Transcript 2012 senior parent meeting

2012 Senior
College Meeting
College Search
College Applications
Scholarships
Financial Aide
• Introductions and changes in the
counseling center
• Steve Smith: A-K
• Amy Kennedy: L-Z
• Michelle Gordon: Counseling Office
Manager
• Jen Marsden: ASPIRE Program Director
• This meeting is a follow-up to the
Junior Parent meeting last March
when we reviewed the 2012
College Handbook
• Extra copies are available after
my presentation for those who
didn’t get one last spring
• Review the senior calendar: Pay attention
to deadlines and help your son or daughter
with staying organized.
• Selection of colleges: College Board
Handbook, Fiske, Ruggs, Apply for an
ASPIRE Mentor with Jen Marsden, attend
college visits on campus.
• Senior College Workshop will meet
Wednesday, Oct 10, a white day after
school in the IVC.
• ASPIRE brings together community volunteers,
students, school staff and parents to help
students overcome obstacles in continuing their
education. Students can drop-in to the ASPIRE
center for help or they can work 1:1 with their
assigned mentor to plan and execute their
postsecondary high school goals.
• At AHS over 120 students and 36 community
volunteers are involved in ASPIRE.
• Contact Jen Marsden @ 482-8771 ext. 2130.
Jen [email protected]
• Applying to a 4 year university will require taking the SAT
or ACT standardized test.
• SAT is a verbal and math reasoning test.
• ACT is four content based test (math, science, writing,
and reading).
• Both tests allow student to choose which scores to be
sent to schools.
• Certain private schools and some University of California
public schools require SAT II subject tests.
• 850 four year schools don’t use SAT/ACT scores for
admission. Go to fairtest.org to list
• SAT/ACT have fee waivers for families who
qualify. Families who are eligible for the Free
and Reduced Lunch program can take
advantage of this opportunity.
• Four fee waivers (2 SAT / 2 SAT Subject tests).
• May also qualify for up to 4 application fee
waivers if institution has agreed to participate in
this program (Oregon Public Universities defer
application fee until payment for enrollment).
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Schedule of 2012-13 SAT tests dates
Oct 6 (Grants Pass): SAT & Subject Test
Nov 3 (N. Medford): SAT & Subject Test
Dec 1 (N. Medford): SAT & Subject Test
Jan 26 (N. Medford): SAT & Subject Test
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Schedule of 2012-13 ACT tests dates
Sept 8 (AHS)
Oct 27 (AHS)
Dec 8 (AHS)
Feb 9 (AHS)
• Generally pick up to six schools: Less selective,
more selective and very selective.
• Selectivity is based on the % of applicants that
are admitted to the school. Public schools have
a high % of applicants admitted, private schools
a much lower %.
• Stanford accepts less than 10%.
• Lewis and Clark accepts 56%.
• University of Oregon accept 88%.
• Public 2 and 4 year colleges in state: less
selective.
• Public 4 year colleges out of state: more
selective.
• Private Colleges: selective, more selective
and very selective.
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Factors in determining colleges: size, location, atmosphere, academic
offerings, and cost.
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Oregon has seven public universities:
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SOU, Western Oregon, OIT, Eastern Oregon are small universities of
around 5,000 students.
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U of O, OSU, and PSU have over 20,000 with PSU the largest.
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Applications are basic with admission based on minimum required GPA, Cor better in required classes and taking the SAT/ACT.
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SAT/ACT scores may compensate for the GPA for admission.
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U of O, OSU, and Portland State all have Honors colleges. All students
considering a very selective private college should apply to these schools.
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All students should choose at least one public university in Oregon since
most of our graduates will attend one of these.
• Oregon has 17 Community Colleges.
• The tuition is ½ of a 4 year public university.
• Students who have attended 2 years @ RCC and
transfer to a 4 year public university in Oregon graduate
with a higher GPA than students who began @ that 4
year school.
• Community colleges accept all students who apply.
SAT/ACT are not required. We take students to RCC for
their placement test in the spring.
