Transcript College Planning during your Junior Year by Month

POST-SECONDARY AND
COLLEGE
PLANNING
Planning for what you want to do
after high school is a process that
takes your time and energy to make
it happen.
JUNIOR COLLEGE
PLANNING NIGHT
- Tuesday January 8, 2012
- Parents and Students
- Very informative!
- What will the night focus on?
College visits and Interviews
College admissions criteria
Naviance
SAT/ACTs
COLLEGE PLANNING DURING YOUR
JUNIOR YEAR BY MONTH
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December
Begin to clarify your
educational goals,
needs, and
preferences
Use PSAT results to
develop range of
colleges
Talk with graduates
home from college
January
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April
Visit colleges during
April vacation
Complete second
college search in
career center and
discuss results with
counselor
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Prepare for midterms
junior grades are very
important
Complete college search in
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career center and review
results with guidance
counselor
Attend college planning
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program at FHS
Plan college visits
Meet with counselor and
parents-plan challenging
senior year courses
Develop a preliminary list
of colleges
May
Identify teachers whom
you may ask for
recommendation
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AP exams
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SAT I and II offered
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Attend national college fair
at Expo Center
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February
Consider taking SAT
or ACT prep class
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Visit college during
February vacation
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View individual
college websites
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Review personal
college criteria
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Review SAT material
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Compile resume/list of
activities, jobs and
community service
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Begin to outline possible
college essays
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Earn $ in a job related to
career interest
View individual
college websites
June
SAT I and II offered
Arrange for college
visits and/or
interviews for the
summer
March
Explore job
shadowing
opportunities with
your counselor
Summer
COLLEGE ADMISSION CRITERIA
1) Academic Record = Transcript, including
senior year grades
2) Standardized Test Results = SAT or ACT
scores
3) Essays
4) Teacher Recommendations
5) Activities, Honors, Recognition = Resume
6) Interview
7) Demonstrated Interest
SAT AND ACT
DIFFERENCES
vs.
SAT = reasoning test
Critical Reading: 2, 25-min sections and 1, 20-min
section; Math: 2, 25-min sections and 1, 20-min
section; Writing: 1, 25-min essay, 1, 25-min
section, and 1, 10-min section
questions can be phrased in ways that make them
difficult to decipher
Math, Critical Reading, and Writing scores will
each range between a 200-800; total SAT score
ranges between 600-2400
yes – you lose ¼ of a point for incorrect answers
(except on the grid-in math questions)
yes – you can choose which set(s) of SAT scores
to submit to colleges
questions increase in difficulty level as you move
through that question type in a section (except
reading passage questions, which progress
chronologically through the passage)
arithmetic, data analysis, algebra I and II,
functions, geometry; formulas are provided in the
test booklet
Accepted by all colleges and universities
Type of Test
Test Format
Test Style
Scoring
Penalty for Wrong
Answers?
Score Choice?
ACT = content-based test
English: 1, 45-min section; Math: 1, 60-min section;
Reading: 1, 35-min section; Science: 1, 35-min
section; Writing: 1, 30-min essay (optional)
questions may be long but are usually less difficult to
decipher
English, Math, Reading, and Science scores will each
range between 1-36. Composite ACT score is the
average of your scores on the four sections; ranges
between 1-36
no – you do not lose points for incorrect answers
yes – you can choose which set(s) of ACT scores to
submit to colleges
difficulty level of the questions is random
Difficulty Levels
Math Levels
arithmetic, algebra I and II, functions, geometry,
trigonometry; no formulas are provided
College
Preference
Accepted by all colleges and universities
SAT
TEST DATES AND DEADLINES
WWW.COLLEGEBOARD.ORG
SAT Date
Jan
26
SAT Subject
Registration
Tests Available
Deadline
•Subject Tests
Dec
28
Feb
8
Mar
9
May
4
•Subject Tests
Apr
5
Jun
1
•Subject Tests
May
2
Late Registration Deadline
Deadline for
Changes
Mail
Phone/
Online
Jan
11
Jan
11
Jan
11
Feb
22
Feb
22
Feb
22
Apr
19
Apr
19
Apr
19
May
17
May
17
May
17
ACT
TEST DATES AND DEADLINES
WWW.ACTSTUDENT.ORG
Test Date
Registration Deadline
(Late Fee Required)
September 8, 2012
August 17, 2012
August 18–24, 2012 (paper
registrations)
August 18–31, 2012 (online
registrations)
October 27, 2012
September 21, 2012
September 22 –
October 5, 2012
December 8, 2012
November 9, 2012
November 10 – 16, 2012
February 9, 2013*
January 11, 2013
January 12 – 18, 2013
April 13, 2013
March 8, 2013
March 9 – 22, 2013
June 8, 2013
May 3, 2013
May 4 – 17, 2013
DEVELOPING YOUR
COLLEGE LIST
Quality Safety- Colleges where you typically are somewhat
overqualified and will almost certainly gain admission. You should
like these colleges and be sure to show demonstrated interest so
the college does not think you are overlooking it during the
application process.
