Senior Seminar Class of 2018

Graduation Re quirements 24 credits Must meet all subject level credit requirements! GPA Minimum 2.0 unweighted Testing Must PASS Grade 10 ELA Reading (350 or higher) OR Earn a concordant score on SAT: EBRW (430) or Rsubscore (24) or ACT Reading (19) Must PASS Alg 1 EOC Get 97 or higher on PERT

Graduation Requirements English 4 credits Math 4 credits, must include Algebra 1 (1.0) and Geometry (1.0) Science 3 credits, must include Biology (1.0) Social Studies American Government (0.5) Economics with Financial Literacy (0.5) US History (1.0) World History (1.0)

Graduation Requirements Fine Arts 1 credit in fine/performing or approved practical art CCC, Journalism, Digital Info Tech, Design Services, etc. HOPE (or Pers Fitness and PE elective if transfer) Online Course Complete one FULL online course If sign up for 1.0 credit class, must do full 1.0 credit online If sign up for 0.5 credit class, must complete online Gradpoint/APEX DOES count (but must complete full course)

4 Year College/University Requirements All of the FL graduation requirements AND Algebra 2 2 consecutive years of a Foreign Language (Also BF requirement) Colleges look for RIGOR, should have: Science Math Academic based courses

NCAA Requirements D1 and D2 have different requirements D1 requirements: 4 years English 3 years Math (Alg 1 and higher) 2 years Science 1 year of additional English, Math, or Science 2 years of Social Studies 4 years of additional courses (any of above and including foreign language, religion/philosophy) 2.30 minimum GPA Graduate from HS

NCAA Requirements D2 NCAA GPA calculated through core courses ONLY! 3 years English 2 years Math (Algebra 1 and higher) 2 years Science 3 years of an additional English, Math, or Science 4 years of additional courses (any area above, and including foreign language, religion, philosophy) 2.2 GPA NCAA GPA calculated through core courses ONLY! Send ACT/SAT directly to Clearinghouse (9999) Gradpoint/APEX does NOT count for NCAA!

Credit Recovery/Grade Forgiveness ELP NEED to attend if failed graduation requirement courses or low GPA Mondays-Thursdays 2:00-4:00 Room 11-203, see counselor for a referral to program Monday & Wednesday tutoring In room 19-103 2:30-4:30pm, see website for schedule http://www.phuhs.org/ Stay after with teacher if struggling! Pinellas Virtual School/Florida Virtual School

Post Secondary Options What are your choices? 4 year college/university 2 year college Tech/Trade school Military—test required Right to work

College Admissions What should I be doing right now? APPLYING TO COLLEGES! Researching colleges, majors, programs of interest (if haven’t already done) Visit colleges websites to determine admission requirements/deadlines Visiting college campuses (3 days excused w/ proper documentation) Attending college/career fairs to speak to admissions representatives Send SAT/ACT scores, AP scores, official transcripts once submit application

College Admissions-Applications There are various ways to apply Common Application Coalition College website

College Admissions-Applications Common App Website where you submit one application and it can be sent to various schools, www.commonapp.org to see which schools participate Popular Florida schools that participate: Barry St Leo Eckerd Stetson Flagler UCF Florida Polytech U of Miami New College U of Tampa Rollins For complete list visit: ww.commonapp.org/explore-colleges

College Admissions-Applications Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success “The Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success was developed to improve the college application process for all students as they search for and apply to their perfect college. The platform provides a single, centralized toolkit for students to organize, build, and refine their applications to numerous institutions.” Fill out one application, can go to multiple schools as long as they partner with Coalition Florida schools who participate: FSU U of Tampa UF Stetson

College Admissions-Application College Websites Each college has online application on their website Apply as undergraduate, incoming freshman Will need a copy of transcript if required to complete SSAR SSAR is your self reported transcript. This must be accurate or colleges can rescind your acceptance

College Admissions-Application Steps: Fill out and submit application Send official transcript Official Transcript – complete YELLOW transcript request card and give to Mrs. Smith (located in records) Send SAT/ACT scores directly from online accounts to colleges www.actstudent.org -> ACT www.collegeboard.org -> SAT, AP Letters of recommendation Only required by some schools-check first Give teachers/recommenders at least 3 weeks to write letter Give a resume/brag sheet to person writing letter Keep your grades up ALL YEAR Colleges will ask for a final transcript, can rescind your acceptance

College and Career Fair USF St Pete: Sunday Sept 17th 1-3pm Speak with admissions representatives from more than 70 universities For more info: go.usfsp.edu/pccf Countryside HS: Monday Oct 2nd 6-8pm Speak with admissions representatives from colleges and career

Financial Aid Application opens October 1st; www.fafsa.gov FA Seminar PHUHS: To Be Determined (usually October) The sooner this is completed, the better For more information: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/types

