AFHS SENIOR YEAR Objectives for Today Who your counselor is and - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

AFHS SENIOR YEAR

Objectives for Today • Who your counselor is and how to make an appointment with him/her • WCPSS Graduation Requirements • Important Calendar Dates for your Senior Year • The College Admission process (applications, admissions testing, expectations, etc) • How to request your High School Transcript • The basics of Financial Aid and Scholarships • And much, much more!

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS • 4 credits of English (I, II, III, IV)- AP Lang counts for English III, AP Lit counts for English IV • 4 credits of Math (I, II, III, + a higher math past level III) * • 4 credits of Social Studies (World History, Civics/Economics, American History I and II) ** • 1 credit of Health/PE • 3 credits of Science (Earth/Environ., Biology,a PHYSICAL SCIENCE (physical, chem, physics) • 2 credits of electives- Must be from either Arts, CTE, World Language *** • 8 credits of any other course/elective • TOTAL: 26 CREDITS- MINIMUM that is needed for graduation * Students unable to achieve a higher level of Math past Math III will be considered for a Math Substitution Process. Ask your counselor for more information if you think this might be you. ** AP US History can replace the American History I and II requirement, however a SOCIAL STUDIES ELECTIVE must be added to the students curriculum before graduation *** Students applying directly to a 4 year college or university MUST have taken a minimum of 2 levels of a World Language before graduating.

Names to Remember!! • Who is your School Counselor? • A-Co Ms. Cotton • Cr-He Mrs. Krueger • Hi-Mc Ms. Wilson • Me-R Mrs. Conley • S-Z Mr. Greene • Dean- Kari Kite • Registrar- Mrs. Colhoun • Career Development Coordinator- Mrs. Tomey, Mrs. Guinn • Financial Aid Advisor- Ms. Sykes

Options After High School • Military • Work • Two Year • Four Year

Military • Students can visit a recruiter at any time. • Mrs. Guinn, Career Development Coordinator, will be scheduling visits with recruiters throughout the year. • Students should sign up with Mrs. Guinn to take the ASVAB test.

Military • Address for All Branches: 1105 WALNUT ST SPACE Q6612 (CARY TOWNE CENTER) CARY, NC 27511 Army: Marine Corps: National Guard 919-467-2500 919-460-0090 Suite M5524 919-388-9836 Air Force: Navy: 919-380-7242 919-460-0457

Work • If you are going straight to work after high school, secure a job before you graduate. • Mrs. Tomey and Mrs. Guinn, the Career Development Coordinator, can help with personality inventories, job shadowing, and possible job opportunities. • Mrs. Tomey: LTomey@wcpss.net • Mrs. Guinn: TGuinn@wcpss.net

Two-Year College • North Carolina Community College System has open enrollment policy-- all students are admitted.

Four Year College • How many schools should a student apply to? • How do I narrow my choices? • Campus visits • Colleges and Universities visiting AFHS

REQUIREMENTS OF COLLEGE APPLICATIONS • Teacher or Counselor Recommendations/School Report • Will be completed by teacher/counselor due date DIFFERENT FROM YOUR DUE DATE • Essays • Depending on the school • Transcripts • SAT/ACT Scores AFHS CANNOT SEND THESE SCORES

APPLYING TO COLLEGE • Several avenues to apply depending on the University • CFNC for most College/University within NC • Common APP used by 15 NC schools and many out-of-state and private schools • Through the school's website • How do I know which to use? • Benefits to Common APP and CFNC

SENDING TRANSCRIPTS • Portal that you applied through (ie. Common APP) • CFNC - All NC schools even for Colleges applied on Common App • http://wcpss.scriborder.com- All out-of-state schools that are not on Common App • FINAL Transcripts- You must request through CFNC for IN STATE schools and Scriborder for OUT of state

SENIOR YEAR CALENDAR FALL • Review High School Transcript for Accuracy • Apply to college(s) of your choice • Complete a Personal Information Sheet and/or résumé, then SHARE with your counselor • Request Transcripts to be sent to the college(s) you are applying to. Must use CFNC for IN State and ScribOrder for OUT of State • Must fill out the Residency Determination Form • Complete the FAFSA (the earlier you have this filled out- the more chance you have for receiving financial aid) Deadline is March 1 st • Fill out the CSS Profile- only if required from college(s) you apply to • Continue to look for scholarships and APPLY for them! • Meet ALL admissions deadlines, especially critical for early admissions (Oct 15 th for some NC schools, Nov 1 st for many others) KNOW YOUR DEADLINES

SENIOR YEAR CALENDAR END OF 1 ST SEMESTER • Request Mid-year transcripts as needed per school • Keep your Grades up! • Inform colleges if 2 nd semester classes have changed since sending out initial transcript. • Prepare for applications due in January- ensure that all recommendations are complete • Remember to have your scores sent from Test Organizations (CollegeBoard/ACT) to colleges • Verify that colleges have received your application and that nothing is missing!

SENIOR YEAR CALENDAR SPRING • Counselors will review midterm grades with at risk Seniors • Go on final college visits to accepted schools to help solidify your college decision. • Make final college decision by May 1 st deadline • Take AP/SAT Subject Tests, as needed • Request Final Transcript for out of State Colleges (CFNC automatically sends final transcripts to in-state schools) • Complete NCAA requirements (athletes) • KEEP YOUR GRADES UP!!!!!

Scholarships Always research scholarship opportunities from the colleges you plan to submit • an application. • Make use of online scholarship search engines like Fastweb, Cappex, Scholar Snapp, CollegeNet, Scholarships.com, Niche, Scholarship Monkey, Moolahspot, Unigo, Zinch, Peterson’s, Collegeboard, CFNC , and many others. Student Services website- for local scholarship opportunities. • Remember the name of the game is to apply for as much as you can for as long as • you can. No scholarship can be attained without YOU submitting an application or following application procedures.

NC Residency Determination Service • What is Residency? • RDS policies • All North Carolina Students must complete this form for NC Colleges and Universities • students must provide a unique identification number such as a social security number, taxpayer identification number, alien registration number, or US Citizenship and Immigration Service number. • Students may also be required to submit documentation immediately following their initial consideration request. • 3 Ways to access the RDS to request an initial consideration • Directly from the homepage of the RDS website • From the students CFNC account using the CFNC applications hub • Directly from their admissions application through links provided by the campus the student is applying to.

Financial Aid- FAFSA ALL Financial Aid starts with the submission of the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student • Aid). fafsa.ed.gov • Applications open October 1, 2018. First come first serve You will use the most current year’s 1040 income tax information (2017) • • Will receive confirmation that your FAFSA has been processed. Confirmation tells you your eligibility for grants, loans, etc • • Award letter arrives in the Spring

Financial Aid- FAFSA • Bonnie Sykes is the Financial Aid Representative for AFHS. She can help you and your family with FAFSA questions. She is here on Mondays from 8-11. Appointments can be made through the Student Services Office. • Need more Help? FAFSA Day is on October 27th from 9-12. Go to www.cfnc.org for more information.

NCAA Eligibility Center • You must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center if you have plans to play Division I or Division II college athletics. • First step….register at eligibilitycenter.org. • Once registered AFHS will send your six semester and final transcript to the NCAA • YOU must send your SAT/ACT scores to NCAA…. (Code 9999) • Students must maintain amateur certification. • NCAA Eligibility is based on a “Core” GPA (16 core courses) and a corresponding SAT/ACT score on a sliding scale.

Graduation • MANDATORY Graduation Rehearsal: Friday, June 7 th 1 pm • Graduation Ceremony: Saturday, June 15 th at 12pm *Must arrive 1 hour before Ceremony • Graduation Newsletter

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