Target- Colleges where you have a reasonable (typically better
than 50-50) chance of admission.
Reach- Colleges are usually your top choice colleges and those
most difficult to gain admission.
Most Competitive
Air Force Academy
Amherst College
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Brandeis University
Brown
Boston College
Bryn Mawr College
Bucknell University
Carnegie Mellon
Colby College
Colgate University
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Duke
Georgetown
Hamilton
Lehigh
Middlebury College
MIT
New York University
Tufts
University of Pennsylvania
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of Virginia
Vassar
Villanova
Wake Forest University
Wesleyan
Williams
Highly Competitive
American University
Babson College
Boston University
Baylor University
Bentley University
Bryant
Clark University
Clemson University
Denison University
Dickinson College
Elon University
Emerson College
Fordham University
Gettysburg College
Hampshire College
Lawrence University
Mount Holyoke College
Muhlenberg College
Northeastern University
Ohio State
Pepperdine
Providence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Skidmore
SUNY Binghamton
SUNY Geneseo
Texas A & M
Trinity
U.S. Coast Guard
University of Connecticut
Virginia Tech
Wheaton
Very Competitive
Auburn University
Bard College
BYU
Champlain College
Clarkson University
Drew University
Drexel University
Duquesne University
Fairfield University
Florida State University
George Mason University
Hofstra University
Iona College
Ithaca
James Madison University
Michigan State University
Oklahoma State University
Penn State
Purdue University
Quinnipiac University
RIT
Rutgers
San Diego State University
Siena College
Towson
University of Colorado
University of Delaware
University of South Carolina
University of Vermont
Valparaiso
Wagner
Xavier
Competitive
Adelphi
Albright
Arizona State University
Assumption
Bay Path College
Castleton State College
CCSU
Colby-Sawyer College
Curry College
ECSU
Embry-Riddle
Fairleigh Dickinson
Framingham State University
Franklin Pierce University
High Point University
Johnson & Wales
Keene State College
LaSalle
Merrimack
Monmouth
Post University
Rider University
Roger Williams University
Sacred Heart University
SCSU
Springfield
Suffolk
Temple
University of Arizona
University of Hartford
University of New Haven
WCSU
Less Competitive
American International College
Albertus Magnus College
Anna Maria College
Atlantic Union College
Becker College
Berkeley College – NJ, NYC
Caldwell College
Centenary College
Colorado State University
DeVry
Dowling College
Georgian Court University
Husson University
Mount Ida College
New England College
Nichols College
Purdue University - Calumet
Regis College
Rhode Island College
Saint Francis College
Salem State College
Unity College
University of Bridgeport
University of Saint Joseph
STUDENT PROFILE
GPA- 90.42
PSAT Scores
CR- 57
M-63
Quality Safety
Target
Reach
GPA- B/B+
GPA- B+/A-
GPA- A-/A
SAT CR- 450-550
M- 450-550
W- 450-550
SAT CR- 550-650
M- 550-650
W- 550-650
SAT CR- 650+
M- 650+
W- 650+
ECSU
Marist College
URI
UMass Amherst
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College of Charleston
Clemson University 
Boston University
American University
W- 60
COLLEGE VISITS
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Browse the school’s website and any campus blogs
Take a campus tour
Talk to students about what they think of their classes and professors
Visit the dining hall, fitness center, library, career center, bookstore and
other campus facilities
Walk or drive around the community surrounding the campus
Take part in a group information session at the admission office
Meet with someone from the department of your prospective major
Talk to the coaches of sports that you may want to play
Interview, required or recommended (Admission Officer, Alumni, Skype)
Read the student newspaper