Junior Year-The search has begun!

COLLEGE VISITS

• 1 JUNIOR YEAR/1 SENIOR YEAR• DOES NOT COUNT AGAINST YOU• SEE MRS. LONG IN MAIN OFFICE BEFORE YOU GO• BRING BACK SOMETHING PERSONAL SHOWING

YOU WENT , i.e., dated agenda, something signed by an admissions counselor

• BRING THAT BACK TO MRS. LONG THE NEXT DAY

Use Your RESOURCES!!!• Counselors’ Corner Weekly Newsletter (Remind, CC, blog)• Edmodo- group code 7K39mu• WHS College Handbook (mailed to you next summer,

website, blog)• Recommendation Letter Packet (CC, blog, website)…start

now!• Follow us on Twitter @whsguidance• WHS Scholarship Page• WHS Guidance Blog• Remind 101 –Everyone get out your phone. Text 81010 with

the message @whs-2018. It will then send you a response asking for your full name.

Upcoming Events• BSCC College Fair- September 19th 8:30-9:00 am• College Night Sept. 19th 6-8 pm • College Recruiter Visits– UWA Sept. 15th – UAB Sept. 28th – Samford Sept. 29th – Judson Sept. 30th – UAH Oct. 4th – UNA Oct. 17th

WHS College Bound

College WeekSept. 19th -23rd

• COLLEGE NIGHT- 6-8 pm WHS September 19th • Wear Your College Colors- Tues., Sept. 20th • Prizes!....so go ahead and sign up to follow us on

Twitter, Remind & Facebook!• Door Decorating Contest- 1st block classes the

week before to win breakfast

College Tours• Auburn University- TBA

3.0 GPA 19 ACT

• UAH, Samford, Birmingham-Southern, Alabama in Spring

Requirements to attend trip listed below each trip.

Permission slips are required and will be available in the Career Center two weeks before each event.

Students must bring money to purchase lunch or bring own lunch. Space is limited and available on a “first come, first served” basis. GPA,

ACT and discipline will be taken into consideration in creating list of students attending trip.

List will be posted on Mrs. Higgins’ door 3 days before each trip, sent out on Remind and emailed to the faculty.

ACT DatesTest Date Registration Deadline (Late Fee Required)

$39.50 or $56.50 w/writing add $24

Test Date Registration Deadline Late Registration Deadline

September 10, 2016 August 5, 2016 August 6-9, 2016

October 22, 2016 September 16, 2016 September 17-30, 2016

December 10, 2016 November 4, 2016 November 5-18, 2016

REGISTER ONLINE at http://www.act.org

ACT Fee Waivers• Free/reduced lunch• 11-12th grades• May only use 2 in lifetime• Obtain from Mrs. Daniels at front desk in CC or your counselor

Submitting ACT Scores

• You must submit official test scores.• While we do have an ACT label when you send

your scores to us, that is not an official score.• If you did not include the school on the list

when you signed up to take the test, you may pay a fee to have your score sent to additional schools. This is called an Additional Score Report. You will do this from your account at www.actstudent.org.

Test Prep

• www.actstudent.org

Career Center College & Test Prep Resources

Is it too early to apply?So, What Can I Do?

• Visit the website of EVERY college you are considering applying to.

• Go to the admission page or click on “prospective students”.

• Find out the steps involved in their admission & scholarship application process.

• See what you are working toward.• Set goals!!!

YES

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WEBSITES FOR

SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA.

Navigating College Websites

Requesting Transcripts• Generally, not until you apply (next summer or fall of

your senior year.• Transcripts should be requested two weeks in advance

on www.parchment.com by YOU, the student. • No phone calls or email requests.• A request sent by a college or Common App will not

suffice. YOU must request.• When it says it must be “official” (sent by the school).• “Unofficial”- you can print from iNow Home.• Free until you graduate!• Mrs. Dozier, registrar, handles all transcript requests.

Who is Mrs. Dozier?

She is our very busy, hardworking registrar.

PARCHMENT.COM

Tutorial on signing uphttps://youtu.be/O9UXt8rKBr0

• We will be signing up as a group. • If you need it before we do that, you may

follow the on screen instructions, just don’t make mistakes.

Need more help with that?

• Where is the Career Center?

At the corner of main and 4th hall

What else can I be doing?

• Join CLUBS!• Participate in COMMUNITY SERVICE!– EASI– CHURCH– GENTIVA HOSPICE– COMMUNITY SERVICE BASED CLUBS

• GPA for most app’s will go through junior year