Coventry High SchoolSenior Interviews

September 2014

Transcripts and Record Reviews

• Check address• Check social security #• Cover Record Review form – pay close

attention to deficiencies, credits, OGT’s• Fill in ACT info – if scheduled, score, etc.• Fill in post-graduate plans, major, etc.• Sign Record Review form• Keep transcript & turn in Record Review

Transcript Release Form&

Activity Record

These should be turned in and on file already!

Senior Year• Fall – college visits & college

applications mailed by Christmas

• Winter – financial aid – FAFSA – completed by March 1st (check the college deadline)

• Spring – compare college & financial aid packages to select your school

College Rep Procedures• An announcement will be made when a

college rep will be here to meet with students

• Check listing on Guidance bulletin board

• Get your planner signed as your pass

College Visit Procedures

• Every student is entitled to 2 excused college visit days - & a third with prior approval

• Parent needs to call you off that morning – saying that you are going on a college visit

• You must get your College Visit Form signed at the college

College Visitation Days• University of Akron –

• October 11th or November 1st – all majors • Days for specific majors• www.uakron.edu/admissions

• Kent State University – • Previews – October 17th, Nov. 7th & 14th • Days for specific majors • www.admissions.kent.edu

• Go to websites if interested in other college visitation days or open houses.

Online College Applications

• All colleges prefer you apply online and some may require it.

• Signature page – this will be at the end of your online application – be sure to print this out and bring to Guidance

• Fee Waivers – free/reduced lunch

Application Deadlines• Pay close attention to the deadlines for the

particular schools you are interested in!

• Regular application deadline• Honors Program deadlines – Akron Feb. 1st reg/Nov 1st Early

• Scholarship Application deadline – Akron Mar. 1st

• Goal: All college applications in before Christmas Break!!!

Common Application• www.commonapp.org

• Approx. 500 colleges (many in OH) = 1 application

• Baldwin-Wallace, Case Western Reserve, Dayton, Denison, Findlay, Hiram, John Carroll, Kenyon, Marietta, Miami, Oberlin, Ohio Wesleyan, Otterbein, Ohio State, Wittenberg, Wooster, Xavier

College Entrance Exams

1) ACT

2) SAT

School Code: 360-030

ACT Test Sections• 1) English

• 2) Math

• 3) Reading

• 4) Science

• 5) Writing (optional)

ACT Plus Writing

• Some schools require the writing portion

• Some schools recommend the writing portion

http://www.act.org/aap/writingpref/index.html

ACT Dates• October 25th (deadline Sept. 19th)• December 13th (deadline Nov. 7th)• www.actstudent.org

• Online registration is encouraged!• If you have not yet taken the ACT or SAT

it is critical you sign up for the October test.

ACT Costs• ACT = $38.00

• ACT Plus Writing = $54.50

• Late Registration = add $24.00

• Fee Waivers – free/reduced lunch – see Guidance

SAT Test Sections

• 1) Critical Reading

• 2) Math

• 3) Writing

SAT Dates

• October 11th (deadline Sept. 12th)

• November 8th (deadline Oct.9th)

• December 6th (deadline Nov. 6th)

• www.collegeboard.com• Online registration is encouraged!!!

SAT Costs

• SAT Reasoning Test = $52.50

• Late Registration = add $28.00

• Fee Waivers – free/reduced lunch – see Guidance

Financial Aid Night

• Thursday, January 8th, 2015 @ 6:00 pm

• You & a parent can register for a PIN # (Personal Identification #) in December

• www.fafsa.ed.gov

Websites• We have put together a list of

many valuable websites for you to use.

• Test Prep

• Career / College Search

• Financial Aid / Scholarship

NCAA/NAIA• All potential Div. I & II athletes need

to register with the NCAA eligibility center. Potential NAIA athletes should register with NAIA eligibility center.

• www.eligibilitycenter.org / $70 fee

• Fee waiver available (NCAA only)

• www.playnaia.org / $70 fee

Scholarships• Morning announcements

• Guidance bulletin board

• Senior newsnotes

• Scholarship drawer

• Resource books

Communication

• Guidance Webpage

• Morning Announcements

• Guidance Bulletin Board

Final Thoughts• Pay attention to deadlines and

details!

• Proofread applications/essays.

• Do everything online when possible.