Presented by

Jessica Bowers & Megan Bryant,

Cary High School Counselors

How CFNC & College Board Can Help in College

Planning

A student MUST create a CFNC account to send their HS transcripts and to apply to most NC colleges & universities

Creating an account will allow students more benefits within CFNC, like taking Interest Inventories, Test Prep, and being able to save favorite college and career info

If you or your student get stuck on how to do something on CFNC, go to the top of the homepage and click on Resources/Videos, and then scroll through the list along the left side of the page.

CFNC Basics

Where to find College Test Prep Resources on CFNC

Where to find College Test Prep Resources on CFNC

Note: students must be logged into their CFNC account in order

to use this resource!

Exploring Colleges via CFNC

Where to Find NC College Admissions Information

Where to Find NC College Admissions Information

How to Apply to NC Colleges via CFNC

How to request your HS transcript through CFNC NOTE: students must first go to www.wcpss.net/transcripts and select CFNC

Resources on How to Pay for College via CFNC

Info on Saving for College via CFNC

Extra Services Offered via CFNC

Students must be signed into their CFNC account to use these resources.

Extra Services Offered via CFNC

www.act.orgMakers of the PLAN test taken in Fall of 10th grade

Makers of the ACT test taken in Spring of 11th grade

Test Prep Resources can be found on their site

www.ACT.org

ACT Test Prep Resources: www.act.org

www.collegeboard.org

Now, let’s check out College Board!

My College QuickStart

New in 2012!

Score Report Plus

Scores and percentiles

Personalized feedback on skills

Student answers

Next Steps

Signing in

Students use the access code on their PSAT/NMSQT® paper score report to sign in at www.collegeboard.org/quickstart.

My Online Score Report

Look Beyond Scores• Performance on

each skill measured• State and national

percentiles• Projected SAT®

score ranges

My SAT Study Plan

Prepare for the SAT®

• Personalized skills to improve

• SAT practice questions• An official SAT practice

test

My SAT Study Plan

Review and Practice• Review PSAT/NMSQT®

questions missed• Answer SAT ® practice

questions of the same type

My SAT Study Plan

Warm Up for the SAT® Essay• Strategies for

success• Official scoring guide• Practice essay

questions• Sample essays for

the each score 1-6

Express SAT® Sign-Up

My Personality

• This student’s personality test results reveal…

ENTA:

The Improvisor

My Personality

Connect to thePossibilities

• Major a student chose

• Related majors

• Related careers

My Major & Career Matches

My Major & Career Matches

Research Majors

• Description of majors

• Courses students can take in high school to prepare

• Courses they can expect to take in college

• Jobs students can expect achieving different degree levels

My College Matches

Start the College Search

• Starter list of colleges

• Criteria to customize search

College Search https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/

Explore colleges based on what’s important to you

Save your searches See if you are on track to meet a specific

college’s requirements http://media.collegeboard.com/CollegePlanni

ng/media/pdf/BigFuture-College-List-Handout.pdf

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