Alaska Employment Service-local assistance
Who do you plan to work for?
What do you plan to do?

5. College-bound?
In state? Out of state? All the information you could want can be found online.
Anchorage College & Career Fair-October 15-16
and-career-fair/index.cshtml
Research your desired colleges, and be applying this fall! Before Christmas is good, but the sooner the better. How about a school visit?
Application Process: UAA example:

6. College-Bound (continued)
Apply at uaonline.alaska.edu; request that our secretary submit your transcript.
SAT, ACT, Accuplacer: know what your college wants and get your scores sent to them.
SAT or ACT preparation? Career Cruising-Method Test Prep
Accuplacer: preparation at the collegeboard site

7. College Finances
Scholarships, and the process to follow; and then go to the Guidance & Counseling page.
UA System-February 15th is important! Don’t miss it!
Fastweb.com, and other scholarship search engines.
FAFSA-For the school year, apply starting October 1, 2017! (
Alaska Performance Scholarship ( rmance_Scholarship)
Western Undergraduate Exchange Program (

8. College Testing
Go to the test schedule on the district website for information on SAT, ACT, registration, fee waivers, and more (counseling website)
Other items to know:
Common Application
CSS Profile

9. Ask for help along the way!
Final Advice
Don’t procrastinate-the senior year goes by quicker than any other year!
Begin with the end goal in mind-where you want to be and what you want to be doing!
Ask for help along the way!