College Planning College Planning for Junior/Senior for Junior/Senior

Parents atParents at

Presented to you by the Presented to you by the Immaculata Guidance Immaculata Guidance

DepartmentDepartment

Goals of the Program This Goals of the Program This Evening:Evening:

We will help you We will help you identify what the IHS identify what the IHS Guidance Counseling Guidance Counseling DepartmentDepartment is doing to is doing to prepare students for prepare students for collegecollege

We will identify what We will identify what students students must do to must do to prepare themselves for prepare themselves for college and beyondcollege and beyond

We will identify what We will identify what parentsparents must do to must do to prepare students for prepare students for collegecollege

What IHS Counselors are What IHS Counselors are Doing:Doing:

Individual meetings with students and parentsIndividual meetings with students and parents Reviewing transcripts, standardized test scores, and lists of Reviewing transcripts, standardized test scores, and lists of

potential colleges in Naviance systempotential colleges in Naviance system Maintaining professional relationships with admissions Maintaining professional relationships with admissions

personnelpersonnel Reviewing NCAA criteria for athletes and processing formsReviewing NCAA criteria for athletes and processing forms Ensuring teacher recommendation letters are checked for Ensuring teacher recommendation letters are checked for

accuracy and content, and are available when requiredaccuracy and content, and are available when required Releasing transcripts electronically when transcript request Releasing transcripts electronically when transcript request

forms are presented to our officeforms are presented to our office Encouraging students to visit college campuses Encouraging students to visit college campuses Scheduling school visits from colleges to our cafeteria Scheduling school visits from colleges to our cafeteria

throughout the school yearthroughout the school year Assisting with information regarding Financial Aid resourcesAssisting with information regarding Financial Aid resources Junior College Day presentation where students received a Junior College Day presentation where students received a

wealth of resources and had the opportunity to visit our wealth of resources and had the opportunity to visit our college fair\college fair\

How Does it Fit How Does it Fit In to the College In to the College

Process?Process?Naviance helps students plan for and achieve Naviance helps students plan for and achieve

post-secondary goalspost-secondary goals

In Naviance students can:•Create a career interest profile

•Build a resume

•Research and compare colleges to form a college list

•View virtual tours of colleges

•View scattergrams to determine whether or not a college is a good fit based on IHS data of GPA’s and test scores from the past 5 years

•Track college applications and status of transcript requests

What Students Should be What Students Should be DoingDoing

Complete Required Paperwork consisting Complete Required Paperwork consisting of:of:

* Resume* Resume* Activities Profile Sheet* Activities Profile Sheet* Asking 2 teachers to write letters of * Asking 2 teachers to write letters of

recommendation and recommendation and presenting them with presenting them with required form and copy of Activity required form and copy of Activity Profile Profile

* Asking 2 different teachers to complete Teacher * Asking 2 different teachers to complete Teacher Feedback Form and present it to them Feedback Form and present it to them

* Give copies of Resume and Activities Profile * Give copies of Resume and Activities Profile Sheet to Sheet to their counselor for their file in the their counselor for their file in the Guidance OfficeGuidance Office

* Presenting Parent Brag sheet to YOU to * Presenting Parent Brag sheet to YOU to completecomplete

Students Need To:Students Need To: Keep up with important dates for Keep up with important dates for

testing and register appropriately for testing and register appropriately for SAT/ACT (recommended that SAT/ACT (recommended that students sit for at least one test this students sit for at least one test this spring)spring)

Visit schools and attend open house Visit schools and attend open house programsprograms

Update list of potential schools in Update list of potential schools in Naviance Naviance

Begin working on their Common Begin working on their Common Application after August 1Application after August 1stst

Complete their college essay in the Complete their college essay in the Common Application and have it Common Application and have it proofreadproofread

Seek their counselor often for advice Seek their counselor often for advice and questionsand questions

Keep track of deadlines!Keep track of deadlines!

Process for Applying to a Process for Applying to a CollegeCollege

Complete Common Application onlineComplete Common Application online Complete Non-Common Application Complete Non-Common Application

school applications on individual school school applications on individual school websiteswebsites

Once submitted, request standardized Once submitted, request standardized test scores from SAT and ACTtest scores from SAT and ACT

Request transcripts via IHS Transcript Request transcripts via IHS Transcript Request Form following deadlines for Request Form following deadlines for request (generally 2 weeks prior to request (generally 2 weeks prior to college deadline)college deadline)

What Do Parents Need to What Do Parents Need to Do?Do?

Review materials from this Review materials from this evening and in folder that evening and in folder that students received at Junior students received at Junior College DayCollege Day

Complete Parent Brag SheetComplete Parent Brag Sheet Plan college visitsPlan college visits Keep up with deadlines for Keep up with deadlines for

testing, applications, and testing, applications, and scholarshipsscholarships

Communicate with your child’s Communicate with your child’s counselorcounselor

Encourage your child to seek Encourage your child to seek answers themselves regarding answers themselves regarding questions related to their questions related to their college applications—empower college applications—empower them!them!

What Parents Should What Parents Should NOT DoNOT Do

Fill out applications Fill out applications for studentsfor students

Write essays for Write essays for studentsstudents

Complete paperwork Complete paperwork for transcripts or for transcripts or scholarshipsscholarships

Make this their Make this their college process—this college process—this is a time for your is a time for your child to take a leadchild to take a lead

Fun Facts About College Fun Facts About College Admissions at IHSAdmissions at IHS

In the Class of 2014:In the Class of 2014: 91% went on to 4 year colleges, 7% 91% went on to 4 year colleges, 7%

to 2 year, and 2% militaryto 2 year, and 2% military Average number of applications per Average number of applications per

student was 7student was 7 Median GPA was 3.32Median GPA was 3.32 Total scholarship dollars attracted Total scholarship dollars attracted

were $18 millionwere $18 million