• Oregon Students can participate in the Western
Undergraduate Exchange (WUE) program.
• 15 Western states allow admitted non-residents
in-state tuition plus 50% to attend.
• Chico State tuition cost $10,446 with a WUE.
• University of Oregon cost $8789 for residents.
• University of California schools are very selective to non-residents.
UC San Diego accepts only 5% of non-residents.
• To become a resident you must live in the state for a year and
demonstrate your intention to be a resident.
• You must have a year of Visual/Performing Arts.
• SAT Subject tests may be required. Check individual campus.
• Application deadline is Nov. 30.
• Consider attending a California Community College @ similar cost
as an Oregon Public University and transfer.
• Private colleges and universities require longer application process.
• 456 private and public colleges use the Common Application. AHS
strongly recommends use the On Line application process. Students
will invite their counselor and teachers to participate using our email
address. From this website, we will submit the secondary school
report, teacher evaluation, transcript, school profile, and letters of
recommendation.
• www.commonapp.org/
• Letters of recommendation from 2 teachers and a counselor. Give
at least 2 weeks before needed.
• The application will require one or more essays. Consider them as
their first assignment for college. Very important. We have Essay
Books in library.
• Transcripts are required from the registrar
and you must fill out a request form.
• Some private schools require the
CSS/Financial Aide Profile to determine
non-federal student aide funds.
• The CollegeBoard College Handbook can
help determine what makes a student a
good candidate for admission. Each
college has a profile of last year’s
freshman class.
• To determine what colleges may be a
better choice, look at the courses offered
and get a feel of what you may be taking
your freshman year and beyond.
• www.sou.edu/academics.shtml
• Once you are ready to apply to college, there
are 5 choices:
• Early Action: Apply early (usually in Nov.) and
receive notification in Dec. or Jan. This is nonbinding and you can apply to as many colleges
as desired.
• Single-Choice Early Action: Apply early to just
one school but is non-binding.
• Early Decision: Apply early to just one school
and if accepted, you are obligated to attend.
• Regular Admissions: Can apply to every school without
restrictions. Notification in March or April.
• Rolling Admissions: Students have a large window of
time to apply, generally from fall through summer.
Notified within a few weeks.
• Sometimes there is a better chance of acceptance,
scholarships, and first choice of housing if a student
applies with one of these early options.
• Some students want to take a year off (gap year) so if
they get accepted by a private school they ask for a
deferment.
• Scholarships: The best chance of
receiving a scholarship is from the school
that admits you to their school.
• Pay attention to deadlines!
• Private schools have more money set
aside for scholarships which could reduce
the sticker price of admission on par to
public institutions.
• The Counseling office posts and updates
nationwide scholarships. These are highly
competitive.
• www.ashland.k12.or.us/ High School
website. Go to Counseling Center for
forms such as recommendation request,
transcript request and scholarship
information
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The Oregon Student Assistance Commission (OSAC) is available for
students to begin applying for scholarships.
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Applications are due as early as mid February after the 7th semester
transcript is available and final deadline March 1 2011.
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Go to getcollegefunds.org for the catalog of over 400 scholarships.
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To be eligible for certain Ashland High School scholarships, you must apply
to the OSAC application. This is now done online through an OSAC eApp.
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Every piece of documentation will be done online including a transcript that
will be requested through our registrar.
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Applicants will need to complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal
Student Aid) as early as Jan. 1, 2011 and no later then March 1 to meet the
OSAC deadline.
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ASPIRE is an OSAC program and the mentors are trained in assisting
students complete their OSAC Scholarships.
• We will have a financial aide night on
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 7-8:30 pm with a
representative from SOU. We will go over
step-by-step the FAFSA which can be
completed as early as Jan. 1, 2012.
• Online applications can be found @
www.fafsa.ed.gov
• During the last week of December, a list of
our Local Scholarships will be given out to
every senior.
• They will have till March 1 to complete
and turn them into the counseling office.
• Last year over $120,000 was awarded to
graduating seniors.