Senior Seminar

Class of 2013

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Using Naviance Family Connection for post- graduation planning

College application process

Senior year timeline

What will we be covering today?

Pay close attention to graduation requirements.

See your assigned counselor if you have questions about your classes and graduationplan.

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Naviance Family Connection

1. Click on the Naviance link on your computer’s desktop

2. Log in with the same information you use to access WHS school computers:

Username is: 13LastnameFirstNam(8 digits of each) Password is : Permanent (long) student ID#.

3. Record your login information on password login sheet (hand out)

Steps for logging on to Naviance:

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Select the “about me” tab

Select “profile”

Check to be sure your profile information is accurate, including your email address.

Update your resume Select the “about me” tab

Select “resume”

Update your resume. Using anestimate of your time commitment

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Post High School Planning

Step 1. Choices

Research your options:

• Community Colleges

• Trade or Technical Schools

• Military or other career options

• Other???

College

Career

Military

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Have you decided what you’ll be doing after you graduate?

If college is in your future, but you haven’t researched your options…

…do it today!!

Naviance tools to help you with your college search:1

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Select the “colleges” tab.

Select “colleges I’m thinking about”

Update the colleges you’re considering by “adding to the list”.

Move those colleges to which you plan to apply, to the “application list”.

Use college research tools to make informed choices.

2. List every college where you plan to apply on the “Colleges I am applying to” page of Naviance Family Connection.

Transcripts are not required to apply to community colleges.

The College Application Process

Registration for local community colleges begins in March with “senior days” for graduating high school seniors (like you)

Busses from WHS are usually provided for the IVC and OCC “senior days”. Check the WHS announcements in March, see your counselor or check the college websites for dates and information about “senior days”

Registering at Community College

Step 1. Register online at the community college website.

Step 2. Complete “Matriculation”OrientationAssessmentAdvisement

Step 3. Register for classes

The Registration Process

Planning to Transfer??• Before you enroll, or during your first term in a California Community College, discuss your

educational plans with a community college counselor, transfer center director, or academic advisor. Inquire about University admission requirements and be sure that your plan of study includes courses to fulfill these requirements. Your community college counselor can tell you which majors are overcrowded (impacted) and inform you of supplementary admission requirements.

• Read your California Community College catalog carefully. Pay special attention to the sections on transfer and certification of general education requirements.

• Be sure to enroll in courses that are transferable or those needed for placement in transferable courses. Transferable courses are those that universities accepts towards a baccalaureate degree. (Remedial courses and many vocational courses are not transferable.) To ensure that you are successful in your college studies, your community college counselor may advise you to take some basic skills courses before you enroll in transferable courses.

• Find out which lower-division courses are required for the major in which you are interested. Be sure the courses you take to meet these requirements will be accepted toward that degree at the university campus you plan to attend.

• Familiarize yourself with general education and other baccalaureate degree requirements by reviewing one or more university campus catalogs.

This information is adapted from the CSU website: www.csumentor.edu

What can you do before school starts?

Complete Resume on Naviance Family Connection

Research Post High School Options on Naviance Family Connection

Create “Colleges I’m Applying To” list on Naviance Family Connection

Senior Year Timeline

What should you do in the Fall? Continue to challenge yourself academically. Consider

taking academic classes even if you don’t “need” them.

Work on creating or maintaining good study habits. They won’t happen overnight and you’ll need them if you’re college bound. Set a GPA goal for yourself and work to the challenge!

Meet with your counselor if you have questions about your graduation plan and post graduation options.

Keep those grades up!

Senior Year Timeline

What should you do in the Winter?

Complete FAFSA for federal financial aid eligibility (fafsa.ed.gov)

January 1 - March 2, 2013

Complete Cal Grant for California financial aid eligibility (turn in to WHS) January 1 - March 2, 2013

Attend Financial Aid Night in January 2013

Continue to check scholarships on Naviance Family Connection

Keep working on those grades!!!

Senior Year Timeline

What should you do in the Spring?

Financial Aid offers - March through April

Attend community college “senior days” (optional but recommended)

Apply online to community college

Take assessment tests either at WHS or the community college

Attend Orientation and Advisement (either in person or online)

Continue to check scholarships on Naviance Family Connection

Identify College of Attendance on Naviance Family Connection

Senior Year Timeline

GRADUATE!!!

Questions?