26th Annual Pope HS Selective College Admissions Night

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26th Annual Pope HSSelective College Admissions
Night

• Presented by
• Pope School Counseling Department
• August 26, 2014

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Pope School Counseling Department

• A - C Ms. Sax
• D Hi Ms Hays
• Ho Mc Ms. Shearstone
• Me Sc Ms. Bruce
• Se Z Ms. Hamrick

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Pope School CounselingDepartment
Ms. Karen Kendall, Guidance Clerk Ms. Savannah
McGrath, Records Clerk Phone
770-578-7903 Blog http//popehs.typepad.com/guid
ancedepartment/
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Graduation Status Report

• Seniors received their individual graduation
  status report in AO on Thursday, August 14, 2014.
• Contact your seniors counselor if you have any
  questions or concerns.

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Post-Secondary Planning Lesson for Seniors

• Seniors received the Post-Secondary Planning
  lesson on Friday, August 15 or Monday, August 18
  during their Literature class.
• The ppt is available for viewing on the Pope
  School Counseling Blog.
• http//popehs.typepad.com/guidancedepartment/

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Your post-secondary destination?

• Military service
• Workforce
• Technical College
• Two-year college
• Four-year college
• Other ..
• Focus of this presentation is on selective 4-year
  colleges.

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Academic Grade Point Average

• known as core GPA, core academic GPA
• Basis is English, Math, Science, Social Studies,
  and World Languages courses.
• Take a look at your GPA on your transcript, then
  FORGET IT!!
• Colleges individually decide how they calculate
  admissions academic GPA.
• Weight courses differently
• Courses to include in calculating your admissions
  GPA may differ from college to college.

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Reach, probable, or safety school for me?

• Reach I might be accepted.
• Probable I should be accepted.
• Safety I will be accepted.
• Know your academic profile
• Core, unweighted GPA
• Standardized test scores
• Curriculum
• Search for the colleges freshman profile.
• Average or mid 50 gpa test scores, not
  admissions requirements
• Compare how you fit into the colleges profile.

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Reach, probable, or safety school for me?

• Example Syracuse University
• Average High School GPA of Freshman Class 3.60

  25th Percentile 75th Percentile
SAT Critical Reading 500 620  
SAT Math 540 650  
SAT Writing 520 630
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Transcripts

• What?
• Most colleges request an official transcript as
  part of the application. 2 each (first one is no
  charge).
• Official vs Unofficial
• How to get one?
• 1 submit your application to college.
• 2 Bring proof youve submitted the application
  to counseling office. (Print a copy of the email
  or bring it on your phone to show us.)
• Transcript request card must be completed EVERY
  time you need a transcript.
• Must be requested in writing with your signature.
• Card stays on file in the Counseling office so
  you can always know when and where your
  transcript was sent.

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Transcripts

• When?
• Each time you submit an application to a
  different college or scholarship application.
• At the end of first semester, if requested by
  your college (mid-year transcript).
• FINAL TRANSCRIPT has a graduation date on it.
  Required by your college as proof of high school
  graduation. Order this in May.

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Recommendations

• Some colleges require recommendations some do
  not. It will tell you in your application
  instructions.
• Dont request a recommendation if its not
  required.
• Teacher Recommendations
• Talk with the teacher(s) you would like to write
  your recommendation,
• Complete the purple POPE HS Teacher
  Recommendation Request and give to the teacher,
  along with anything else he/she has asked for.

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Recommendations

• Counselor Recommendations
• Know if its required or not.
• Complete Senior Self-Assessment
• Parents complete Parent Assessment form
• Ask 2-3 teachers to complete the Teacher
  Information request (green sheet) to give to the
  counselor for input.
• Submit your application to the college
• Request the transcript.
• The counselor recommendation request is on the
  transcript request card. They go together!

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Deadlines

• Types of deadlines for colleges
• Regular deadline receive a decision at the
  standard respons date.
• Early action Receive a decision earlier than the
  standard response date BUT are NOT required to
  accept the admission offer or make a deposit
  prior to May 1.
• Early Decision Commit to enroll at the college
  if admitted and offered a satisfactory financial
  aid package. Application deadlines are usually in
  November to December with a mid-to-late December
  notification. You can only apply to one Early
  Decision school.
• Rolling admissions decisions are usually made
  within 6 weeks of submitting the application.
• Priority deadlines mostly associated with
  getting into the institutional scholarship pools.
  Check these deadlines closely.