SAT Online registration www.collegeboard.com/register Cost is $46.00 without essay, $60.00 with essay Additional fee for late registration SAT I 3 Sections: Evidence Based Reading & Writing (required) Math (required) Essay (optional) SAT II – Subject tests. Some colleges will require this test as well Test code center # is 100254 College Athletes: Code 9999 on test to send to NCAA

ACT Online registration is preferred www.actstudent.org Cost is $46.00 for the ACT (No Writing) $62.50 for the ACT Plus Writing Additional fee for late registration Writing section is optional but most college REQUIRE IT $13 for each additional score report (first 4 colleges included) Test code center # is 100254. College Athletes: Code 9999 on test to send to NCAA

Dual Enrollment Grades will determine if you qualify or not! Qualifications: 3.0 unweighted overall or subject area GPA (by deadline for paperwork) qualifying PERT scores 106 Reading 114 Math 103 Writing Spring classes are viewable on October 9th-can submit permission forms to counselor Registration begins October 25th and ends November 17th

PERT College qualifying exam Must take to apply for DE Obtain SPC ID #, bring to counselor, receive pink card Bring pink card to SPC testing locations to take PERT Testing hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00am-4:30pm; Friday 8:30am-10:00am Locations: SPC Tarpon Springs, Clearwater, St. Pete, Seminole Important to study, especially if do not receive qualifying score first time Resources: spcollege.edu/cpt; or google PERT practice

Scholarships Leadership Opportunities Pinellas Ed Foundation $500 to $10,000 http://www.pinellaseducation.org/students/traditional-high-school-senior-scholarships Individual Schools Scholarships updated regularly on school website College essay workshops www.phuhs.org->Guidance->scholarship opportunities Scholarship drawer Ms. LaChance’s office

Bright Futures 3 levels All require: Community Service hours (different amount for each) 4 credits English 4 credits Math (Alg 1 and higher) 3 credits Science 3 credits Social Studies 2 credits World Language (sequential, same language!) SAT/ACT scores Students can take ACT/SAT until June 30th to qualify, no limit number of times

Bright Futures Florida Academic Scholar (FAS) 100 hours community service 3.5 weighted GPA, calculated from required coursework only Electives are not factored into BF GPA 29 ACT composite score (includes Reading, English, Math, Science) 1290 SAT composite score (includes Critical Reading and Math only)

Bright Futures Florida Medallion Scholar (FMS) 75 hours community service 3.0 weighted GPA, calculated from required coursework only Electives are not factored into BF GPA 26 ACT composite score (includes English, Reading, Math, Science) 1170 SAT composite score (includes Critical Reading and Math only)

Bright Futures Gold Seal Vocational Scholar (GSV) 3.0 weighted GPA Take at least 3 full credits in a single Career and Technical Education program Achieve the required minimum 3.5 unweighted GPA in the career education courses 30 hours community service Achieve the required minimum score on the ACT, SAT, or PERT ACT- 17 English, 19 Reading, 19 Math SAT-440 Critical Reading, 440 Math PERT-106 Reading, 103 Writing, 114 Math

Bright Futures paperwork Where can I find the paperwork? Proposal, hours log, and reflection are all located on our school website www.pcsb.org/phuhs->resources->guidance->bright futures Forms are at top of webpage, print them  If you have any questions about volunteer sites, contact your counselor Recommended you keep a copy of your hours log as well as submit one to your counselor

Bright Futures Application How to check if your hours have been submitted? Go to graduation tab on Portal and look at Community Service Hours If nothing is listed, they have not been submitted! Submit your hours logs ASAP to your counselor! Your hours need to be recorded in portal to be eligible for the scholarship Hours are due before graduation date! Submit early! Application opens October 1st Apply as soon as possible, even if don’t meet all qualifications yet www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/ssfad/bf/ then click application upper left hand side of page

Bright Futures Evaluations BF conducts two evaluations your senior year once you submit an application Early evaluations Conducted in February and will assess only credits, hours, test scores you have earned to that point Most will show ‘not eligible’ after early evaluations Final evaluations Conducted in June/July This is the final evaluation and will determine eligibility based on final GPA, SAT/ACT scores, and community service hours submitted Can check award amount and eligibility status on BF account once submit application

Tutoring Resources Monday and Wednesdays 2:30-3:30 in 19-103 Math, English, Chem, Bio, Physical Sci Mu Alpha Theta Math tutoring, Tuesday after school 19-129 Science Honor Society During both lunches daily in room 6-102A Homework Helpline 5-8pm Mon-Thurs 727-547-7223

College Application Resources College Application Week October 16-20 Counselors will be available in career lab for assistance with applications College Application Help Fridays in the career lab during both lunches Unofficial transcripts to use for SSAR

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