Post on 11-Aug-2020
What Every Senior Parent Should Know
The Road to Success is always under construction.
S.O.S.
TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT…..
One thought you have about your senior applying to college…..
One concern/comment you would voice about paying for college…..
One thing that you would say to your senior about their senior year….
After tonight, you will know more about:
1. Graduation requirements & GPA/Rank
2. Testing Requirements
3. Transcripts
4. Naviance
5. College 101
6. Important Dates to Remember
7. Ways to Stay In The Know
Senior Staff
Principal- Mrs. Julie Hinson
12th Grade Class Principal – Mr. Kraus
Class Secretary – Mrs. Stull
Registrars- Mrs. Carol Sarubbi & Mrs. Moreno
Student Support Retention & Recov.- Mrs.Lindsay Cano
AdviseTX College Advisor- Mr. Thomas Langford
Counselors
Mrs. Becky Hickman – A-CL
Mr. Greg Little– CO-GUE
Ms. Staci Mack– GUF-MAM
Mrs. Brenda Sanders– MAN-PER
Ms. Jina Matthews- PES-SO
Ms. Shaundra Davis- SP-Z
How many credits does my child currently have?
Classification of StudentsStudents are classified by the number of academic credits
they have earned at the beginning of the school year.
26 Credit Graduation Plan
Grade Credits Classification
9 0 - 5 Freshman
10 5 ½ - 11 ½ Sophomore
11 12 - 18 ½ Junior
12 19 + Senior
What Graduation Plan is your child currently on?
Graduation Requirements
Graduation Requirements
Graduation Requirements
It’s all Greek to me?
Class Rank is based on the cumulative grade point average for grades 9-12. A student’s grade point average is derived by dividing the total number of grade points by the number of semester courses attempted.
There will be two times this year that class rank will be calculated for seniors. The next official Class rank will be recalculated in October. The last official class rank update will be in May.
Class Rank
HS example–Quarter GPA Range
Senior Class of 2018 Ranking
Quarter Class Rank GPA
1st 1-212 4.68-3.375
2nd 213 424 3.3667-2.8793
3rd 425-636 2.8772-2.3966
4th 637-848 2.3929-Below
Highest GPA in 2018: 4.68
Top ten percent is 4.68 – 4.37 or the first 85 students (1-85)
Honor/High Honor and Top Ten Graduates Calculation for Graduation
High Honor Grads = GPA 4.0 and above
Honor Grads = GPA of 3.5 to 3.9
All points attempted and courses attempted for high school courses taken in grades 7-11 and the first five, six-weeksgrading periods of the senior year are calculated to obtain the GPA for Honor/High Honor and Top Ten graduates. For purposes of class rank, a tie will be broken in accordance with District policy.
Transcripts provide the following information:
All high school courses taken
Semester averages
Credit earned
Test scores, including EOC, SAT/ ACT
GPA and Class Rank
Remember it is the students responsibility to provide the correct address to the university/campus that the official transcript is to be sent to.
It is a minimum wait time of 48 hours for all transcript requests submitted.
Cost: $2.00
Parents and students may view the STAAR EOC test results using either the Home Access Center (HAC) or the online state Student Data Portal. The HAC contains STAAR test results and your child’s unique access code for the state student portal.
The new STAAR report card also known as a Confidential Student Report (CSR), is posted at TexasAssessment.com. The goal of this new design was to create a family-friendly report on student progress, specifically highlighting growth and improvement.
Receive MRHS Testing updates on Twitter @KyleKSanchez or visit the MRHS Testing Website at https://sites.google.com/katyisd.org/mrhstesting/home
Naviance Overview
What is Family Connection?
What Can Students And Parents Do Using Family
Connection?
How do you access it?
How do you register?
How does it help with career and college planning?
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View guidance news bulletins
Create a résumé
Complete a college search
Develop a prospective college list
Provide access to scholarship search engines; over a hundred national
scholarships are available
Maintain journal entries
Complete school developed surveys
Compare colleges
Links to selected third party resources
(i.e. College Board, Financial Aid, NCAA, Careers, College searches, etc.)
Track deadlines
WHAT CAN STUDENTS AND PARENTS DO USING
NAVIANCE
Admissions Options
Early Decision
Early Action
Rolling/Regular Admission
Open Admission
Personal vs. Professional email
Capitalizing & Formal language
Using your full, legal name
Passwords – keep ‘em!
Biggest time waster known to mankind.
You can apply to only 1 ED college.
If the college accepts you and offers you a “suitable” financial aid package, you mustgo to that college.
Although you may apply to additional colleges through the regular admission process, you must withdraw all other applications if you’re accepted by this college.
You can apply to as many early action colleges as you’d like.
If you're accepted, you can say yes right away or wait until spring to decide.
You can also decline the offer.
Large window of time during which they can apply. Application opens in the early fall, and it may continue right through the summer.
Accepts applications for as long as spaces are available.
Applying early improves an applicant's chance of being accepted. Also, while there may be no application deadline, there typically are deadlines for scholarships, financial aid and housing. A late application may make it impossible to get any decent financial aid.
Accepts all applicants
GPA/and or test scores may direct class offerings.
Apply by January
Steps for Applying to Colleges
READ DIRECTIONS FOR EACH APPLICATION CAREFULLY!
Make a master calendar with all due dates and deadlines.
After completing application online, print out counselor page, secondary school report, IF college requires additional paper pages. In many cases you will provide the counselor email as part of the online application and paper copies are not needed.
