Welcome Parents of Seniors College Night

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Welcome! Parents of SeniorsCollege Night
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Introductions

• Principal Jerry Anderson
• Counselors Mary Power A-D
• David Stansbury E-K
• John Vidulich L-Rn
• Jill Benisch Ro-Z
• Registrar Dorothy Altenborg
• Post Grad Center Deb Ford
• Counseling Assistant Jan Koch

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Tonights Purpose

• To give you information on the college search and
  application process
• To answer your questions so you know how to
  support your senior

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In Your Packet

• Power Point
• Senior Year Calendar
• Senior Year Timeline
• ACT/SAT Test Dates
• College Fair Checklist
• Monarchs College Application Process
• Transcript Request
• CCHE Index
• Scholarship Information
• Useful Books and Websites
• Glossary of Terms

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Important Dates for Seniors

• Sept/Oct - Individual Senior Meeting w/counselor
  
• Sept 9 Cap and Gown Measurements, 8-9am
• Oct 7 - Out-of-State College Fair at Monarch,
• 630-830pm
• Oct 13 BVSD In-State College Fair, 6-8pm,
• CU Coors Events Center
• Dec 2 Financial Aid Workshop, 7pm
• May 14 Senior Day in Post Grad Center
• May 22 Graduation!

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Where 09 MHS grads went

• 4 Year Colleges and Universities (83)
• 30 out of state
• 2 Year Programs (13)
• Community/Junior Colleges
• Vocational/Technical Schools
• Other (3)
• Military Service
• Work
• Gap Year

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First things first!

• Students schedule a senior meeting with their
  counselor (Sept 1 Oct 31)
• graduation requirements no surprises
• post grad planning
• If they dont have a clue to-
• if they are applying to highly competitive
  schools
• whatever their situation we want them to see us!

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Naviance/Family Connection

• Website connection.naviance.com/monarch
• User name complete email address
• Password whatever you enter
• If you are a first time user or need your
  password reset, please fill out the ½ page sheet
  and leave on back table. Well email your info to
  you in the next 2 weeks

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Seniors and Parents-use Naviance!

• Naviance/Family Connection and the College
  Application Process go hand in hand
• Heres how

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Application Process Handout

• The College Application Process (handout) lets
  walk through it and look at what Naviance/Family
  Connection can do!
• my colleges
• my resume
• Monarch student letter of rec questionairre
• parent brag sheet (can only see if parent
  signs in)
• my colleges add/cancel requests

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Why is using Naviance/Family Connection essential?

• Keeps the students process organized
• Hub of college information
• We contact students about rep visits, events, and
  scholarships from what they enter
• Paperless
• Our way to track students application status for
  all colleges, and what they need from us
• Monarch and BVSD data tracking system
• Common Application electronic through Naviance

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How to narrow the search

• Location
• Major
• Size
• Campus life
• Cost
• Competitiveness/Academic match

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How do they decide who to accept?

• GPA (up each year)
• Academic course work (challenging)
• ACT/SAT scores
• Teacher/Counselor Recommendation
• Resume Leadership, Work, Community Service,
  Extra-Curriculars
• Essay
• CCHE INDEX for Colorado Only

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Improving their chances

• Make sure the reps know your student college
  fairs, campus visit, Monarch visit (visit
  schedule in Naviance/Family Connection), phone
  calls, emails, events
• Be specific about their extracurriculars
  leadership, initiative, uniqueness
• Avoid application mistakes
• Respond to the essay prompt
• Double check the final product
• Submit before the deadline
• Dont do your students application!

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Discuss with your senior

• Email
• Professional correspondence with colleges
• Keep updated in Naviance/Family Connection
• Facebook, My Space, etc.
• Be careful NOTHING is private what is out
  there is what people think about your student

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Resources for you and your senior

• Always start with Naviance!
• Post Grad Center resources for everything
• Post Grad Notes sent periodically
• Senior Mail File check regularly
• College Rep visits to Monarch Naviance visit
  schedule
• Handouts timeline, books, websites, scholarship
  info, glossary

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FAQs

• Whats important to know about the essay?
• Answer the prompt.
• Explain anything in the transcript that needs
  addressing.
• Show something about the student that is NOT
  already obvious anywhere else in the application.
• Show who you are not what you do.
• Get help teacher, parent, counselor, websites,
  books there are lots of resources out there.

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FAQs

• How many Letters of Recommendation should my
  student send?
• 2 teachers
• 1 counselor
• But only if the college asks for recommendations.

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FAQs

• What is Early Action and Early Decision?
• Early Action Colleges will look at the
  application early and will notify the student of
  their admission decision within a few weeks. The
  student is not obligated to attend that college.
• Early Decision Students apply to a college early
  and if accepted the student MUST attend that
  college. A signed contract is involved with the
  application.
• (See Glossary of College Application/Admission
  Terms)

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FAQs

• Does my student need to send his/her ACT and SAT
  scores to each school?
• The state ACT (given in April of their junior
  year) is required to be submitted with their
  transcript from Monarch.
• All other scores are owned by the student the
  student is responsible for contacting the College
  Board and ACT to have their scores sent.
• This is a new procedure for BVSD with the class
  of 2010

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FAQs

• When does my student need to send his/her
  transcript?
• With initial fall applications.
• If requested by a college in January, so they
  can see 7th semester grades.
• WE automatically send a final transcript in June
  to the college the student will attend in the
  fall. (no cost to the student)

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And remember.

• We are here to help come see us with any
  questions and keep us updated along the way
• Our job to make sure your student graduates and
  is ready for life after high school!
• Your MoHI counselors
• Mrs. Power (A-D)
• Mr. Stansbury (E-K)
• Mr. Vidulich (L-Rn)
• Mrs. Benisch (Ro-Z)

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• Questions?

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• Thanks for coming!