Junior Class Fall Powerpoint 2015
- 1. Junior Year-The search has begun!
- 2. COLLEGE VISITS • 1 JUNIOR YEAR/1 SENIOR YEAR • DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST YOU • SEE MRS. LONG IN MAIN OFFICE BEFORE YOU GO • BRING BACK SOMETHING PERSONAL SHOWING YOU WENT , i.e., dated agenda, something signed by an admissions counselor • BRING THAT BACK TO MRS. LONG THE NEXT DAY
- 3. • Counselors’ Corner Weekly Newsletter (Remind, CC, blog) • Edmodo- group code gzdyam • WHS College Handbook (mailed to you next summer, website, blog) • Recommendation Letter Packet (CC, blog, website)…start now! • Follow us on Twitter @whsguidance • WHS Scholarship Page • WHS Guidance Blog • Remind 101 –Everyone get out your phone. Text 205- 544-2839 with the message @whs-2017. It will then send you a response asking for your full name.
- 4. • National College Fair BJCC Sunday, Sept. 13th • BSCC College Fair- September 21st 8:30-9:00 am • College Night Sept. 21st 6-8 pm • College Recruiter Visits – US Naval Academy Aug. 31st – Judson Sept. 23rd – UNA Oct. 6th – Univ. of Alabama Oct. 7th – UAB Oct. 8th – Birmingham-Southern Oct. 22nd – Samford Nov. 5th
- 5. WHS College Bound Sept. 21st -25th • COLLEGE NIGHT- 6-8 pm WHS September 21st • College Recruiter Lunch Visits- Career Center everyday 3rd block • Wear Your College Colors- Tues., Sept. 22nd • Prizes!....so go ahead and sign up to follow us on Twitter, Remind & Facebook! • Door Decorating Contest- 1st block classes the week before to win breakfast
- 6. • Auburn University- Sept. 29th Deadline to sign up is Sept. 18th at 3:00 pm 3.0 GPA 19 ACT • UAH, Samford, Birmingham-Southern, Alabama in Spring Requirements to attend trip listed below each trip. Permission slips are required and will be available in the Career Center two weeks before each event. Students must bring money to purchase lunch or bring own lunch. Space is limited and available on a “first come, first served” basis. GPA, ACT and discipline will be taken into consideration in creating list of students attending trip. List will be posted on Mrs. Higgins’ door 3 days before each trip, sent out on Remind and emailed to the faculty.
- 7. ACT Dates Test Date Registration Deadline (Late Fee Required) $39.50 or $56.50 w/writing add $24 September 12, 2015 August 7, 2015 August 8-21, 2015 October 24, 2015 September 18, 2015 September 19–October 2, 2015 December 12, 2015 November 6, 2015 November 7-20, 2015 February 6, 2016* January 8, 2016 January 9-15, 2016 REGISTER ONLINE at http://www.act.org
- 8. Submitting ACT Scores • You must submit official test scores. • While we do have an ACT label when you send your scores to us, that is not an official score. • If you did not include the school on the list when you signed up to take the test, you may pay a fee to have your score sent to additional schools. This is called an Additional Score Report. You will do this from your account at www.actstudent.org.
- 10. Career Center College & Test Prep Resources
- 11. Is it too early to apply? So, What Can I Do? • Visit the website of EVERY college you are considering applying to. • Go to the admission page or click on “prospective students”. • Find out the steps involved in their admission & scholarship application process. • See what you are working toward. • Set goals!!!
- 12. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WEBSITES FOR SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA.
- 16. Requesting Transcripts • Generally, not until you apply summer or fall after your senior year. • Transcripts should be requested two weeks in advance on www.parchment.com by YOU, the student. • No phone calls or email requests. • A request sent by a college or Common App will not suffice. • When it says it must be “official” (sent by the school). • “Unofficial”- you can print from iNow Home. • Free until you graduate! • Mrs. Dozier, registrar, handles all transcript requests.
- 17. Who is Mrs. Dozier? She is our very busy, hardworking registrar.
- 18. PARCHMENT.COM Tutorial on signing up https://youtu.be/O9UXt8rKBr0 • We will be signing up as a group. • If you need it before we do that, you may follow the on screen instructions, just don’t make mistakes.
- 19. Need more help with that? • Where is the Career Center? At the corner of main and 4th hall
- 20. What else can I be doing? • Join CLUBS! • Participate in COMMUNITY SERVICE! – EASI – CHURCH – GENTIVA HOSPICE – COMMUNITY SERVICE BASED CLUBS • GPA for most app’s will go through junior year