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Seniors
Seniors
Here is a Fall checklist if you plan to go to college!
Sallie Mae College Application Guide
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER
Register for the SAT and/or ACT if you didn’t take a college entrance exam as a junior or want to take one again. Remember: Your counselor can help with fee waivers.
Take a look at some college applications. Make note of all the pieces of information you will need to compile.
Check with your school counselor to make sure you are on track to graduate and fulfill college admission requirements.
Take every opportunity to get to know colleges. Meet with college representatives who visit your school, attend local college fairs, and visit campuses.
Narrow down your list of colleges. Collect information about the application and financial aid process at each school.
Create a checklist and calendar to keep track of standardized test dates, college application due dates, and financial aid deadlines. Make note of the other materials, such as recommendations or essays, you’ll need to complete your applications.
OCTOBER
Some colleges will have deadlines (rolling, priority, early decision, and early action) as early as this month.
If you cannot afford the application fees that many colleges charge, ask your counselor to help you request a fee waiver.
Work on your college essay. Many schools will require that you submit at least one essay with your application.
Request personal recommendations from teachers, school counselors, or employers.
Research scholarships. Ask your counselor, your colleges, and local religious and civic groups about scholarship opportunities. You should never pay for scholarship information.
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER
File your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as it is available. In addition to determining your eligibility for federal funds, many colleges and states use the form when distributing grants, so don’t delay. Watch the mail for your Student Aid Report (SAR). FAFSA Guide Link
Finalize and send any early decision or early action applications due this month. Have a parent, teacher, counselor, or other adult review the application before it is submitted.
Every college will require a copy of your transcript from your high school. Follow your school’s procedure for sending transcripts.
Make sure testing companies have sent your scores directly to the colleges to which you are applying.
Begin to organize regular decision applications and financial aid forms, which will be due in January and/or February.
If needed, register for the January SAT. It is the last one colleges will be able to consider for a senior.
Many popular and selective colleges will have application deadlines as early as Jan. 1. Others have deadlines later in January and February.
If necessary, register for the February ACT (some colleges will be able consider it).
In January, ask your guidance office to send first semester transcripts to schools where you applied. At the end of the school year, they will need to send final transcripts to the college you will attend.
Sign in to your KHEAA account to view your KEES account, search scholarships, and plan for the future.
Use your KEES money at these institutions to career and technical certifications. CDL, Medical Assistant, HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing, and many more.
Juniors
Juniors
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER
If you plan to go to college, the earlier you get on it- the better!
Talk with your counselor about the year ahead. Confirm that your courses will put you on the right track for college admission.
Ask about test dates for the PSAT, ACT, and SAT. You’ll need to register up to six weeks ahead of time.
Start developing a résumé—a record of your accomplishments, activities, and work experience. This will be an important part of your college application.
If you haven’t participated in many activities outside of class, now is the time to sign up. Consider clubs at school, team sports, leadership roles, or involvement in a religious or civic community group.
Take the PSAT. Taking the test as a junior will qualify you for some scholarship consideration and identify you to colleges as a potential applicant.
Begin to prepare for the ACT or SAT. Plan to take at least one of these tests in the spring. Ask your counselor if you qualify for a fee waiver.
Freshmen and Sophomores
Freshmen and Sophomores
Seek summer opportunities to work or volunteer in your field of interest
Take an interest inventory—it expands your ideas for careers you may enjoy (https://roadtripnation.com/roadmap)
Have conversations with counselors, teachers, family and community members about their career paths and what they studied in college
Start a running list of accomplishments, awards, and recognitions to use when completing college applications and writing résumés.
College Visit and College Field Trip Sign Up Forms
College Visit and College Field Trip Sign Up Forms
We have out of school field trips to visit colleges in person. These are typically reserved for juniors and seniors. You must sign up to participate and they fill up quickly as we are limited to one busload.
In addition, we have colleges visit the school to give presentations about their institutions. You can sign up for a pass to those with the form on the right as well. Make sure you complete the correct form.
Career Counseling
Career Counseling
Don't think school/college is for you? That is totally fine! Keep an eye out for visitors, career fairs, and information given throughout the year about vocational jobs. These are jobs you can do with training, and not have to go to college.
Examples:
Electrician
Cosmetologist
Plumber
Train Conductor
ILP
ILP
Each year JCPS students will complete an ILP through PATHFUL EXPLORE in their CLEVER accounts. This process exposes students to career awareness and progresses them towards having career OPTIONS by the time they graduate from high school. Below are the assignments students complete each year as part of their ILP and which classes they will work on those assignments.
Pathful
Pathful
Pathful is a tool found in student's CLEVER account. Students can get there by going to the JCPS Main Site --> Student and Families --> Logins --> Clever
Then look for the Pathful logo. Once in, students can explore careers, colleges, and scholarships.
The Career section offer descriptions, videos, average salaries, required education or training, where this career is popular in the US, and how this field is expected to grow in the future. Students can "favorite" careers to come back to later or compare to other career options.
There is a Postsecondary category that allows you to explore colleges and universities across the US. You can use the filters to search for specific states, degrees, or HBCU. The profile for each school will breakdown costs, student population, student to faculty ratio, demographics and degrees available. This information is vital to making an informed decision on investing in college.
The Work-Based Learning category lets you search for available co-op and intern options in our area. This is a big way to get ahead on a career path and make connections in the field.
The Employability section offers videos in interview skills, resume building, communicating with co-workers, budgeting, and other life skills that are beneficial with building your career profile.
Clever is also an app found in the app store. Students can access Infinite Campus, Google Classroom, school Email, and many other useful tools.
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