Junior Presentations
Hello Juniors and families!
College Costs and Q & A.
What can you expect to pay? How do families afford to send their children to college?
Most of the time, when people think of the main reason to go to college, it is due to information like what we see in the chart below.
The chart is accurate on average, but it doesn't tell an individual story.
College is many things. It isn't just 4-year university. It includes trade school, art school, community college, certification courses, licensing courses, and (obviously) 4-year universities. If you go to the military, you take classes too!
The magic of your high school performance.
GPA
Better grades = More choices next year.
So, where are you now? Look at your transcript. Find your cumulative unweighted GPA.
Many 4-year universities will admit students with a 3.0 GPA or higher.
Community Colleges can offer scholarships to students with a 2.5 or higher
Community Colleges admit any students who have a high school diploma
Technical and Trade schools admit students who graduate high school, but they usually cost significantly more than a community college.
Military branches require specific scores on the ASVAB test. The higher your score, the more available job choices you have.
95% means that you are missing less than one class per month.
75% means that you are missing about 4.5 classes per month.
College... and your power to choose.
Basic senior timeline (university bound):
August through November-- Research, Applications, Scholarship routine
September through December-- Next Steps
October- Financial Aid
January- Scholarships (ACF)
February through March- Offers from schools
February through May 1st- Decision making
May through June- Complete all university requirements (orientation, registration, transportation, and other planning)
Basic senior timeline (Community College/Trade school bound):
Believe it or not, it is basically the same as above. The only difference is that you will probably not see your financial aid offer until March or later.
Basic senior timeline (Military Bound):
Meet with Advisor (me), counselor, or Gear Up coach soon. We will talk about military options.
Meet with recruiter(s) - Gear Up will have all branches and reserves
ASVAB
Enlist
June, July- Basic Training
Basic senior timeline (direct-to-work bound):
Meet with Advisor (me), counselor, or Gear Up coach to talk about options. Many direct-to-work options may require licensing, certification or other training that we need to plan for.
Anticipate working with me or your adult-of-choice two to three times this semester.
If you are looking for work, we have connections with Pima County Youth One Stop (who will also be here for the small college fair in September).
Early dates to know for High-Achieving Seniors.
Raise.me deadline (for ASU) is due September first.
Gates Scholarship (3.3gpa, top 10% of the class, and other eligibility criteria due September 15th.)
The Coca-Cola scholarship opens early.
The Flinn Scholarship opens in mid-September. Consider reading up on this.
For undocumented students, or students who are not FAFSA eligible for any reason, consider joining "ISH" through the scholarships AZ group. ISH meets on Saturdays five times throughout the year. Hundreds of students who want to go to college but don't qualify for FAFSA have been helped by this group. Usually, this begins in October.
Questbridge opens early and has a deadline is the middle of September.
ASU honors application priority deadline is in November. (Student must be admitted first.)
UA honors application priority deadline is in January. (Student must be admitted first.)
Small College Fair is September 13th in the small gym.
Check your school email
I reach out to seniors at least once per week (sometimes more). Students need to be active on their school emails next year.
What words do you think about when you think about life after high school?
link: https://wall.sli.do/event/pACZy42kCyncnxyyVAtXYv?section=185cde2a-27d6-4592-835f-d47448a7ff1d
