F. C. SENIOR PRESENTATION

1. F. C.SENIOR PRESENTATION CLASS OF 2013

2. What I will try to address today • Resources in guidance and the internet • Scholarships • Graduation • Transcripts • Your questions

3. GETTING FINANCIAL AID • Financial aid is a great equalizer. In 2009, over $168 billion in aid was awarded from government and private sources. Coupled with the wide range of lower-cost college options available, financial aid should make a college education affordable for just about everyone who decides to continue their education. • Type of school, Federal code, basic cost from previous year, financial aid picture, financial aid procedures, deadlines and contact information can be found on each school.

4. SCHOLARSHIPS HANDBOOK • Searching for scholarships has often been described as looking for a needle in a haystack. There are thousands of award programs available, but the typical student can expect to qualify for only a small number of them. This book is designed to point you toward programs that match your own personal and academic qualifications

5. BOOKS OF MAJORS • This book provides a complete, all-in-one source for what students exploring majors need to know: what the majors are about, and where they can be studied. • The 200 majors profiled in the first part of the book are primarily undergraduate programs, taught at the associate or bachelor’s degree level. They represent the majors that are most widely offered.

6. COLLEGE HANDBOOK • The Handbook is divided into four sections. The first contains guidance materials to help you plan for college. Four-year college descriptions are in the second section, two-year college descriptions are in the third, and the last section contains tables and indexes.

7. OTHER RESOURCES IN THE SCHOOL COUNSELING OFFICE • Guide books from different schools • ACT/SAT packets (The internet is the best way to complete these forms.) • Financial aid materials • Military information

8. What do you see?

9. What do you see?

10. School Counseling Website • FCHS website http://www.edline.net/pages/FCHS

11. Graduation with Honors State Level

12. Graduation with HonorsLocal Level“Franklin County Honor Scholar” • Requirements: Minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.75 – not rounded up Students are required to have at least ten (10) Academic Honors Courses

13. Graduation with DistinctionState Level

14. Websites • www.fastweb.com • www.TN.gov/collegepays • www.CollegeforTN.org • www.bigfuture.net

15. 4 year College Websites Alabama A&M University www.aamu.edu Athens State University www.athens.edu Auburn University www.auburn.edu Austin Peay State University www.apsu.edu Belmont University www.belmont.edu Bryan College www.bryan.edu Carson-Newman College www.cn.edu East Tennessee State University www.etsu.edu Lipscpmb University www.lipscomb.edu Middle Tennessee State University www.mtsu.edu Tennessee State University www.tnstate.edu Tennessee Technological University www.tntech.edu University of Alabama www.ua.edu University of Alabama Huntsville www.uah.edu University of Memphis www.memphis.edu University of North Alabama www.una.edu University of Tennessee: Chattanooga www.utc.edu Knoxville www.utk.edu Martin www.utm.edu University of the South www.sewanee.edu Vanderbilt University www.vanderbilt.edu

16. 2 year and Technical Schools websites • Chattanooga State Technical Com. College www.chattanoogastate.edu • Cleveland State CC www.clevelandstatecc.edu • Columbia State CC www.columbiastate.edu • Motlow State University www.mscc.edu • Nashville Auto-Diesel College www.nadcedu.com • Nossi College of Art www.nossi.com • Tenneessee Technology Center: Shelbyville • Volunteer State CC www.volstate.edu