2. SENIORS: LET’S GET GOING TESTING COLLEGE PROCESS TRANSCRIPTS FINANCIAL AID TIMELINE NAVIANCE

3. TESTING SAT TEST DATEON-TIME LATE November 2Oct. 3 Oct. 21 December 7Nov. 8 Nov. 25 January 25Dec. 27 Jan. 14 Register at www.collegeboard.comwww.collegeboard.com Fee waivers available from Ms. Carruthers

5. ACT TEST DATEON-TIME LATE December 14Nov. 8 Nov.22 February 8Jan. 10 Jan. 24 Register at www.actstudent.orgwww.actstudent.org Fee waivers available from Mr. Truesdale

6. TOEFL FOR NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS ◦ (HILT(EX) middle or high school) ◦ Have been in the U.S. for less than 5 years REGISTRATION NOW SEE Ms. Covarrubias NOW

7. COLLEGE PROCESS NARROW SELECTION 4-6 schools - Safety - Good fit - Reach APPLICATION PROCESS eg JMU apply on-line create account download and print supplementary forms THE COMMON APPLICATION

14. THE COMMON APPLICATIONTHE COMMON APPLICATIONTHE COMMON APPLICATIONTHE COMMON APPLICATION ONE STOP SHOPPING ◦ www.commonapp.org ◦ 456 colleges participate ◦ On-line ◦ Remember  Teacher recommendation  Secondary school report ◦ Check for supplementary forms ie College of William and Mary

20. TRANSCRIPTS Paper or Electronic Required by all schools Three free transcripts requested before December 7th $4 for each transcript requested after December 7th Fill out transcript request form Submit to Mrs. Posas, Registrar who ◦ Assembles official transcript ◦ School profile ◦ School mails the packet (for colleges that do not accept electronic transcript) ◦ Check off if using Common Application

21. NAVIANCE Naviance's Family Connection is a college and career exploration tool for students and parents. You have access to this web-based resource 24/7! http://connection.naviance.com

23. Financial Aid/Scholarships Merit-Based Financial Aid ◦ Private Funds (Scholarships) ◦ University Funds Need-Based Financial Aid ◦ Private Funds (Scholarships) ◦ University Funds & Federal Funds

24. TIME LINE WHAT TO DO WHEN OCTOBER – END OF DECEMBER ◦ DOWNLOAD APPLICATIONS OR CREATE ON-LINE ACCOUNTS ◦ BEGIN FILLING OUT APPLICATIONS ◦ GIVE TEACHER RECOMMENDATION FORMS IF REQUIRED ◦ BRING SECONDARY SCHOOL FORMS TO REGISTRAR

25. OCTOBER TO JUNE MONTHLY SCHOLARSHIP NEWSLETTER (GENERALLY PRIVATE) Gates Millennium ◦ Wakefield Foundation ◦ Robert Byrd ◦ APPLY TO ALL THAT YOU QUALIFY FOR SIGN UP FOR WAKEFIELD LISTSERVE Check Naviance

27. JANUARY 1 FILL OUT FAFSA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ◦ www.fafsa.ed.gov www.fafsa.ed.gov ◦ Apply for a student PIN and parent PIN ◦ www.pin.ed.gov www.pin.ed.gov FILL OUT TAX FORMS ASAP ◦ FAFSA CONTROLS FEDERAL SCHOOL AID and ◦ UNIVERSITY BASED AND SOME PRIVATE SCHOLARSHIPS

28. Questions?