King Philip Guidance Dept.

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WELCOME

• King Philip Guidance Dept.
• Junior Parent Night
• January 15, 2009

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Counselor Assignments

• Mrs. Julie Little
• Allen to Daniel
• Mrs. Jo-Ann Barnes
• Danue to Jennette
• Mrs. Lisa Heagney
• Johnson to Palmer
• Ms. Julie Habib Pavao
• Pasini to Pocius
• Mrs. Jessica Nutter
• Poirier to Zeigler

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Topics To Be Covered

• Introduction and opening remarks
• Surviving the process
• College admissions today
• College exploration process
• Application requirements
• Application programs and plans
• Deadlines and timetables
• Handouts
• Questions

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Surviving the Process

• Working together
• Being realistic about abilities talents and
  strengths
• Being informed consumers
• Getting organized making deadlines
• Making good decisions and choices

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College Admissions Today

• Colleges today
• Changes in the applicant pool

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College Exploration Process

• Points to consider
• Research
• Touring
• Selectivity and Ratings
• Selecting appropriate schools
• reach, realistic, and safety
• financial safety

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Application Requirements

• Academic transcript
• School profile
• counselor recommendation
• Personal application and fee
• Essay and supplemental material
• Standardized Testing
• Teacher recommendations
• Other recommendations

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King Philip Transcript

• REFER TO SAMPLE TRANSCRIPT HANDOUT pg. 1
• All courses taken at King Philip
• level of courses
• Final grades in classes taken in grades 9-11
• Senior courses listed
• Class rank
• Weighted grade point average

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Standardized Testing

• College Board Testing - www.collegeboard.com
• SAT Reasoning May 2, 2009
• SAT Reasoning Subject Test - June 6, 2009
• American College Testing - www.act.org
• ACT - April 4, 2009 and June 13, 2009

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Counselor Recommendations

• General Overview
• School records
• Teacher input
• Personal knowledge of student
• Student Descriptive Questionnaire
• Parent Brag Sheet (Refer to Handout pg. 2)

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Students Timeline

• Things to begin working on
• organize and develop Student Activity Resume
  (Refer to Handout pg. 3)
• collect applications and view books (Refer to
  Handout pg. 4)
• begin online research
• begin drafting essays
• plan tours
• schedule interviews
• teacher recommendations

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Different Application Programs

• Early decision A binding commitment
• Early action Non-binding acceptance
• Rolling application As decision is complete, a
  decision is rendered
• Open application Virtually all students are
  accepted
• Regular application One deadline for all
  applicants decisions generally mailed in late
  March or early April
• REFER TO HANDOUT PG. 5 for more detail

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State Colleges

• REFER TO HANDOUTS pgs. 6-8
• General requirements
• John Abigail Adams Scholarship
• Stanley Koplik Scholarship

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Special Programs and Sports

• PT, OT, nursing
• Special needs
• Music, art, theater, drama
• special interests or activities
• Athletics
• Division I, II, and III
• The recruitment process
• NCAA Clearinghouse
• www.ncaaclearinghouse.net

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Deadlines and Timetables

• Standardized testing registration (Refer to
  Handout pg. 9)
• College applications
• Financial aid
• Guidance
• minimum of 10 school days before application
  deadline to process and send out information from
  Guidance Office

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Financial Aid

• FAFSA - www.fafsa.ed.gov
• Profile - www.collegeboard.com/profile
• Institutional Aid
• King Philip Scholarships
• King Philip Financial Aid Night - December of
  2009
• www.MassCollegeGoalSunday.org - Free assistance
  in completing FAFSA
• www.mefa.org

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Summary

• Working together
• Being realistic
• Making informed decisions
• Questions and comments
• Thanks for coming!!!