Senior Meetings

Ms. Erica Lang A-DMr. Mike Jensen E-JiMs. Beth Cordes Jj-MiMs. Nicole Drangstveit Mj-ScMs. Jenny Severson Sd-Z

Learning Targets• Senior Timeline

• Finding your Fit! (Post High Plans)

• College Application Process

• Transcript/Credits

• Family Connection Quick Survey

Senior Timeline!• Senior Timeline

Finding Your Fit!❖ Military / Service Organizations❖ 2-year Community or Technical

College❖ 4-year college❖ Work / Apprenticeships❖ Gap Year

Finding Your Fit!• Family Connection - https://connection.naviance.com/shakopeehs

• SuperMatch

• Roadtrip Nation

• Career Inventories

• College Visits

• College Fair

• FastWeb/College Board

• Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_mn.htm?scrlybrkr=02d02224#

College Application ProcessHow do I apply?• 4 year college bound students - Check your deadlines• 2 year college bound students - rolling admissions, apply

anytime!• Go to your college’s website and complete the online

application. Have your transcript and your schedule accessible.

• Request letters of recommendation (if applicable).• Send your test scores to your college (ACT, SAT, Accuplacer,

ASVAB).• ACT - $12 per school, login and request schools• Accuplacer - take for two year college admission

• Request your transcript through Family Connection*Fee Waivers are available in the Career Center

College Application Process

• Use Family Connection for your college lists.• ‘Colleges I'm thinking about’• ‘Colleges I'm applying to’• Use the graph feature (scattergrams) in Family

Connection to know the likelihood of being accepted.

• Go to school’s site to apply - look for ‘Admissions’, ‘Apply Now’, ‘Freshman Admissions’, ‘Undergraduate Admissions’, etc.

Common Application

• Only way to apply for some schools• Most 4-year schools don’t use the Common App• Make sure you indicate in Family Connection if

you are applying via Common App.• www.commonapp.org• Contact your counselor if you need help

THE TRANSCRIPT - Family Connection

When your application is complete...• Check websites to track your application and

documentation received• Call undergraduate offices if necessary; it’s their

job to help you• Use email when you need to have something

documented

FAFSA https://fafsa.ed.gov/❖ NEW TIMELINE this year!!

-OCTOBER 1st using 2015 tax info-FAFSA operates on first come, first serve

-You may not qualify for anything but loans

❖ Financial Aid Night - October 3rd -5:00 pm and 7:00 pm - High School Commons

SCHOLARSHIPS❖ Use Family Connection to search scholarships❖ FastWeb❖ Dollars For Scholars information - March

Letters of Recommendation

1. Make the first request in person!2. Ask, “Can you write me a glowing letter of

recommendation’?3. Update your Resume’ in FC and/or supply the recommender

with a ‘Brag-Sheet’4. In Family Connection make the electronic request, you can

only request letters of rec from colleges in your ‘Colleges I’m Applying To’ list.

5. You have to click “submitted application”6. Follow-up with a Thank You and/or Thank You Note

TIPS FOR AN EFFECTIVE PERSONAL ESSAY

• Think positively—You can do this!• Discuss something you feel strongly about or an

experience that changed you• Be yourself and use your voice• Don’t repeat something already stated in your

application• Grab the reader’s attention right away• Essay can be like a tie-breaker• See an English teacher for help

RESUMEHighlights your talents, accomplishments, involvement

in activities & clubs and accomplishments!

-Helpful for teachers and counselors for letters of recommendation-Helps prepare for college applications- Template is useful for job applications-You can use when applying for scholarships

FAMILY CONNECTION has a Resume builder

Transcripts/Credits

Where do I find my transcript?

❏ Log-in to your Infinite Campus

❏ Click on Reports on left side list

❏ Click on Portal Transcript

Transcripts continued...

➔ GPA, Rank & Percentile

➔ Credit Summary

Credit Check - Am I On Track for Graduation?❏ Use your transcript to mark the

credits you have earned so far.

❏ Use your schedule to mark the courses that are in progress.

❏ Are you on track?

❏ Do you need a plan for credit recovery?

After School Credit Recovery (APEX)-Starts Monday, October 3rd

-Get APEX form in Career Center

DON’T STRESS… ASK FOR HELP!

See your Counselor in the Career Center

Please Complete Before You Leave Today:Senior Fall Survey 2016Find this in Family Connection under About Me