New Hampton School College Counseling Presents:

1. New Hampton School College Counseling Presents: Seminar #1: Introduction the College Search and Application Process

2. Interacting with Adults…as Adults • NHS Mission Respect – Work to your potential; be your best • NHS Mission Responsibility– Evolve, make positive decisions, and contribute

3. You own your decisions! Your college counselor, advisor, and parents are here to help.

4. Complex and Multi-Stepped Process • This is a marathon, not a quick sprint. • You need to be a risk-taker, a realist, and a defenseman…simultaneously. If you do, your destiny is somewhat within your control. • It is important to spend your time and emotional energy on that which is within your control. • When you own a decision, it is yours and means more to you than if it belongs to someone else. • An error is not a mistake unless you refuse to correct it. • This is your process, but your parents do have a role.

5. College is less about where you go and more about what you accomplish while there …your courses, curricular and extra-curricular opportunities, relationships with professors, friendships, community life

6. Initiative, Ownership, Timeline, & Professionalism Now is your time to practice these skills: • Making and Keeping Meetings • Completing Tasks – forms, requests, phone calls, account management • Independent Research– reflections & notes, questions • Asking for Help & Self-Advocacy–with Parents, College Counselor, Teachers • Respectful Communication & Professionalism– • Body Language–Eye Contact, Attire, Posture • Written Language–Please and thank-you, correct grammar and punctuation, no slang • Spoken Language–Correct (and proper) grammar (ie, “My cousins and I”), no slang

9. Use YOUR RESOURCES

10. The College Office Staff

11. Use Your Resources

12. NHS WEBSITEhttp://www.newhampton.org/college

13. AS WELL AS: YOUR ADVISOR YOUR PARENTS YOUR FRIENDS

14. WHAT DO I DO NOW: Maintain or Improve: • Grades • Activities • Community Service • Leadership • Teacher Recommendations – you “write” these every day • Summer Planning

15. Standardized Tests Test Planning Calendar

16. Standardized Tests? What Are the Tests? • SAT Reasoning • ACT Plus Writing • SAT Subject Tests • ToEFL (Int’l Students and/or students whose first language is NOT English) Which Tests Should I Take? • Conversations with your college counselor (SAT, ACT, ToEFL) • Conversations with your course teacher (SAT Subject Tests) When Should I Take the Tests? • SAT Reasoning Test– May 3 (April 4) or June 14 (May 9) • ACT Plus Writing April 12 (March 7) or June 8 (May 3) • SAT Subject Tests – June 14 (May 9) • ToEFL – May (see Ms. Farr-Williams) How Do I Register for the Test? • The Student registers for the test • SAT – www.collegeboard.com • ACT Plus Writing – www.actstudent.org • ToEFL– www.ets.org/toefl/ibt/register

17. Summer, if possible Knower Academics On-line Options (Free and Fee-based) PSAT – My College QuickStartreview College Board “Question of the Day” ACT “Question of the Day” Test Preparation

18. NAVIANCE https://connection.naviance.com/family-connection/auth/login/?hsid=newhampton

19. This maybe one of the most important research assignments of your life… • Activate Account & Share Account Login (username and password) with Parents • Complete Junior Questionnaire & Career Cluster Finder • MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO 1ST INDIVIDUAL MEETING • “I Have a Story Worth Telling” • What brings out your Personal Best? Your Scholarly Best? • What do I like to do? What intersts me? What do I hope to gain from my college experience? • Resarching and Crafting a List… • ”Build Up a List” (not “hand down”) • Location, size setting, major, programs, sports, arts, etc….. • Using Naviance/NHS Data and Scattergrams • Use of Naviance in Processing College Applications • Li:nk

20. Hooray for the College Process!!!!!!