Post Admissions Commitment

1. Post Admissions Commitment Your student has been admitted, Congratulations! Here are recommended next steps: Sign into the college / university web portal • Be familiar with this resource and content • Join the college or university’s social media community File a FAFSA (even if parents think they make too much money) • Accept scholarships and financial awards (if eligible) • Make sure to apply for Bright Futures BEFORE graduation

2. Post Admissions Commitment Register for New Student Orientation • Pay orientation fee and attend Review on-campus housing and dining options • Submit appropriate housing and dining contracts • When ready, pay Florida resident for tuition purposes? • Check well in advance to be sure the student has that status for tuition purposes

3. Post Admissions Commitment Planning on keeping a car on campus? • Check the college or university’s policy for freshmen • If allowed, there will be parking fees and parking will only be in designated lots Students have until May 1 to decide When the decision is made….. • Cancel applications and scholarships at other colleges and universities • Send final high school transcript with the high school graduation documented • Send AP, IB, CLEP scores

4. Senior Year Rigor  The majority of students are admitted based on three years of high school coursework plus the planned senior year courses. An admission is like a contract, once we agree to admit the student agrees to complete his or her plan. Any substantial change must be reported to the University.

5. Senior Year Rigor Remember all admissions is provisional subject to the student receiving a diploma and sending us the final transcript. Students slacking off in senior year will find the transition to university that much more challenging. University is at a much faster pace, students have less specific direction and requires a lot of self-discipline and work.

6. Senior Year Application Cycle     The senior year application cycle varies for many students, below is a sample timeline: Summer prior to senior year have list of schools narrowed down • Safety, fit and reach should be on the list August-Applications for admission become available online September-Time to APPLY • Make sure to request transcripts and test scores. October – Complete FAFSA January/February-Review financial aid awards March/April-Choose the college that will be the best FIT May-Submit enrollment deposit

7. SUS and Industry Certifications At this time, industry certifications approved for meeting mathematics and science high school diploma requirements are NOT accepted as one of the 4 math or 3 natural science credits required for SUS admission. Students may include information about any industry certifications in their application; however, it will not be counted as one of the 18 credits for admission purposes.

8. World Language Required FCS AA graduates are required to demonstrate competency in a world language equivalent to the second high school level or higher (Spanish 2, Haitian Creole 2, etc.). SUS first-time-in-college undergraduate admissions requires demonstration of competency in a world language equivalent to the second high school level or higher. Completion of a postsecondary elementary 2 level world language is accepted as meeting the competency requirement, as will equivalent articulated accelerated mechanisms. CLEP language 1 is not equivalent to 2 level.

9. Minimum Admission Standards Minimum HS Courses: 4 English* 4 Mathematics* 3 Natural Sciences* 3 Social Sciences* 2 World Languages or American Sign Language (2 credits in same language or demonstration of competency equivalent to the second high school level or higher) 2 Electives (See SUS section of Handbook)

10. SUS Minimum Admission CORE SUS REQUIREMENTS (i.e., designated English, Mathematics, Natural Science, Social Science, and World Language as found in SUS section of Counseling for Future Education Handbook)specifies 16 core courses for minimum admission requirements. Most universities admit students with much more than minimum core requirements. For example, FSU 2015 admits averaged23 core courses.

11. Admissions Test (ACT or SAT) Essay is No Longer Required Students do not have to take the SAT or ACT essay any more when applying to a state university.

12. FDOE Office of Articulation www.fldoe.org/policy/articulation Among the tools found on website include: Counseling for Future Education Handbook Link to Statewide Course Numbering System Common Prerequisite Manual Postsecondary General Education Core Course Info Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreements Course Code Directory HS Feedback Reports And much more!

13. Accelerated Mechanisms Accelerated Mechanisms Advising Hints Curriculum should be challenging but doable for the student; Postsecondary general education core courses must be accepted and utilized in student’s degree program (one specified core course per discipline area). See FLDOE Office of Articulation for details; Check postsecondary common prerequisite degree requirements for students completing 12 or more semester hours of acceleration; and Dual enrollment courses are part of the student’s postsecondary transcript and history.