Upon Completing their college application turn in lime green form to request transcript to be sent. $2.00 fee per transcript. Please indicate on form if only transcript needs to be sent or a letter of recommendation is warranted.
Counselor recommendations based on:
- Submitted Student Brag Survey (NAVIANCE) and transcript.
-Students will be contacted by their current counselor
if more information is needed for letters.
-Students/Parents can provide updated information to
current counselors via email.
Give counselors/teachers at least two weeks notification for recommendations.
seniors
95 Responders Percent
I don’t even know where to start. 14%
I am in the process of researching,
but I have not applied to a college
yet.
70%
I am in the process of researching,
have applied to at least one college,
but may apply to more.
13%
I have been accepted to at least one
college, but not sure where I will be
attending.
3%
I have researched, applied, and
selected which college I will be
attending.
0%
Mr. Langford
Advise TX College Adviser
• 4-Year Public University• (Texas A&M, UT, Sam Houston State, SFA, etc.)
• 4-Year Private University • (Baylor, HBU, Rice, etc.)
• 2-Year Community College/Junior College • (HCC, Lonestar, etc.)
• Technical/Vocational College • (Texas State Technical College)
• For Profit Colleges- (The Art Institutes, DeVry, Universal Technical Institute, Tulsa Welding School, etc.)
• Be careful- some for-profit colleges do not offer financial aid to students, credits may be non- transferrable to other colleges, and tuition rates can be much greater than public colleges
•Do your research! Find the “best fit” college based on…• your high school GPA and ranking
• the type of college
• cost of attendance
• location and size
• majors offered
• demographics
• extracurricular
•Narrow the list of colleges to between 5 and 10- and know their admission AND scholarship deadline
•Bigfuture.collegeboard.org, myfuturetx.com
Aim to complete at least ONE University application by October 31st!1. www.applytexas.org or www.commonapp.org
Complete required essays
2. Submit SAT/ACT scores (sat.org, act.org)3. Send Official Transcript through Naviance (accessible on the MyKatyCloud)
4. Financial Aid & Scholarships5. Optional: Letters of Recommendation (2-3), resume
The University must receive ALL of the above required items (except financial aid) before the application deadline to consider you for admission
• FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)- begin October 1st, 2018• www.fsaid.gov → www.fafsa.gov• What can I qualify for?
• Federal & State Grants• Scholarships• Federal Student Loans• Work study
• TASFA (Texas Application for State Financial Aid)- begin after October 1st, 2018
• www.Collegeforalltexans.com or www.aie.org• Undocumented students who have been classified as Texas
residents (have lived in Texas for at least 36 months)• Please meet with your college adviser ASAP to receive more
information• What can I qualify for?
• State grants, scholarship, and student loans
Khanacademy.org
Testing & Education Reference Center (TERC) in the MyKatyCloud
Exam Date Deadline Late Registration
October 6, 2018 September 7, 2018 September 26, 2018
November 3, 2018 October 5, 2018 October 24, 2018
December 1, 2018 November 2, 2018 November 20, 2018
March 9, 2019 February 8, 2019 February 27, 2019
Exam Date Deadline Late Registration
October 27, 2018 September 28, 2018 October 14, 2018
December 8, 2018 November 2, 2018 November 19, 2018
February 9, 2019 January 11, 2019 January 19, 2019
• Never too early to begin applying for outside scholarships• Monthly bulletin
• College Webpage
• Search sites:
• www.collegegreenlight.com
• www.Scholarships.com
• www.Scholarships4students.com
• University specific scholarships on Apply Texas or through college website.
• Colleges must receive ALL required materials before the deadline to make a decision
• Universities have deadlines, community colleges have rolling admissions.
• Begin financial aid applications after October 1, 2018.
• Students who will be submitting the TASFA, please meet with your college adviser ASAP to receive more information.
Mr. Langford Advise TX College AdviserMain Counselor OfficeThomasCLangford@katyisd.orgRemind 101: text @mrhscoll to 81010
Important datesfor
Fall Semester
Sept. 12th - S.O.S. #1
Sept. 26th - S.O.S. #2
Oct. 1st Begin filling out FAFSA for federal student aid.
Oct. 10th - Panoramic Photo (wear purple out shirt or any MRHS purple shirt)
Oct. 11th - Last Day to submit applications to schools with earlynotification deadlines of November 1, 2018.
Dec. 3rd - Last day to turn in college applications to have them submitted before winter break.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018Leonard Merrell Center
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM6301 South Stadium Lane, Katy, TX 77494
Important dates for Spring Semester
Request mid-year report beginning after February 5th . (some colleges require)
March 1st - Priority deadline for submitting FAFSA.
May 1st - Deadline to accept offer of admission to most colleges.
May 6th -17th -AP Testing Window
May 25th - Graduation
College AdvisorRemind 101: text @mrhscoll to 81010
-Check us out online at: http://staff.katyisd.org/sites/MRHScounselors/Pages/default.aspx
-Follow us on twitter: @counselorsMRHS
-Follow the Senior Office Information: @mrhsclass19
-Senior Class website: Class Website -http://www.katyisd.org/campus/MRHS/Pages/Class-of-2019.aspx
-Follow MRHS Testing UPDATES on TWITTER: @KyleKSanchez
You now have access to the latest and greatest information we have coming from the counseling , testing and senior office departments.
May 25, 20197:00 PM
We want your student to be a participant and not an observer.
MRHS