SAT vs ACT Plus Writing

What’s the difference?

Do I take both or one?

New SAT What’s on it?

Test Schedule Super Scoring

AP COURSES AND AP EXAMS

SUBJECT TESTS

COLLEGE VISITS

• Which ones?• Where to go?• Questions to ask?• Tours vs Casual

Visits?• Options if no time

or money?

UC’s A-G requirements

3.0 ag GPA no grade lower than a “C”

grade

SAT / ACT + Writing

Personal Statement /

Additional Info

Activities Payment & Fee ($70)

Other requirements

for certain majors

Submit by Nov 30th

• Requirements• Different majors

App opens Aug1st

www.univeristyofcalifornia.edu/apply

Common App.org

500+ colleges

Profile Family

Education Testing

Activities Writing

Rec’s Additional Statement

Campus Questions

Payment or Waiver

www.commonapp.org

CSU’s

23 campusesA-G

coursesTest

Scores

Payment / Waiver

Optional:

EOPSubmit by Nov 30th

Ready to

start now

via high

school planner

www.csumentor.edu

CCC aka CA Community

Colleges110 colleges

Application

Placement Test

Orientation

Counseling Appt

Optional EOPS /

TrioAMAZING FACTS:• Provide Guarantee

Transfers to UC’s• Offering now bachelor

degrees• Concurrent Enrollment• Summer Enrollment

Options

www.assist.org

IVY LEAGUE COLLEGES

Brown * Columbia * Cornell * Dartmouth * Harvard * Princeton

* Univ of Penn * Yale

O KEY CHARACTERISTICS THEY SEEK

O A sense of engagement -- with ideas, with other people, with a community

O An inclination to take full advantage of the talents and abilities you've been given

O An interest in being challenged; a healthy ambition

O The ability and desire to make a difference

O Creativity, curiosity and a sense of fun

O An openness to opportunities

The average self-reported unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale was 3.94. Fifty-four percent of students reported a perfect 4.0, and the

lowest score reported was a 3.0.

Freshmen reported an average composite SAT score of 2237. The reported average subject

score was consistent across the three sections, with an average of 748 in the math section, 746 on writing, and 744 on critical reading.

"Standardized test scores and good grades will get a student in the door to have their application read," Rubin said. "But it's their extracurricular activities, leadership experience, exceptional talents, recommendation letters and personal essays that will move a student from a pile of 'maybes' to a pile of 'accepted.'"

Jesuit Colleges

2015 Application Numbers

1. Loyola Marymount (108)2. Santa Clara University (102)

3. USF (93)4. Gonzaga University (90)5. Fordham University (85)

6. Boston College (83)7. Seattle University (56)

8. Loyola University Chicago (54)9. Georgetown University (42)

10. Regis University (33)11. Fairfield University (29)

12. Loyola University New Orleans (23)13. College of Holy Cross (12)

14. Loyola University Maryland (11)15. Creighton University (10)

16. St. Joseph’s University & St. Louis University (9)

17. Marquette University (8)18. University of Scranton & Rockhurst

University (4)19. Xavier University (3)

20. John Carroll University (2)21. St. Peter’s University, Wheeling,

Canisius, Le Moyne, Spring Hill, University of Detroit Mercy

Personal Statements &

Recommendations1. Topics2. Supplemental Essays3. Writing Support Classes4. Recommendation

numbers5. Who to ask

UC PROMPT #1: Describe the world you come from—for example, your family, community or school—and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.UC PROMPT #2: Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are?

COMMON APP TOPICS FOR THIS YEAR

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Immersion Work

Experienc

e

Summer Programs

Volunteering

College Courses

How will they stand out?

I NEED MONEY!!!

Resources

Work Study

Parent Plus Loan

Student Loans

CSS Profile

FAFSA

Cal Grants

Grants

Scholarships

www.siprep.org/finaidwww.fastweb.comwww.asianpacificfund.orgwww.fafsa.govwww.studentaid.comwww.collegeboard.org/profile

Over $27 million

WEBSITES

How to?

College List: Challenge, Likely, Possible Colleges

Emails from colleges

Communicate with College Counselors

Parent College Meetings

When to talk to the counselor to our studentsBi-Lingual Assistance: AACE

For more information on this project, please contact Emalyn Lapus at (415) 921-5537 or elapus@jcyc.org or

visithttp://www.jcycedhub.org.

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THING

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