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You've Been Accepted. congratulations!
You've Been Accepted. congratulations!
you think you're ready, Here are some tips to help.
you think you're ready, Here are some tips to help.
Quick video on "Starting the Conversation" about college transition.
Quick video on "Starting the Conversation" about college transition.
Graduation is a time of transition. it is normal to feel any number of emotions. Students often describe feeling a sense of accomplishment, a sense of loss, overwhelmed, excited, sad and or happy, anxious and nostalgic. It is important to normalize and validate these emotions.
Graduation is a time of transition. it is normal to feel any number of emotions. Students often describe feeling a sense of accomplishment, a sense of loss, overwhelmed, excited, sad and or happy, anxious and nostalgic. It is important to normalize and validate these emotions.
SENIOR END of YEAR HOUSEKEEPING
SENIOR END of YEAR HOUSEKEEPING
1. Order a final transcript from SLOHS and any other community college you have completed courses and send to the college or university you will be attending. If you completed a dual enrollment course through Cuesta Community College, you must send your Cuesta College transcript also!
1. Order a final transcript from SLOHS and any other community college you have completed courses and send to the college or university you will be attending. If you completed a dual enrollment course through Cuesta Community College, you must send your Cuesta College transcript also!
2. If you are planning to play a NCAA D1 or D2 sport, send a transcript to the NCAA also!
2. If you are planning to play a NCAA D1 or D2 sport, send a transcript to the NCAA also!
( Failure to send your graduation transcripts to your university could result in your acceptance being rescinded )
( Failure to send your graduation transcripts to your university could result in your acceptance being rescinded )
3. Beware of "Senioritis". Grades in A-G courses must be completed with a C or better.
3. Beware of "Senioritis". Grades in A-G courses must be completed with a C or better.
4. Males turning 18 must register for the selective service - Financial Aid is dependent on this.
4. Males turning 18 must register for the selective service - Financial Aid is dependent on this.
5. Go back and review your FAFSA and remove the colleges you will not be attending from your list. Make sure eveything is correct and current .
5. Go back and review your FAFSA and remove the colleges you will not be attending from your list. Make sure eveything is correct and current .
6. If you are a Scholarship recipient, make sure you have submitted your thank you note to the College & Career Center and you know how to claim your scholarship.
6. If you are a Scholarship recipient, make sure you have submitted your thank you note to the College & Career Center and you know how to claim your scholarship.
7. If you are attending Cuesta College, please attend Cougar Welcome Day and follow the steps to secure early registration and the Cuesta Promise. ( see Cuesta College & Community Colleges page)
7. If you are attending Cuesta College, please attend Cougar Welcome Day and follow the steps to secure early registration and the Cuesta Promise. ( see Cuesta College & Community Colleges page)
8. For all colleges, including community college, check your email portal regulaly. Accept / decline financial aid awards. Create a habit of checking emails regularly.
8. For all colleges, including community college, check your email portal regulaly. Accept / decline financial aid awards. Create a habit of checking emails regularly.
9. For 4-year Colege Bound Students
9. For 4-year Colege Bound Students
* officially commit by May 1 ( no double depoisiting!)
* officially commit by May 1 ( no double depoisiting!)
* Order final transcript before graduation
* Order final transcript before graduation
* Sign housing contract and make housing deposits
* Sign housing contract and make housing deposits
* Sign up for orientation at your college
* Sign up for orientation at your college
* Obtain recommended vacinations
* Obtain recommended vacinations
* Register for classes
* Register for classes
* Continue to check portals for any TO-Do's sent by college ( Be aware of deadlines )
* Continue to check portals for any TO-Do's sent by college ( Be aware of deadlines )
* Accept/ decline financial aid awards- (Complete loan orientation if necessary)
* Accept/ decline financial aid awards- (Complete loan orientation if necessary)
* For Cal Grant: verify graduation & update college choice in WebGrants for Students.
* For Cal Grant: verify graduation & update college choice in WebGrants for Students.
* Send AP test scores to college for evaluation of college course work.
* Send AP test scores to college for evaluation of college course work.
The transition to college is not only hard on students, but it can be a difficult time of transition for parents too!
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LOG into your CCGI (California Colleges Guidance Initiative account
Log in with your school gmail account.
www.californiacolleges.edu/#/college
to explore all about the tranisiton to college
STARTING THE CONVERSATION: College and Your 28 page Mental Health GUIDE
STARTING THE CONVERSATION: College and Your 28 page Mental Health GUIDE
https://www.nami.org/collegeguide
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Navigating the transition from high school to college can be tricky for students and parents. Emotions can run high, and social media amplifies those feelings.
Navigating the transition from high school to college can be tricky for students and parents. Emotions can run high, and social media amplifies those feelings.
For more on how to cope, Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with Lisa Micele, director of college counseling at the University of Illinois Laboratory High School in Urbana, Illinois.
20 Tips for Students From Lisa Micele
15 'Don't go there' Tips for Parents from Lisa Micele
Time management, Sleep
Time management, Sleep
Stress of exams, Missing Home
Stress of exams, Missing Home
Quantity of Reading & Studying
Quantity of Reading & Studying
Watching your Spending
Watching your Spending
Making New Friends, Staying Safe
Making New Friends, Staying Safe
Making good decisions about new experiences
Making good decisions about new experiences
ALL of these are issues to the TRANSITION TO COLLEGE
ALL of these are issues to the TRANSITION TO COLLEGE
FULL LENGTH VIDEO FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS
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