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SENIOR COLLEGE NIGHT

Class of 2015. SENIOR COLLEGE NIGHT. AGENDA: Family Connection, Gardner Humphreys Deadlines, Jim Rixse , Miriam Filvarof College Packet, Josh Peters, Abbey Otinger , Cara Engel NVCC/Pathways, Amanda Darr Rebekah LaPlante , Virginia Tech Closing Remarks , Christy Close.

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SENIOR COLLEGE NIGHT

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  1. Class of 2015 SENIOR COLLEGE NIGHT

  2. AGENDA: • Family Connection, Gardner Humphreys • Deadlines, Jim Rixse, Miriam Filvarof • College Packet, Josh Peters, Abbey Otinger, Cara Engel • NVCC/Pathways, Amanda Darr • Rebekah LaPlante, Virginia Tech • Closing Remarks, Christy Close

  3. FAMILY CONNECTION • Accessing Family Connection • Log on to your Blackboard account • Click on Family Connection icon • Parents with a Blackboard account can view their students’ Family Connection account • Scattergrams • Used to compare college admission standards • College Visit Schedule • Click on “Colleges” tab and check for “Upcoming College Visits” • Document Library • Download College Packet forms

  4. FAMILY CONNECTIONfcps.blackboard.com

  5. Keep updated via: • “GCMCollegeCareerCenter” • MStatesmen • @MStatesmen Upcoming College Fairs/Events: Oct. 19 – Fair Oaks Mall: table visits Oct. 20 – *Hayfield SS: presentations also Nov. 10 – Financial Aid Night (GCM) Dec. 9 – FAFSA Info Night (GCM) Feb. 24 – Armed Services Info Night (Fairfax)

  6. Deadlines • Binding vs. Non-Binding • Response Dates Vary • Watch Financial Aid Priority Dates • Early Decision • (e.g. W&M, VA Tech) • Early Action • (most VA colleges) • Regular • Rolling • (e.g. NSU, • Marymount)

  7. College Application Process • What we send to schools: • Final grades through 11th grade including cumulative GPA • List of senior year courses • GCM and FCPS profiles • GCM Secondary School Report form • Recommendation letter from counselor (if requested)

  8. College Application Process • Students must have College Board or ACT forward scores to their colleges and NCAA • www.collegeboard.com • www.actstudent.org • www.eligibilitycenter.org

  9. College Planning Packet • Purple Checklist form – keep track of all items due to your school counselor • Blue Transcript Request form – tells your counselor where to send your transcript • Green Student Information form – talk about yourself! • Goldenrod Teacher Input form – teachers provide information to the school counselor • Pink Parent Input form – invaluable information to share about your child! • Peer Input form – friends tell why you stand out (optional) • Forms: Student Services > GCMCollegeCareerCenter > College Planning

  10. TRANSCRIPT PROCESS • 1st three transcripts are free • $5 for each additional transcript • Cash or checks payable to Marshall High School. College DeadlinePacket To Counselor By • November 15 or earlier Monday, Sept. 15 • After November 15 Wednesday, Nov. 5

  11. TRANSCRIPT PROCESS • 1st semester grades are sent automatically to ALLcolleges on your transcript request form – Mailed mid-February • Some colleges require students to self- report grades, i.e., UNC Chapel Hill, California public universities

  12. MID-YEAR REPORT

  13. Who should apply? Seniors who will graduate by August and who want to earn a Bachelor’s Degree • For more information contact your: • Pathway Counselor – Amanda Darr, adarr@nvcc.edu, School Counselor

  14. Guest Speaker Rebekah LaPlante Associate Director, Undergraduate Admissions Virginia Tech

  15. Thank you for coming!! SurveyMonkey: • Google “gcmcollegecareercenter” or use GCM school calendar “details” http://gcmcollegecareercenter.weebly.com

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