1. Seaholm High School Welcome Class of 2016 Junior Student and Parent Night April 21, 2016

2. College/Post Secondary Planning –Certified College Planner, MACAC (Past Secretary, Chair Communications), NACAC (MI National Delegate, Communications Counterparts Committee Member, 2015 MACAC Rising Star Recipient –Serve on 3 College Advisory Boards across country including one Big Ten –NCAA compliance consultant for national sports agency –Nominated to National Advisory Board of College Board; awaiting word –Been there – 3, search, out of state, transfer, ED, Div 1, Div 3, GAP year, international Seaholm High School

3. College/Post Secondary Planning College Search (over 95 visits) Troubleshooting applications College visits to Seaholm; rep connections College programs & workshops Scholarships High Ed trends (ED, new majors, optional testing) Stay connected @SeaholmCollege, 248-255- 4644, Junior Profile, newsletter Seaholm High School

4. Time to Get Started… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqsTatw -RTIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqsTatw -RTI Now let’s get to work… Seaholm High School

5. “Closing Out” Junior Year Finish strong for trimester 3 Schedule a meeting with their counselor Request letters of recommendations Finalize list of extra curricular activities, awards and community service (grades 9-11) Visit colleges Register for upcoming ACT and/or SAT Tests, if applicable http://www.actstudent.org http://www.actstudent.org http://www.actstudent.org or http://sat.collegeboard.org/ http://sat.collegeboard.org/

6. Seaholm High School Ask teachers from core academic areas that know you well and can write a positive letter Most letters will be submitted to colleges online Follow up with teacher in the Fall, remind them of deadlines Give plenty of notice; write a thank you note Counselor letter of rec – provide a resume of activities and senior profile Letters of Recommendation

7. Seaholm High School Go to www.parchment.com and set up an accountwww.parchment.com Self report courses/grades, extra curriculars, awards etc.. Identify Seaholm as your high school Identify CORRECT graduation year - 2017 Select colleges to which you are applying Prospective D1 or D2 athletes must set up an account with NCAA Clearinghouse (more info at Senior Night Fall 2016) Your Transcript and Parchment

8. Seaholm High School 2016-17 applications available late July – mid August Read application instructions – Applications vary greatly from college to college Not all colleges require an essay or letters of recommendation (MSU, Grand Valley, CMU) College Applications

9. New In Higher Education Redesigned SAT PPY – Prior Prior Year – Financial Aid opens October 1 st 2016 Common App – rollover accounts April 1st Coalition App – new; select schools Wheel is spinning faster and faster; increased apps, decreased admission rates; less predictable Seaholm High School

10. One application used by all member institutions Consortium of colleges & universities (Hope, Miami of Ohio, Northwestern, IU) Some institutions have additional supplements (with essays) Apply online at www.commonapp.org Opens for next app cycle August 1st What is the Common Application?

11. Seaholm High School Be authentic; add YOUR voice Give your app life beyond the numbers Answer the essay prompt Beware of repeating information already given in the app Writing essays that are so general and vague that anyone could have written them Essay

12. Seaholm High School Beginning of Senior Year Finalize college list and share with your counselor Create a Parchment account and request transcripts Complete Senior Profile and email to counselor along with resume Attend the Senior/Parent Night in September

13. Camp College 2016 Offered this summer through Community Ed Program guiding students through app process including starting app, getting docs in que, research, writing essay July 18-21 and July 25-28 (2 sessions; 10:30- noon; 12:30 – 2) Lead by Judi Stahl with invited guest speakers Seaholm High School

14. Helpful Websites College Search –www.collegeboard.orgwww.collegeboard.org –www.careercruising.comwww.careercruising.com –www.petersons.comwww.petersons.com Paying for College –Merit scholarships www.meritaid.orgwww.meritaid.org –Scholarships www.finaid.orgScholarships www.finaid.org, www.fastweb.comwww.finaid.orgwww.fastweb.com –SCHOLLY app - $0.99 Seaholm Guidance and Counseling Dept Seaholm Post Secondary Planning Office

15. Junior Career Day June 1 st 55+ career mentoring offerings (medicine, law, architecture, photography, finance) Kicks off with breakfast at Community House Sponsored by Optimists, BEF, Seaholm PTA, Seaholm Student Congress Contact is Rosemary Ricelli-Scheidt View offerings today; create your login at Sign Up Genius, sign up 7:45 am April 27th Seaholm High School

16. Final Thoughts! Let’s work together and have fun! Use your resources – counselors, teachers, parents This is a process, you don’t have to have all the answers right now.

17. Seaholm High School Your Counseling Team: Brian Flatter (A-D) – Bflatter@ Kristy Fekaris (E-J &Z) – Kfekaris@ Jenn Vanderveen(K-M) – Jvanderveen@ Walt Romano (N-R) – Wromano@ Rebecca Powrozek (S-Y) – Rpowrozek@ Judi Stahl (all) – Jstahl@