Your Grades are Important to maintain!

Counselor Update Spring 2007(A newsletter from the University of Wisconsin Admissions Office)

Our admission letter, counselors, publications, and Web site all say the same thing regarding senior year expectations:

Your admissions was based on our evaluation of a number of factors, including your reported senior year course work and predicted continued academic success. It is very important that you successfully complete the course work entered on your application. Any change in your curriculum could affect your admissions status, and declining grades may be cause for revoking admission."

This isn't just something we say to scare students. We say it because we mean it. Each May, we send a list of enrolling students to their respective high schools and ask for the final transcripts to be sent. We also ask the counselor to include additional information if they are aware of the student whose academic performance declined during their senior year.

When we receive the transcripts, a committee of admissions counselors reviews each file for consistent and satisfactory performance. The committee then 1) sustains the admissions decision, 2) sends a "letter of concern" to the student, or 3) revokes admissions.

We sent numerous letters of concern last year, and did revoke admission for several students. That's a hard call to make, but one that is warranted if a student fails to perform academically throughout their senior year.

College Application Process

Apply as soon as possible to get into the school of your choice!

1. Application - Paper applications can be obtained in the Counseling Office. Fill out the application neatly in INK. Applications for the UW System can be completed online at https://apply.wisconsin.edu You will still need to bring the electronically produced counselor form for the UW applications to Mr. Uppena.

2. Application Fee - ($30/each Vo-Tech, $50/each UW System, $0.00-$50.00/each for Private Schools) Pay by credit card online.

3. Transcript Release Form - Pick up your release form in the Counseling Office. Complete the form (including a parent's or legal guardian's signature if the student is not age 18) and return it to the Counseling Office.

4. ACT Test Scores - Four Year Universities (and some Technical Colleges) will need your ACT scores. If you did not list them on your ACT test application, you can request them at www.actstudent.org there is an $12.00 fee for each score requested.

5. Letter or Recommendation - If you are requesting a letter or recommendation from a teacher, counselor, coach, and/or employer:

• Request the letter at least one week in advance if not sooner.
• Give them a copy of your personal information (offices held, clubs & sports your involved in).

Follow through with college acceptance/denied letters. They will inform you what else needs to be done. Also, let Mr. Uppena or Patti know when and where you are getting accepted. If you need to meet and look at other alternatives, let him know.

Websites to check out:

University of Wisconsin System http://www.uwhelp.wisconsin.edu

UW System Electronic Application http://apply.wisconsin.edu

Wisconsin's Private Colleges & Universities http://www.waicuweb.org

Wisconsin Technical Colleges http://www.witechcolleges.org

College Data www.collegedata.com

Know How 2 Go Wisconsin http://knowhow2gowisconsin.org/freshmen/