Brazoswood Junior Parent Meeting

Graduation—June 7, 2014

On your mark, get set and……………………… GO!!!!

Finish Line………..June 7, 2014What all needs to done?Students’ taking initiativeStudents’ responsibilityFERPA-18 and high school

graduate

Senior Conferences

Why WhatWhoHow

Senior Conferences Cont.

Transcripts

Registrars Office-9th Grade Center Student Orders 24 hours in advance Most are sent electronically We do not mail-students’

responsibility PARENT MAY NOT ORDER AFTER

GRADUATION

SAT vs. ACT

SAT Critical Reading, Math

and Writing Math: Geom & Alg 2 Read: critical reading,

comprehension Writing: grammar,

usage & essay Scores 200-800 per test

section

ACT English, Math, Reading,

Science Reasoning, & Writing (Optional)

Math: trigonometry Read: prose, across the

curriculum Writing-essay (Optional)

Science: charts, graphs & data interp

English: grammar Scores 1-36 per test

section

SAT/ACT Brazoswood School Code 442-612 Which is better to take? Depends

on your need! Talk to your colleges of choice.

SAT/ACT Dates

SAT Test Date/Deadline Oct. 5/Sept. 6 Nov. 2/Oct. 3 Dec. 7/ Nov. 8 Jan. 25/Dec. 27 Mar. 8/Feb. 7 May 3/Apr. 4 June 7/May 9

SAT/ACT Dates

ACT Test Date/Deadline Sept. 21/Aug. 23 Oct. 26/Sept. 27 Dec. 14/Nov. 8 Feb. 8/Jan. 10 Apr. 12/Mar. 7 June 14/May 9

SAT/ACT Test Prep

College Board and ACT both BC-BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK!!!! Princeton Review Test Master Sylvan Revolution Prep

Texas Success Initiative-Exempt from THEA

TAKS-2200 on Math & ELA w/ 3

SAT 1070 combined Critical Read & Math Math and/or CR must be at least 500

ACT Composite 23 English and/or math 19

Summer classes at BC & Dual Credit classes Fall 2013

Last week of school scheduling conflicts Look at the name of the assigned professor Contact the professor directly – go to myBC to get contact

information In the case of an unassigned professor, see Susan Phillips For more information see Susan Phillips Semester exams will not be administered early

Registration for the fall semester – underway now!!!

Reminder – Students must pass the spring and summer terms to be eligible to take classes in the fall.

What is next-after high school? Military 4 year university 2 year community

basics transfer-4 year university Associate degree Technical degree

Proprietary Schools-be careful Job www.careercruising.com

Career Cruising

What career is right for you? What are you going to do after high school? How much education will you need? How much money will you make? What college should you go to? How much will it cost to go to college? Where will you find this information?

www.careercruising.comUsername: Brazoswood

Password: Clute

NPC-Net Price CalculatorLegal requirement

Help families see the real cost of college

Federal Law allows apple-to-apple comparison of costs

Cost include Room and board Books and supplies Travel Personal Expenses

Net Price=Cost of Education-Gift AidFor Texas Schools, go to

www.collegefortexans.com

College Applications Common Application-all public & many private

schools in Texas Some colleges will allow applicants to begin

submitting applications August 1 Transcripts, however, will not be available until

mid-September. Do NOT wait until deadline www.applytexas.org Common Application for many private schools-

see individual school websites Essays-Admissions & Scholarships

Essays-Admissions &

Scholarships

What to write about? Personal Anecdote Topics from www.applytexas.org True situations-how it impacted

student Work on essays now!!!!!!!! Use humor—but not overkill!

Where to find the real price?

Net Price Calculator or NPC Each school website Comparison of schools in Texas

WWW.collegefortexans.com

So where do you go?

2 year college-associates or getting the basic

4 year college-native vs. transfer

Transfer Student

Benefits Cost Native Student vs. Transfer Student Success academically

Sam Houston Texas A&M University of Houston

David S. Burris, Ph.D., CCP, CSP Sam Houston State University Articulation Coordinator

Transfer StudentsTransfer Students

from

Sam Houston State Sam Houston State UniversityUniversity

"Approximately 70% of all students graduating every year from Sam Houston State University have transfer credit.  We prefer to recruit college transfer students with more than 40 hours.  They are nearly twice as likely to complete a degree as our native students.  As a group, their average GPA at graduation will be within 1/10th of a point of the average GPA of native students in all disciplines.  College transfers are high quality, highly desirable students."

"Approximately 70% of all students graduating every year from Sam Houston State University have transfer credit.  We prefer to recruit college transfer students with more than 40 hours.  They are nearly twice as likely to complete a degree as our native students.  As a group, their average GPA at graduation will be within 1/10th of a point of the average GPA of native students in all disciplines.  College transfers are high quality, highly desirable students."

Jeff Fuller, Executive Associate Director of Admissions, has this to say about transfer students…

““UH Transfer students graduate at a higher rate UH Transfer students graduate at a higher rate in four years than our native students graduate in four years than our native students graduate in six years, and we only expect more transfer in six years, and we only expect more transfer students in the future.”students in the future.”

Transfer students were slightly more successful than the general student population in two areas: the retention rate for transfer students 1 year following initial enrollment and the graduation rate for transfer students. These percentages reflect well upon the transfer student, as well as the university, and make transfer students a valued asset at Texas A & M.

Mr. Spies, himself a graduate of the Texas community college system, shared his thoughts on Brazosport College transfer students.

Transfer students were slightly more successful than the general student population in two areas: the retention rate for transfer students 1 year following initial enrollment and the graduation rate for transfer students. These percentages reflect well upon the transfer student, as well as the university, and make transfer students a valued asset at Texas A & M.

Financial Aid www.fafsa.ed.gov

Do you have enough $$$$? NO!!!!!!!! FAFSA-Free Application for Federal

Student Aid Do NOT apply until Jan 1, 2014 PIN # for you & your student www.fafsa.ed.gov FAFSA4caster-how much will you need EFC-Expected Family Contribution-

measure of family’s financial strength and is calculated for a formula established by law.

Financial Aid-Does it Ever End!

Other sources of $-Scholarships Local Book-Dec 6, 2013 due in Feb 14, 2014 Guidance Office Announcements/BW

Website Check college websites Compendium of Texas Colleges

www.everychanceeverytexan.org/about/scholars

NEVER EVER PAY FOR SCHOLARSHIP SERVICES!!

Scholarship

www.finaid.org www.zinch.com www.fastweb.com www.schoolsoup.com www.scholarship.com www.collegeboard.org www.collegenet.com www.scholarshipmonkey.com

Other Important Info Letters of Recommendation

Careful who you ask 2 weeks notice

Class Info-Registrar/Counselor 536 current class size Re-rank-3 more times

February End of 5th six weeks-WALKING GPA End of year

Other Information

Senior Stuff…get your checkbook ready

Question and Answers Once a Buccaneer always a

Buccaneer