College Planning Kick-Off September 22nd 2016 Benjamin Laster Director of College Placement Seton Hall Preparatory School

Opening Remarks Who am I? Great Work My Advice Proven Results

Kick-Off Itinerary Recap College Planning Assembly Set The Tone College Placement Role/Goals Standardized Testing Landscape Timeline: Junior Year Emphasize Fall/Winter Items Technology Resources Project Forward

College Placement Program Mission Comprehensive Intensive Organized Detailed

The Role of College Placement @ The Prep Being “With You” in this process Providing long term organization & managing expectations Positioning the student effectively Pushing student to take hold of their process Maximize opportunities & present school specific strategies Advise & assist on EVERY portion of the process Ensure balance in application list When Do I get my CC?

Standardized Testing: The College Landscape What do colleges want? ACT vs. SAT What to take Test Optional vs. Test Sensitive SAT & ACT Timeline SAT II Prep Courses @ The Prep through Guidance

The College Timeline: Fall Goals Introductory Search: Qualitative Internal leads to External Student’s criteria connects the dots General Visitation: CS Events SHP sponsored College Visits College Representatives/FA Night Formulation of preliminary list Preparation for introductory college meeting

College Visitation Best Practices Tours & Information Sessions General vs. Specific events Interviews Demonstrated Interest Admissions Contact: Self Advocacy

The College Placement Webpage The Hub: If it happens in the program it is on the web Forms & Documents Social Media College Visits & Sponsored Events College Related Links Matriculation List

Naviance Family Connection What is Naviance? Who has Access? Demo: Helpful Search functions of Family Connection College Search Colleges I’m Thinking About Scattergrams College Match Careers/Majors

Naviance Family Connection Notes Naviance data is PREP sensitive Naviance is a good “benchmark” Naviance is utilized for search & material submission The College Staff has the most specific data Student interface vs. Parent interface

Fall/Winter Next Steps: College Placement Programming College Representatives Night (October 6) Financial Aid Night (October 27) College Information Night (February 16) Winter individual Meetings with College Counselor: Late December Follow up Meetings in Spring & Summer

Fall/Winter Next Steps: List Formulation Utilize resources and search tools to begin to sculpt preliminary application list. Visitation of schools of interest Fill out “Colleges I am thinking about” in Naviance Balance of List & Admissibility will be addressed in intro meeting

The Prep Internship Program Practical Experience Paving The Road: Are you in? Major Focus Application Enhancement Enhancing Maturity & Professionalism

Questions?

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