Tuesday, March 22, 2011 (4-9pm) Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC

TRINITY ACADEMY OF RALEIGH

Rising Senior College Night

February 24th, 2011

For An Exceptional Life

Exploring Who You Are

Estimating the Cost – Financial Aid

Using Naviance to Search and Apply

Finishing Strong: Timeline for End of Junior Year

Tonight’s Focus

My College Quick Start: collegeboard.com

ASVAB: Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 available to 10th-12th graders.

CFNC.org

Exploring Who You Are

www.actstudent.org/plan/future/index.html

My College Quick Start

From PSAT Score Report

My Personality

Log in to your CFNC account

CFNC

CFNC - PLAN

Plan For A Career

Learn About Yourself

Learn About Yourself

Career Assessments

Career Assessments … continued

Email meresults

Show Me the Money

Need Based Financial Aid

Estimating the Cost

FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

PROFILE (Financial aid application service of the College Board)

Families must reapply annually

Meet earliest deadline of colleges in which you are interested.

Complete all questions accurately

Estimate if necessary to meet early deadlines

Don’t wait until you are admitted to file the FAFSA

Keep a photocopy of all documents for your records

Applying for Financial Aid

◦Cost of Attendance = tuition & fees, room and board, books and supplies, transportation, and miscellaneous personal expenses.

◦The Expected Family Contribution (EFC) = parent contributions and student contributions calculated by FAFSA or PROFILE.

◦Financial Need = Cost of Attendance minus the Expected Family Contribution (EFC)

A Quick Lesson in Financial Aid

Federal Government

State Programs

Institutional funds

Outside agencies

Sources of Financial Aid

Gifts Grants (Free money!) Scholarships

Self-help aid Student Loans Work Study (employment)

Types of Financial Aid

What might a sample aid package look like?

  Davidson Private #1 Private #2 Public U.

Total Cost $49,954 $54,000 $35,000 $19,000

Family Contribution (EFC) $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000          

Financial need $39,954 $44,000 $25,000 $9,000          

Merit aid $0 $0 $10,000 $0

Need grant $37,854 $37,300 $2,800 $1,500

Student loan $0 $4,000 $5,500 $5,500

Work Study $2,100 $2,700 $1,800 $1,000          

Total aid $39,954 $44,000 $20,100 $8,000          

Unmet need $0 $0 $4,900 $1,000          

Total paid $10,000 $10,000+loan

+interest$14,900+loan

+interest$11,000+loan

+interest

FAFSA4casterhttp://www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov

North Carolina’s Financial Aid Estimator

http://www.cfnc.org/paying/tools/info_tools.jsp

How much aid will I qualify for?

Scholarship Links

Institutional and Outside Aid

Outside AgenciesLocal organizations

Churches

Civic Groups

Parents’ employers

Veterans Administration

Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Institutional AidGrants & Scholarships

Loan Programs

Student Employment

Merit

Athletic

Special Talents

Community Service

Leadership

Scholarship Opportunities

Show Me The Tools

Using Naviance / Family Connection

http://connection.naviance.com/tar

Naviance log in address on College Guidance page of Edline.

Helpful Links

Documents

News

Home Page

Home Page

Document Library

Trinity Academy of Raleigh

College Planning Guide

9th - 11th Grade

2011-2012

About Me

Resume Items

Update personal and account information

All student test scores

conveniently located here.

Saved documents

Surveys – Information requested for counselor and teachers

College Planning ToolsClick here to add the names of any colleges that you are already considering.

Search for summer and enrichment programs

SallieMae National Scholarship Search

Time and dates that College Reps will be on campus.

Many Ways to Research Colleges:• College Match• College Lookup• College Search• Scattergrams• Acceptance

History

Colleges I Am Thinking About

Compare my scores and GPA to other students in my high school accepted at these colleges.

Record your interest in the school

Scattergram

Compare Me

College Search

Search by Type, Location, Students, Admission Standards, Athletics, Majors, Cost, Special Programs

Search ResultsSearch Criteria:NC & SCEnrollment 2-5KMajor: Economics

Compare based on drop down options

Search Individual Colleges

Admission Requirements

Cost and Aid

Lists others schools where students applying to this school also applied.

OVERLAPS

Scattergram

Select Weighted GPA

SAT on 1600 scaleGPA

Anna

What Should I Be Doing Now ?

Finishing Strong

Leadership – How will Trinity be different because of me?

Recommendations – How will my teachers remember me?

Social Networking Sites Can Help or Hurt College Admissions

1. Never post anything that you would not want a college or future employer to see.

2. Never criticize your current school or a college.

3. Everything that you post or chat about online is a character reference.

4. Guard you passwords.

Timeline

Feb- March

‣ Register/Prepare for Admissions Testing (SAT, Subject Tests, ACT)

‣ Register / Prepare for AP exams

‣ Continue to Visit Colleges

Remaining Test Dates - SAT

Test Date Test Offered Registration Late Fee

Deadline

Mar 12 SAT Feb 11 Feb 25

May 05 AP Latin Mar 25

May 06 AP US History Mar 25

May 07 SAT or Subject Tests Apr 8 Apr 22

May 11 AP English Language Mar 25

Jun 04 SAT or Subject Tests May 6 May 20

Oct 01 " "

Nov 05 " "

Students are responsible to know which tests are required by each colleges.

SAT Subject Tests Possibilities

U.S. History

Math Level 2

Literature – ask Mrs. Dougherty

Physics – prepare with Mr Ziegler

Latin

Remaining Test Dates - ACT

Test Date Registration Late Fee Deadline

Apr 09, 2011 Mar 04 Mar 18

May 05 - AP Latin

May 06 - AP US History

May 11 - AP English Language and Comp.

Jun 07, 2011 May 06 May 20

Sep 10, 2011

Oct 22, 2011

Timeline . . . continued

April

‣ Schedule Individual Junior Planning Meeting

‣ Visit colleges before end of college term

‣ Prepare for Testing – AP, SAT, ACT

‣ Parents complete Parent Insight Form

‣ Add to colleges I’m thinking about

Parent Insight Form

Parent Insight Form(s)

colleges I’m thinking about

Add Colleges to Prospective List

May - June

‣ Finish Strong – Grades Matter

‣ Continue adding to college list

‣ Update Extracurriculars, Activities, Honors in Naviance

‣ Attend next College Planning Meeting – one evening during Habitat Service Project.

Timeline . . . continued

Final Remarks

Keep Prospective

Good Communication

Student’s Role

Parent’s Role

Discuss financial expectations openly