Laurie Cantrell-Senior Counselor

Mayda Skinner-Scholarship Coordinator

Kristina Martin-Associate Principal

WELCOME

• Tools for Parents• Tools for Kids

COMMUNICATION TOOLS

TOOLS FOR PARENTS

• Websites-RP Seniors and RP Counseling• Weekly Emails-Updates & What’s included • Twitter• Purpose of Twitter-service that shares new

scholarships, approaching scholarship deadlines and tips for senior success.

• Remind 101• Purpose of Remind 101- a text service that

allows high school staff to communicate valuable information with their students.

• How to Sign up

SIGN UP FOR REMIND 101CLASS OF 2015

• October 25, 2014 test registration ends tomorrow

• For early admission decisions this may be the last opportunity to test and submit a score and

• This may be the last opportunity to test for scholarship considerations as well.

• Prep Classes are available at RPHS• Scholarship Deadlines-• Many schools have early deadlines for departmental

scholarships as well as general scholarship opportunities

ACT

• RPSeniors• College Visits• RP Forms for College Visits

COLLEGE PLANNING RESOURCES

• Common Application• Sliding Scale Admissions• Admissions Index• NWMSU• Super Scores

COLLEGE APPLICATION

PROCESS

• Admissions Essay• Academic Resumes• Academic Interviews

APPLICATION MATERIALS

Admissions Vocabulary

• Early Action

• Early Decision

• Regular Decision

• Rolling Admissions

• Open Enrollment

• Regular Admissions

TYPES OF ADMISSION APPLICATIONS

Colleges/Universities

will reply with:

• Accepted

• Deferred Decision

• Waitlisted

• Denied

TYPES OF ADMISSIONS DECISIONS

• Pay Attention to deadlines• Identify the process:• General University Scholarships

• Departmental Scholarships

• Check-in and visit our office for local scholarships

• Rpseniors.weebly.com

• If you have questions: Contact the scholarship office

SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINES