Junior Orientation Presented By Dulce Velazquez and Veronica - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Junior Orientation Presented By Dulce Velazquez and Veronica Calderon

Postsecondary Plans... 4-year University California public universities CSU system – 23 campuses ❏ UC system – 10 campuses ❏ Private Universities Over 75 colleges in California ❏ Community Colleges 113 Community Colleges in California ❏ Students can complete 2 years at community college, then transfer to a 4-year ❏ university (must fulfill transfer requirements) Vocational Schools 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

Degrees…what’s the difference? Associate's Degree – A degree you earn after attending a community college for about 2 years Bachelor's Degree – A degree you earn after attending a university for about 4 years Professional Degree – A degree you earn after you graduate from a 4 year university and THEN you continue your education in graduate school (2 yrs + ) 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

Schools - UC Berkeley, UC Davis, ■ UC Los Angeles etc. A-G Requirements - minimum ■ Academic Rigor - Honors, AP, ■ College classes prefered GPA - minimum 3.0 ■ SAT/ACT - per sitting ■ Personal Insight Questions ■ Community Involvement ■ Leadership Activities ■ 14 - Points for Comprehensive Review ■ Deadlines for required documents ■ vary 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

Schools - San Jose State University, ■ Sacramento State University, CSU East Bay, etc. A-G Requirements ■ GPA - minimum 2.0 ■ SAT/ACT - superscore ■ CSU Eligibility Index ■ ELM/EPT ■ Deadlines for required documents ■ vary Impaction - College & Major ■ 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

Private Colleges A-G Requirements + ■ Admissions Deadlines vary ■ Early Decision ❑ Early Action ❑ Regular Decision ❑ GPA - min. varies by institution ■ SAT/ACT - varies by institution ■ Demonstrated Interest is ■ important Deadlines for required ■ documents vary WUE -Western Undergraduate ■ Exchange -helps with cost CommonApp.org ■ CSS Profile -Financial Aid Information ■ 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

114 Schools across the state ■ Only a High School Diploma is ■ required Placement Exam is required to ■ determine Math and English Class Deadlines for required documents ■ vary Associate's Degrees, Associate's ■ Degrees for Transfer, Certificates of Accomplishment 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

What are “THEY” looking for? A-G requirements ■ Course Rigor ■ Grade Point Average ■ Test Scores ■ Personal insight questions ■ 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

A: History (2 years) B: English (4 years) A-G C: Math (3 years req./4 recom.) Requirements D: Science (2 yrs. req. 3-4 recom.) E: Foreign Language (2 req. 3-4 recom.) F: Visual/Performing Arts (1 year) G: College Prep Elective (1 year) 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

GPA/Test Scores GPA Test Scores What are “they” looking for? SAT- Perfect score 1600 ACT- perfect score 36 CSU- min. 2.0 ■ UC- min. 3.0 ■ ■ CSU- Super Score Private- min. varies by ■ ■ UC- Your best institution Saturday KEEP IN MIND, THESE ARE ■ Private- It depends… MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

SAT/ACT Test Dates SAT ACT www.collegeboard.org www.act.org Test Dates for this year Test Dates for this year August 26,2017 ❏ September 9, 2017 ❏ October 7,2017 ❏ October 28, 2017 ❏ November 4, 2017 ❏ December 9, 2017 ❏ December 2, 2017 ❏ 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

UC Personal Insight Questions Applicants will choose 4 out of 8 questions to answer ■ Each response is limited to 350 words ■ All questions have equal value in the admissions selection process. ■ Application available August 1st ■ 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

Community Service/Volunteer Work The purpose of Community Service is to provide the student an ❑ opportunity to gain experiences that can be useful when writing personal statements for admissions and scholarships GET INVOLVED AND JOIN SERVICE CLUBS! ■ 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

Sports Thinking of playing in college? ■ ❑ NCAA requirements/schools 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

Financial Aid Free Application for Federal Student Aid www.fafsa.gov By submitting the Application you are applying for Grants ● Scholarships ● Workstudy ● Loans ● The DREAM application www.dream.ca.gov AB540/DACA students there is financial aid available through Grants ● Scholarships ● Loans ( Varies by institution) ● Application available October 1st Priority Deadline March 2nd The CSS Financial Aid PROFILE https://student.collegeboard.org/css-financial-aid-profile 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

Scholarships Free money! Common app 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

Success is all about your MINDSET! What kind of student do you want to be? I want A’s and B’s ! ● I’m happy with my C’s ● Yeah… I just want to ● graduate...

Preparing for Senior Year 1. Ask for recommendation letters early 2. Work on your personal statement or Insight questions this summer! 3. Create a calendar with important deadline College applications ■ Financial Aid Applications ■ Scholarship Application Deadlines ■ 4. Create a list of colleges you are interested in applying 5. Plan to take you SAT/ACT Senior year 2017 South County Cal-SOAP southcountycalsoap.org

Resources • www.collegeboard.org • www.californiacolleges.edu • www.fastweb.com • www.scholarships.com • www.southcountycalsoap.org

Questions? Thank you!