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NWHS Counseling Department

Steps in Post-Secondary Planning

College Planning on Family Connection

When I graduate from high school, I want to:

•Attend college

•Go into the military

•Start working

How have I prepared myself? Standardized Test Scores Transcript Extracurricular

Activities/Service

  SAT ACT ACCUPLACERPurpose Measures critical reading, writing,

and mathematical reasoning skills 

Measures academic achievement in English, math, reading, and science

Measures readiness for college level coursework in math, reading, and writing

College Use Used by universities and colleges as part of application process

Used by universities and colleges as part of the application process

Used by many community colleges and some four-year schools for course placement

Distinguishing Feature(s)

Essay is required Math sections include student

response/grid-in questions ¼ point deduction for incorrect

answers

Measures science reasoning Online, computer adaptive

Scoring Highest Score - 2400MCPS Target Score - 1650

Highest Score 36MCPS Target Score 24

Maryland Community Colleges Target Scores for college level courses:Sentence Skills 90 and Reading Comprehension 79Elementary Algebra 75 and College Level Math 0-52

Score Reporting Student chooses scores from a specific test date to be sent to schools. If test date is not specified, all scores will be sent.

Student chooses scores from a specific test date to be sent to schools.

Administered and shared with student by the post-secondary institution requiring the assessment.

Sections 10 Sections:Critical Reading – 3Writing – 3Math – 3Experimental - 1

4 Required Sections:EnglishMathReadingScience reasoningOptional writing (essay) section

Adaptive – questions depend upon previous answer. ArithmeticElementary AlgebraCollege Level MathReading ComprehensionSentence Skills Writing (optional)

SAT Prep Courses: Montgomery College $ Private Companies $$ Self Prep

Fall Testing ACT: September, 2014 SAT: October, 2014

Unweighted GPA

Weighted GPA

Think about summer jobs or volunteer activities/internships

Investigate summer programs that are unique opportunities to set you apart from other applicants

Continue school clubs, sports or leadership roles

When considering me for admission, colleges will evaluate my:

Transcript GPA, Courses & Grades

Testing SAT I, SAT Subjects, ACT and Accuplacer Scores

Essay(s)ResumeExtracurricular Activities/ServiceLetters of Recommendation

What should I consider…Majors/Minors Campus quality/reputationCampus SizeAdmission RequirementsLocationCampus and community setting Cost

Look at about 10 schools seriously. Discuss with your parents, teachers, counselors, and friends.

Look at websites, communicate with college reps, and consider campus visits.

Apply to around 5-6 schools during the early fall of your senior year.

Visit the schools you are applying to and speak with current students if possible.

Receive periodic emails & notifications regarding scholarships, special opportunities, & more.

Complete a career interest profile, explore various careers, salaries, education and training needed.

Generate lists of colleges that may be a good match based on your GPA & test scores.

See when College Reps will visit NW and sign up to attend in the College/Career Center.

Track your transcript requests.

http://connection.naviance.com/northwest/

Click on ‘my planner’

Click on ‘Tasks Assigned to Me’

Click on ‘Complete Game Plan Survey'

Click on ‘complete the Game Plan survey’

Be sure research NCAA eligibility requirements

Think about who you can ask to write college recommendation letters

When you are done, click ‘Save changes and I am finished’

Click here to complete a college search . You can decide the criteria that are important to you.

Through Naviance, you can conduct and save many advanced college searches. Note that there are many categories of criteria:

type, location, students, etc.

Select view matches. How many schools did you find that met the criteria? __________

Complete Worksheet Save your search Add to My Colleges

▪ From your search▪ Add colleges you are interested in from

College Lookup Fill in College information Look at how you compare to other NW

Students

Click on Scattergram to see if your GPA & SAT scores would be a good match for a particular college

College Scattergram

Northwest High School College Fair Field Trip

Wednesday, April 9Wednesday, April 9 Buses depart at 9:30 am

Cost: $3.00Cost: $3.00

Signed Permission forms should be returned to the

College/Career Information Center

no later than Friday, April Friday, April 44

MCPS prohibits students from driving to this event during the school day.

Montgomery County College Fair:Montgomery County Agricultural Center

(Gaithersburg, MD)

Individual student/parent meetings in the summer with counselors

Summer workshops and college planning in the College/Career Information Center

Meetings with your counselor (All Year) Senior Packet (Fall- College Application Process

Review) Senior Parent Meeting (Fall & Spring) National Hispanic College Fair (Fall) Financial Aid Workshop (December) Alumni Day (December) Don’t forget to earn your SSL Hours Begin to think about who will write your college

recommendations

College Connect 101: College Connect 101: Family Connection for Family Connection for Parents & StudentsParents & Students

College Connect 102: College Connect 102: Building A Scholarship KitBuilding A Scholarship KitCollege Connect 200: College Connect 200: The College EssayThe College Essay

College Connect 202: College Connect 202: The College ApplicationThe College ApplicationCollege Connect 300: College Connect 300: The Common App The Common App

ConnectionConnection

Announcing…Announcing…Summer Summer College College

Connection WorkshopsConnection WorkshopsRegistration details in your College/Career Information

Center!

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