College Planning

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College Planning
A Presentation by Kelley Bagayoko Timbuktu
Academy Scholar
March 11, 2000 Black Acheivers Baranco-Clark YMCA
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College Planning

• Who is responsible for college planning?

• What is college planning?

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What is involved in College Planning

• Self-understanding

• Data Gathering

• Action Steps

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Self-understanding

• What do you like to do?

• Are you patient, blunt, empathetic?

• Are you good with numbers?

• Do you explain things well?

• Do you work well with children?

• Are you intrigued by how things work?

• Are you very focused?

• Do you like conducting experiments

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Data Gathering

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Action Steps

• On-going tasks (6th-12th grades)

• High School tasks (9th-12th grades)

• Senior-year tasks (12th grade)

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On-going Tasks

• Correlate curricula

• Participate in academic summer enrichment
  programs

• Read material related to your chosen profession

• Shadow a professional in your chosen field

• Purchase or check-out ACT/SAT preparation
  materials

• Register for and take the ACT/SAT

• Research the National Merit Scholarship
  Qualifying Test (NMSQT/PSAT)

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High School Tasks

• Register for and take the PSAT/NMSQT

• Send for college catalogs and applications

• Visit colleges

• Research scholarships

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Senior-year Tasks

• Prepare a resume

• Find a mentor to assist with college planning

• Apply for scholarships

• Complete the appropriate FASFA forms

• Apply to colleges

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Senior-year Tasks Cont.

• Apply for housing

• Have an official transcript sent to the
  college(s) of your choice

• Retake the ACT/SAT assessments

• Send Thank You letters to universities that
  offered you
  scholarships

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

• Program to Increase the Pursuit of Education
  and Learning IN Engineering and Science
  (PIPELINES)

• Diola Bagayoko, Ph.D.
• Director, PIPELINES Director, Timbuktu
  Academy
• Voice [phone] Fax [phone]
• e-mail bagayoko_at_aol.com