1. College Planning Kick-Off September 20th 2018
Benjamin Laster
Director of College Placement
Seton Hall Preparatory School

2. Itinerary Set the tone-Get excited! Express ideal roles in process
Explain program objectives
Establish college planning timeline & programming schedule
Emphasize Fall/Winter Items
Introduce Naviance-Student & CP Web
Cover (in general) Standardized Testing & Academic goal setting

3. Pillars Of The Program It is comprehensive It is student centric
It is intensive
It is organized
It is detailed
It is predicated on fit

4. Defining Individual Roles
College Counselors
To advise & guide
Student
To own
Parent (s)
To support

5. Expectations: Your College Counselor
Being “With You” in this process…building trust
Providing long term organization & balance
Positioning the student effectively
Promoting accountability
Pushing student to discover & mature
Help you maximize opportunities & present school specific strategies
Advise & assist on EVERY portion of the process

6. College Search Perform Introductory Search
Student criteria connects the dots
Define Your Criteria: What are your must haves?
Key Criteria: Program, Admissibility Size, Geography, Culture, Campus type/location, Student Life
Visitation

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

8. College List Formulation
Dig deeper post-visitation
Attend SHP sponsored College Visits
Fill out “Colleges I am thinking about” in Naviance
Balance of List & Admissibility: Be Mindful
Preparation for introductory college meeting

9. The College Timeline: Fall Programming
College Planning Kick-Off
College Representatives Night (September 25th)
University of Virginia Information Session (September 27th)
Financial Aid Night (October 25th)
Individual College Visits: (September 12th-November 8th)

10. The College Timeline: Winter & Beyond
Introductory Meetings with College Counselor: Begin January
College Information Night (February 21st)
Follow up College Meetings in Spring & Summer (as requested)
College Planning Assembly (students only, April 9th)
Senior Year Programming & Individual meetings as requested

11. Naviance-Student What is Naviance-Student? Who has access?
Helpful search functions of Naviance-Student
College Search
Colleges I’m Thinking About
Scattergrams
Communication
Materials & Tracking

12. Naviance-Student Naviance-Student data is PREP sensitive
Naviance-Student is a good “benchmark”
College Placement will always have the most specific data & insight

13. The College Placement Webpage
Event Itinerary
Forms/Documents
College Visits
Prep Internship Program

14. Standardized Testing: The College Landscape
What do colleges want? ACT vs. SAT
What to take? Why?
Test Optional vs. Test Sensitive
SAT & ACT Timeline
SAT II Subject Tests

15. Academic Goal Setting & College
The College Process should be a positive motivator
Trends are important-They look at everything
Everything can matter depending on the process……you never know where you are.

16. Questions?