1. EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL at
SENIOR INFORMATION
EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL at
MIDLAND COLLEGE

2. COUNSELOR INFORMATION
Ms. Dennison
Main Office

3. TRANSCRIPTS
OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS COST $1.00 FILL OUT REQUEST FORM ON TUES/THURS FROM MS. SANCHEZ
REVIEW YOUR TRANSCRIPT CAREFULLY.
STUDENTS MUST HAVE 26 CREDITS AND THE CORRECT CLASSES TO GRADUATE.

4. ECHS ACCESS
Remind me-to receive messages by text, to 81010
To stay up to date with your grades – use the student access in Skyward – your support teacher will help with that.

5. COLLEGE APPS & LINKS What's Your Plan? (MISD website)
What is UP NEXT? (APP to text)
Big Future (Collegeboard Website)

6. Midland College Survey
WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOU?
Midland College Survey
Tell students to go to
Then key in dual credit in the search box

7. ATTENDANCE STATE LAW REQUIRES YOUR ATTENDANCE
If you have an attendance situation see assistant principal – Ms. Jack

8. High School GPA
College GPA

9. THINGS SENIORS NEED TO DO
APPLY TO (AT LEAST) 2-3 COLLEGES
TAKE THE SAT AND/or ACT
SAT:
ACT:

10. APPLYING TO COLLEGE COMMONAPP.ORG
- APPLY TO PRIVATE /PUBLIC COLLEGES THROUGHOUT THE U.S.
APPLYTEXAS.ORG
APPLY TO YOUR TEXAS PUBLIC COLLEGES WITH ONE APPLICATION. CREATE AN AMAZING APPLICATION AND THEN COPY/PASTE IT FOR ALL OF THE COLLEGES.
** REMEMBER TO CHECK THE COLLEGES OF YOUR CHOICE TO SEE IF THEY HAVE THE PROGRAMS YOU DESIRE TO STUDY.**

11. SAT & ACT IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT STUDENTS TAKE EITHER EXAM.
IF YOU TAKE EITHER TEST OR MORE THAN ONE TIME COLLEGES WILL ACCEPT THE HIGHEST SCORE
REGISTER ONLINE FOR THE collegeboard.com and actstudent.org
Registration deadlines are approximately one month before test – Fall testing dates fill up FAST!

12. Test Dates and Deadlines (SAT) COLLEGEBOARD.COM
Deadline to Register
October 6, 2018
SAT & Subject Test
September 26, 2018
November 3, 2018
October 24, 2018
December 1, 2018
November 20, 2018
March 9, 2019
February 27, 2019
May 4, 2019
April 24, 2019
June 1, 2019
May 22, 2019 *

13. Test Dates and Deadlines (ACT) ACTSTUDENT.ORG
Registration Deadline
September 8, 2018
August 12, 2018
October 27, 2018
September 28, 2018
December 8, 2018
November 2, 2018
February 9, 2019
January 11, 2019
April 13, 2019
March 8, 2019
June 8, 2019
May 3, 2019
July 13, 2019
June 14, 2019 *

14. PAYING FOR COLLEGE LOOK FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FEDERAL STUDENT AID (FAFSA)
SCHOLARSHIPS ARE UPDATED ON SCHOOL WEBSITE AS THEY ARE RECEIVED – WILL ALSO BE SENT OUT TO ALL SENIORS ELECTRONICALLY
_ ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS CAN BE FOUND IN THE MISD WEBSITE SCHOLARSHIP BOOKLET
CHECK THE COLLEGES FINANCIAL AID WEBSITE
Freshman Scholarship Example
SET UP AN ACCOUNT WITH to find scholarships
FEDERAL STUDENT AID (FAFSA)
Opens October 1ST – Deadline – January 15th
FAFSA Workshops Available for Students & Parents
Tues & Sat – see next slide
BEWARE OF COMPANIES WHO CHARGE TO FIND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOU

16. TWO GREAT PROGRAMS
TEXAS SCHOLARS
MIDLAND LEGACY SCHOLARSHIP

17. MIDLAND LEGACY SCHOLARSHIP
For ECHS seniors who are continuing at MC for specific majors like nursing, etc must have a 2.75 GPA on January 2019 transcript
For ECHS seniors who are moving on to a 4 year college – must have a 3.0 GPA on January 2019 transcript
Requires a completed FAFSA
Requires a completed on-line application & essay

18. MIDLAND LEGACY SCHOLARSHIP – Cont.
Requires your attendance at “Legacy 101 meeting on the one following dates:
November 2, pm
December 11, :30 pm
January 4, pm
February 15, 2019 – 3 pm
Carrasco Rm on MC main campus
Due date for Legacy Scholarship is
May 31, 2019

19. TEXAS SCHOLARS
THIS IS A RECOGNITION PROGRAM…..THERE IS NO SCHOLARSHIP INVOLVED.
MUST HAVE A 1.75 GPA ON A 5 pt SCALE
MUST HAVE 20 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
HOURS ARE DUE TO THE COUNSELOR CLERK, MS. SANCHEZ AT THE END OF THE 4TH 6 WKS (February 15th).
BANQUET HELD IN APRIL 16TH FOR SENIORS WHO HAVE MET ALL REQUIREMENTS AND WILL RECEIVE CORD FOR GRADUATION.

20. GRADUATION FOR THE CLASS OF 2019
IMPORTANT EVENTS
COLLEGE FORUM
OCTOBER 4, 2018
7 PM – 8:30
MC PE Building
GRADUATION FOR THE CLASS OF 2019
MAY 25, 2019