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Junior Conferences April 2019

Agenda ❏ High School Counseling Team ❏ Graduation Requirements ❏ Decide: Where are you going? ❏ Research Options -School-Career ❏ Complete Applications ❏ Questions 3

High School Counseling Team

VAHS Counseling Team 5

Graduation Requirements 6

Requirements 23.5 Credits ❏ 4 Credits English ❏ 3 Credits Math ❏ 3 Credits Science ❏ 3 Credits Social Studies ❏ 1.5 PE & .5 Health Credits ❏ electives ❏ Civics Exam 7

Decide where you are going: Options After High School 8

What Do you want to do: Search Engines ❏ Career Cruising: https://www2.careercruising.com/default/cplo gin/VASD ❏ Wi Career Pathways: wicareerpathways.org ❏ Bureau of Labor Statistics - Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/ooh 9

School options: Trade, 2 and/or 4 Year Colleges 10

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Things to Consider 12

2 & 4 year College Search ❏ Big Future https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/ ❏ UW Help https://uwhelp.wisconsin.edu/ ❏ WI Private Colleges https://www.wisconsinsprivatecolleges .org/ 13

Technical/trades https://www.wtcsystem.edu / 14

Apprenticeship Search http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/apprenticeship / 15

How To Apply 16

Process ❏ Fill out the online application ❏ Pay the fee ❏ Send Transcripts ❏ Send ACT Scores ❏ Letters of Recommendations ❏ FAFSA/Scholarships 17

Completing College Applications ❏ Common App - https://www.commonapp.org/ ❏ UW Systems - https://apply.wisconsin.edu/ ❏ WI Technical Colleges - http://www.wistechcolleges.org/ *Application fee waivers -see counselor 18

Deadlines ◇ Early Decision - ED - Plans are binding ◇ Early Action - EA - Receive decision early, NOT binding ◇ Rolling Deadlines - Open until class fills *Advice from your counselors: Know your deadlines - Aim for November 1st! 19

Supplemental Material For College Applications 20

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Transcripts ◇ Request your transcript be sent to colleges. ◇ Transcripts are sent online. You need to use Parchment. ◇ Not for Common App. Ordering VAHS transcripts from: www.Parchment.com 22

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ACT Scores ❏ Send from ACT Site http://www.actstudent.org/scores/ ❏ Create ACT Account ❏ Log into your ACT Account ❏ Select “Send Scores” 24

Letters of Recommendation ◇ Whom Should I Ask? ◇ When Should I Ask? ◇ How To Get the Best Results? 25

Brag Sheets ❏ Located on the VAHS Website ❏ A guide to help you create a resume ❏ Please complete in as much detail as you can 26

Paying for College 27

Financial Aid

Scholarships

Military and ROTC Options https://www.military.com/join-armed-forces/us-military-overvie w.html 30

Students: Next Step Counselors ● have shared JUNIOR a calendar ◇ CONFERENCE invite. Show this to ● Letters to families ◇ your teacher. state: Counselor ￭ Please bring ● Date ￭ completed Time ￭ brag sheet to Location ￭ your junior conference. 31

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