Supporting Your Child’s

Future

Senior Parent Meeting

September 30, 2015

Lizzette Roman, Counselor

Chris Arrington, Counselor

Karen Gill, College and Career Counselor

Agenda

Application Process

• Selecting a college

• College Applications

• Test Scores

• Financing College

• Parent’s Assistance with Application Process

Education Foundation- Scholarship

Search

Agenda Continued

State Schools and Private Colleges in

Florida

College Selection Criteria

Select colleges based on major first

Other considerations for college selection include:• Geographic location

• Size of the college

• Quality of the academic environment

• Competence of the football team

• Data about Financial Aid offered annually

• Activities and clubs available

• Family legacy

College Applications

Usually 8-10 pages

Usually Online

Demographic information

Course information

Activities

Personal Essay/Letter of Recommendation

Residency

Application Fee

Audition/Interview

Test information

Financing College

This is a course on it’s own

Will discuss at next meeting

Will meet on November 12th at 6 pm in

the expo hall.

How You Can Help

Keep Communication Open

Listen to what they want-about college

Help them to be realistic and boost

confidence

Take them to visit colleges

Remind them about tests and deadlines-

help them make a calendar and keep a

college folder

How You Can Help, cont.

Be prompt with any pieces you have to

complete

Remind them they still have to get good

grades and study in their senior year,

even after they have been accepted to

the college of their choice.

Intro to State System

Information about State Universities,

State Colleges

Information about Private Colleges in

Florida

Information about Proprietary Colleges

State Colleges

Formerly Community Colleges – 28 in

the state

Entrance requirements are high school

diploma or GED

Will remediate skills

Offers mostly AA, AS, AAS degrees

Entrance Profile of

Universities in Florida

Average grade point average: 3.6 to 4.7

Average SAT score: 1050 to 1250

Average ACT score: 21 to 25

Most require admission essay (SAT/ACT writing)

Community Service is looked upon

favorably

Offer BA, BS, BAS, MA, MS, PhD degrees

Universities of Florida

FAMU – A & M – historically Black university - Tallahassee

FAU – Atlantic – Marine Biology – Boca Raton

FGCU – Gulf Coast – fairly new – Ft. Myers

FIU – International – Miami

FSU – State – first state Teaching College – Tallahassee

New College – ungraded – Sarasota

UCF – Central – closest to us – formerly FTU – Orlando

UF – Florida - oldest in state

UNF – North – good music and psychology programs – Jax.

USF – South – gaining rep. for drama – Tampa

USF SP – St. Petersburg – branch of USF

UWF – West – Central Time Zone – Pensacola

Florida Polytechnic- newest university-Lakeland

University Sizes

Large Universities Total Enrollment Undergraduate

FIU 50,394 36,217

FSU 41,301 31,943

**UCF 59,758 50,968

UF 49,913 32,776

USF 41,047 30,488

Mid Sized:

FAU 30,301 24,246

UNF 16,356 14,629

Small:

FAMU 12,051 9,928

FGCU 13,442 12,064

NCF 832 832

USFSP 6,058 5,297

UWF 12,679 9,958

Getting In-Test Scores and GPA

University Mid Range GPA Mid Range SAT Mid Range ACT

FAMU 3.0-3.49 1300-1540 17-20

FAU 3.38-3.98 1530-1730 22-26

FGCU 3.07-3.73 1440-1660 20-24

FIU 3.4-4.1 1630-1810 23-26

FSU 3.7-4.2 1760-1980 24-29

NCF 3.73-4.29 1840-

2090(CR&M)

27-31

UCF 3.5-4.2 1730-1910 25-29

UF 4.1-4.5 1830-2090 28-32

Getting Money

University % receiving

need –based aid

% receiving

scholarships

Financial aid

deadline

FAMU 50% 92% March 1

FAU 54% 73% Rolling March 1

FGCU 51% 78% March 1

FIU 55% 78% March 1

FSU 43% 90% March 1

NCF 49% 100% Feb. 15

UCF 57% 76% March 1

UF 44% 84% March 15

UNF 48% 71% April 1

USF 62% 90% March 1

USF SP 25% 54% March 1

Major Expenses

University Tuition/Fees for

30 hrs.

Tuition Deposit? Housing Dep. –

Freshman must

live on campus?

FAMU 4,553 No $350 - Yes

FAU 5,986 $200 $200 –Yes

FGCU 6,118 No $50-No

FIU 6,542 $200 $100-No

FSU 6,575 $200 $225-No

NCF 6,783 $200 $0-Yes

UCF 6,317 $200 $250-No

UF 6,270 $200 $200-No

UNF 6,235 No $200-Yes

USF 6,410 $200 $200-Yes

USF SP 4,605 $200 $225-Yes

Majors/ Retention-Graduation Rates

University Majors – top 3 for

undergrads

Retention – %

returning as soph.

Graduation – %

Complete BA

within 6 yrs.

FAMU Pharmacy; Bus.