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Deadlines

• All documents required for a counselor
  recommendation are due to your counselor
• NO LATER THAN THREE WEEKS PRIOR TO THE COLLEGE
  DEADLINE.
• The documents are
• Self assessment
• Parent Assessment
• 2-3 Teacher Input forms (green sheets)

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Deadlines

• Work Backwards to Determine All Your Deadlines
• Example Application deadline for the college is
  Oct 15.
• Counselor recommendation request deadline Sept
  24 (3 weeks prior to Oct 15)
• This means you have submitted the application to
  the college, requested your transcript, completed
  and given to your counselor your self-assessment,
  parent assessment, and teacher input forms by
  Sept 24 for an October 15 deadline.

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The Common Application

• Complete one form for multiple participating
  colleges.
• Some colleges have a supplemental form to
  complete also.
• www.commonapp.org

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College Essay

• Not every college application requires an essay.
• Number one rule from college admissions officers
  PROOFREAD and FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.
• Be yourself in your essay! Write about yourself,
  not TO the admissions office. Show, dont tell!
• Internet help http//www.essayhell.com

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Probe Fairs

• Date Time Location
• Monday, Sept 8, 2014 630-830 PM Marietta HS
• Tuesday, Sept 23, 2014 6-9 PM North
  Point Mall
• Thursday, Sept 25, 2014 6pm 9pm Town Center
  Mall
• Register at gaprobe.org ahead of time for a bar
  code to take to the fair. College reps can scan
  your code to capture your information. This will
  prevent you from having to fill out a different
  info card for each college you speak to.
• Monday, Sept 23, 2013 630-830
  PM Marietta High School

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Financial Aid

• Sources
• Forms
• Two kinds
• Need-based
• Merit-based
• Financial Aid Night December 2, 2014
• Pope Theater, 7 pm

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HOPE GPA Calculation

• 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• Your HOPE GPA is NOT, NOT, NOT on your
  transcript.
• All credits attempted in English, Math, Science,
  Social Studies and World Languages.
• AP dual enrollment classes are given a .5 QP
  weight except for a grade of A
• No other classes are weighted.
• If you dont earn HOPE out of high school, you
  have other opportunities at the 30, 60, and 90
  hours earned mark in college.

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HOPE Scholarship

• Regular HOPE
• Students must have a 3.0 HOPE GPA upon graduation
  (AP, Dual Enrollment classes weighted .5).
• Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA in college to
  keep HOPE.
• The HOPE amount is capped at 90 percent of the
  2010-2011 tuition rate at USG institutions.
• Lose HOPE? May recover only once.

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Zell Miller Scholarship

• Student must have a 3.7 core unweighted HOPE GPA
  upon graduation and either a combined 1200 on the
  critical reading and math sections of the SAT or
  at least a 26 Composite ACT score. These test
  scores must come from a single test sitting.
• Zell Miller Scholarship will cover tuition at
  100 for an academic year.
• Students must maintain a 3.3 GPA in college to
  keep the Zell Miller scholarship.
• Students who drop below the college 3.3 GPA can
  earn Regular HOPE if their GPA remains at 3.0 or
  above.

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HOPE Grant

• The HOPE Grant program is for students seeking a
  technical certification or diploma, regardless of
  the student's high school grade point average or
  graduation date.
• The HOPE Grant Award Amount will cover a portion
  of a student's tuition.
• Full-time enrollment is not required.
• At the 30-hour checkpoint, you must have a 2.0
  GPA to maintain eligibility.

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SAT ACT

• Check with the colleges to which you are applying
  to see what the final test date they accept for
  admissions.
• Official test scores for colleges must be sent
  directly from your account at SAT or ACT.
• Pope HS does not send test scores.
• Fall SAT dates Oct 11, Nov 8, Dec 6
• Fall ACT dates Sept 13, Oct 25, Dec 13

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Upcoming Information Nights

• College Information Night
• Tuesday, November 18, 2014 7 pm - Theater
• Q A Panel with admissions reps from Georgia
  colleges including KSU, Georgia College, North
  Georgia College and State University among
  others.
• Financial Aid Night
• Tuesday, December 2, 2014 7 pm Theater

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Where can I get more help!

• Group College Advising Sessions Kickstart
  College Admissions, Nuts Bolts, UGA, Common
  Application, Financial Aid
• Bring specific questions!
• Register and get a pass in the counseling office
  for a session during your lunch period.
• Learn from each other
• Have questions answered that you didnt know you
  had!
• Mandatory before an individual appointment.

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Pope Counseling Bloghttp//popehs.typepad.com/gui
dancedepartment/
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What should parents be doing??

• Provide encouragement / support and be a sounding
  board for your senior.
• Cultivate your students growth by allowing your
  senior to do the work of college admissions
  themselves.
• Let your student take ownership of the process.
• Do not become a helicopter parent!

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College Admissions Panel

• Carol Conchar, George Washington University
• William Cannon, Emory Oxford University
• Melissa Cline, Furman University
• Katie Mattli, Georgia Tech
• Kathleen Kehner, University of Dayton