SENIORS!!
It’s October! Time to get going on four year college applications.
COLLEGE VISITS TO NHS
WHITTIER COLLEGE visits this Thursday during 2nd and 3rd!
This is a wonderful liberal arts college close to home,
CSU FULLERTON will be here on October 18 during 3rd period.
The focus is on teaching majors, but they’ll share other info about CSUF.
Teacher permission is required to attend! Passes in K4.
SEND YOUR TEST SCORES!!
You have one week after testing to send your test scores officially to four year colleges.
If you used a fee waiver, you get 8 colleges free for the SAT Reasoning test, and
four colleges for free for the SAT Subject test.
(Remember only UC’s and selective colleges need the subject tests!
When you send one score, all of your previous scores are sent!
**if you tested this past Saturday (Oct.9), you can log on to your collegeboard.com account and send scores NOW, THIS WEEK. Don’t wait! It costs money later!
Some popular codes are:
CSU Mentor (goes to ALL Cal State campuses) – 3594, UC Berkeley - 4833, UC Davis – 4834 UCI – 4859 UCLA – 4837 UC Merced – 4129 UCR – 4839, UCSD – 4836 UCSB – 4835 UC Santa Cruz – 4852 USC – 4852, Cal Poly Pomona – 4082 CSU Channel Isl – 4128 CSU Dom. Hills – 2602 CSU Fullerton – 4589, CSU Long Beach – 4389 San Diego State – 4682
CSU Mentor should go to ALL CSU’s, but you can list specific campuses to be safe as well.
If you need help with this, please let us know!
CSU and UC WORKSHOPS in Room A2 !!
CSU HELP – October 18 and 28, periods 2 to 7
UC HELP – November 4, 18 and 23 – periods 2 to 7
Please get teacher permission to attend! We will help you complete the online apps.
Please go online to start the applications BEFORE you come – have your account set up, etc.
The website for CSU’s is csumentor.edu.
The website for UC’s is universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions.
Ask your counselor or Mrs. Hall for a transcript.
DON’T SUBMIT ANY APPLICATIONS UNTIL WE’VE CHECKED THEM, PLEASE !!!
Our goal: CSU’s by Halloween, UC’s by Thanksgiving! (Both must be in by Nov. 30!)
NOVEMBER 5 is the DEALINE for the DECEMBER SAT and ACT!
This is the LAST TEST DATE for Seniors applying to 4 year colleges!
We are awaiting more fee waivers for both tests. Keep checking!
SCHOLARSHIPS
Check in K4 for current scholarships, including:
Dreamer’s Challenge – essay/artwork. DUE OCT. 15. Apply at DreamersChallenge.org.
Coca-cola – national, very competitive! DUE OCT. 31. Apply at coca-colascholars.org.
Prudential Spirit. LOTS of community service req. DUE NOV. 1. Apply at spirit.prudential.com.
Christermon Foundation – Parents/grandparents in beverage industry. DUE FEB.1.
JFK Profile in Courage Essay. DUE FEB. 8. Apply at jfklibrary.org.
We will focus on the FAFSA in December! This gets you Cal Grants, Pell Grants etc.
Go on fastweb.com to search for more scholarships.
Be sure to complete a SENIOR DATA FORM if you will be asking for letters of rec. from your teachers and counselors for scholarships and private colleges! Forms are available in K4.
GET GOING ON YOUR CSU AND US APPS! Come to the workshop next week for help!