Adm; Criminal

Justice

81 40

FAU Elem Ed;Bio.;Psy. 78 41

FGCU Mgmt; Bio; Comm. 76 45

FIU Lib Arts; Bus.;Engr 82 49

FSU Bus; Bio; Political

Science

93 75

NCF Psy; Bio; Eco. 83 69

Talented Twenty & Bright Futures

Talented 20

Top 20% in Class

Guaranteed admission into a state university

May be able to pick from three, not three of your choice

Bright Futures

3.0 GPA or better as determined by BF formula

Must make cut score on ACT or SAT

Community service needed for All BF award programs

Award is set amount per semester or quarter hour

Award is up to four years

College Location Enrollment Total Cost of

Attendance

Barry University Miami Shores 2,957 $40,050

Eckerd College St. Petersburg 1,815 $45,772

Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach 4,597 $40,302

Flagler College St. Augustine 2,554 $23,690

FL Institute of

Technology

Melbourne 2,603 $46,340

Florida Southern Lakeland 2,040 $36,300

Jacksonville U. Jacksonville 3,194 $38,870

College Location Enrollment Total Cost of

Attendance

Nova SE Univ. Fort Lauderdale 5,996 $32,892

Palm Beach

Atlantic Univ.

West Palm Beach 3,663 $33,500

Ringling College

of Art & Design

Sarasota 1,400 $49,580

Rollins College Winter Park 1,820 $52,370

St. Leo Univ. Saint Leo 1,926 $28,764

St. Thomas Univ. Miami 1,085 $33,510

College App

Deadline

Mid

Range

GPA

Mid

Range

ACT

Mid Range

SAT

% of

Admit

Barry University Rolling 3.03 20 920 59%

Eckerd College Rolling 3.2-3.6 22-27 1015-1225 69%

Embry-Riddle Rolling 3.4-3.7 25-29 1100-1200 70%

Flagler College ED:11/1

RD: 3/13.0-3.8 22-26 1050-1180 40%

FL Institute of

Technology

Rolling 3.2-3.8 23-28 1040-1280 57%

Florida Southern ED: 12/1

RD: 3/13.2-3.6 22-27 1000-1180 65%

College App

Dead-

line

Mid

Range

GPA

Mid

Range

ACT

Mid Range

SAT

% of

Admit

Nova SE Univ rolling 3.67 23 1049 57%

Palm Beach

Atlantic Univ

Rolling 3.5 23 1050 83%

Ringling College Jan 15 2.95 N/A N/A 74%

Rollins College ED: 11/15 &

1/15

RD: 2/15

3.2-4.1 24-29 1130-1300 55%

St. Leo Univ. Jan. 14 3.3 21 970 N/A

St. Thomas Univ Rolling 2.9-3.1 18-21 900-1000 56%

What kind of aid is available?

The state provides a dollar amount for each Bright Futures level to be applied to private institutions.

Each student also receives the Florida Resident Access Grant (FRAG) that can be applied to their costs.

Florida residency

All full-time undergraduate students who meet the Florida residency requirements are eligible to receive the Florida Student Assistance Grant (FSAG). This grant is a need-based grant.

Pre-paid Savings

Additionally, families can use their pre-paid college fund savings towards tuition at a private school.

There are many other scholarship and grant opportunities unique to each PCUF institution.

All Private Colleges in this presentation require FAFSA for need based aid.

Barry University – Nursing, Management, Education Eckerd College – Marine Sci., Environmental Studies,

International Business Embry-Riddle –Aerospace Engineering, Aeronautical Science,

Business (Aviation Focus) Flagler College –Business, Education, Communications FL Institute of Technology –Mechanical/Aerospace

Engineering, Marine Biology, Aeronautical Science with Flight Florida Southern – Business, Nursing, Biology/ Biochemistry Jacksonville U. – Nursing, Biology, Business Johnson & Wales – Culinary Arts, Sports Ent/Mgmt, Criminal

Justice Lynn University – Business, Communications, Psychology

Nova SE Univ – Biology (Pre-Med), Business, Psychology Palm Beach Atlantic – Business,Biology, Psychology Ringling College – Animation, Graphic Design, Illustration Rollins College – International Business, Psychology,

Critical Media Studies St. Leo Univ. – Business, Education, Criminal Justice St. Thomas Univ – Biology, Criminal Justice, Business Stetson Univ – Psychology, Business, Pre-Med/Biology Univ. of Miami – Pre-Med, Biology, Psychology Univ of Tampa – Biology, Communications, Business Warner Univ. – Business, Communication, Education

Proprietary Colleges

For Profit Colleges

Higher tuition costs

Entrance - Open access

Flexible scheduling/cater to older student population. (people in their 30’s)

Targeted majors, focus mainly on a career path ie. Information Technology, Nursing

Examples – DeVry, Univ of Pheonix, Kaiser; Art Institutes; Full Sail

Thanks for Coming!

See you in November