Class of 2020

Senior PresentationSouth County High School

September 2019

SCHS Student Services Staff

❑ Becky Freeman (L-Mx)

❑ Erica Mack (My-Ray)

❑ Brittany Maslowsky (Raz-Suv)

❑ Michelle Gunderman(Suw-Z)

❑ Megan Cooper (A-Bor)

❑ Laura Hanley (Bos-Dp)

❑ Arnold McNeal (Dq-Haq)

❑ Mehreen Naghmi (Har-K)

Marci Norem Director of Student Services

Susana Carrasco HS Registrar

Kelli Watkins Student Information Asst.

Holly Biehl College/Career Specialist

Kathleen Winston Transcript Secretary

Erika Kanamori Parent Liaison

Today’s Topics

Post-Secondary Options

NVCC Pathways program/Community

College

College Selection and Admission Criteria

College Application Process and

Components

Financial Aid

Resources

Career Center Open during lunches, by appointment, and

with permission from teacher

The Career Center supports the Student Services Department by working with counselors and staff to help your student

transition from high school.

Post Secondary Education

❑ Four Year Colleges

❑ Two Year Colleges

❑ Technical and Trade Schools

Apprenticeships/Internships

Military – Service Academies, ROTC, and Enlistment

o ASVAB Administration at SCHS – February 27th

Gap Year

Pathway to the Baccalaureate

❑SLIDE INFO COMING FROM CYNTHIA

Applications available???????

❑Deadline – November ???????

Guaranteed Admission Agreements

ADVANCE program June 2020 (NVCC/GMU)

Refining Your College Search

❑ Different factors for every student

❑ 4 to 6 final options

❑ Use Naviance Student for research

Reach Possible Probable

THE BEST FIT

▪ Size

▪ Cost

▪ Location

▪ College Visits

▪ Programs

▪ Public vs. Private

▪ Selectivity

Admissions deadlines

Application Components

General Application

School Documents

Official Transcript

Secondary School Report/Counselor Recommendation

Teacher Recommendations

Test Scores (SAT/ACT)

High School Resume

Personal Statements/Essays

Application Portals

▪ Individual College Websites

▪ Common Application

▪ http://www.commonapp.org/

▪ Common Black College Application

▪ http://commonblackcollegeapp.com/

▪ Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success

▪ http://www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.org/

How to Request Official Transcripts

Download a Senior Transcript Request form Student

Services website or pick up from the transcript

office (D107) in Student Services

Complete the form and return it to the transcript

office:

Form must be signed by parent

Applicable Fee(s) must accompany the request

before it will be processed

This form will be maintained in the transcript

office, available for future request updates

Sample Transcript Request Form

Sample Transcript Request Form

Transcript Office Information

Kathleen Winston, ext. 1632 (D107-02) Student

Services Office

Office hours: 12:00 – 3:30 Monday - Friday

Official transcripts must be requested 15 business

days (approx. 3 weeks) prior to the college’s

deadline ($5.00 late fee)

Three transcripts are free, each additional

transcript request requires a fee of $5.00

Seventh semester grades will be automatically sent

in February 2020 to all colleges listed on your SCHS

transcript form

What is sent with the transcript?

❑Transcript

❑School and FCPS Profile

❑Secondary School Report (SSR)

Counselor Recommendations

It’s part of the Secondary School Report

Complete the Student Request Form and e-mail

or share with your counselor

Ask parent to complete Parent Input form and

e-mail to Counselor

Send your resume too

Forms e-mailed yesterday, in Google Classroom,

and on SCHS website

Student Form

Parent Form

Were My Documents Sent?

NCAA

ROTC

Scholarships

Nominations

Teacher Recommendations

❑ Students are responsible for asking teachers for

recommendations

❑ Typically from a core-subject teacher

❑ Only send the exact number the application

requests

❑ One letter can be used for multiple schools

Test Scores

Students must have their standardized test scores

(SAT/ACT) sent directly to the schools to which they

are applying

SCHS does not send SAT, ACT, or AP scores

Ways to send scores:

❑ When the student registers for the test, they select

the colleges where the scores will be directly sent

❑ Log on to the website to order additional scores:

http://sat.collegeboard.org /home for SAT and AP or

www.actstudent.org for ACT

College Essays

Essays may be required or optional

❑ Avoid common themes

❑ Be original and tell YOUR story!

❑ Distinguish yourself from other applicants

❑ Proofread, Proofread, Proofread!

Keep track of your applications

College: Website:

Applicatio

n type DeadlineFee Letters of Rec? Essay?

Additional

info:

CNU http://cnu.edu/

Early

Action yes one

High Point

http://www.highpoint

.edu/ Regular none required

Longwood

http://www.longwood

.edu/

From a math

teacher

Mary Wash

http://www.umw.edu

/

Common

app

Randolph

Macon http://www.rmc.edu/

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Nights (Registration NOT required)

Sept. 16th – West Springfield HS at 6:30pm

Sept. 26th – West Potomac HS at 6:30pm

Complete the FAFSA @ www.fafsa.ed.gov (after Oct. 1)

Free FAFSA Workshops (Register at www.collegeaccessfairfax.org) Oct. 30th – FAFSA Completion – West Springfield HS

Nov. 7th – FAFSA Completion – Hayfield SS

Nov. 13th – FAFSA Completion – SOUTH COUNTY HS

Scholarships University/College Scholarships

❑ Make sure you meet the criteria

❑ Make sure you know the deadline

❑ Need-based scholarships – FAFSA completion required

❑ Merit-based scholarships – FAFSA may be required

Naviance Student – FCPS scholarship database

Other databases that require student accounts:❑ www.finaid.org

❑ www.fastweb.com

❑ http://hsf.net/en/scholarships/

❑ http://www.uncf.org/scholarships

Senior Action Items

✓ E-mail Request for Counselor Recommedation form

and resume to counselor by 10/7

✓ Use Naviance student to register for college rep visits

in the Career Center

✓ Confirm the requirements for each application

✓ Request your transcripts

✓ Request any needed letters of recommendation

✓ Complete required testing and send scores

✓ Meet with counselor to review plans

✓ Monitor your application status

Parent Action Items

E-mail the Parent Input for Counselor

Recommendation form by 10/7

Have open conversations with your child

Facilitate college visits

Complete the FAFSA in October

Support your child, but let them lead the

process!

Available Resources

➢ Naviance Student

➢ SIS (course history, GPA, grades)

➢ Class 2020 Google Classroom (class code y44h1fw)

➢ SCHS Career Center website

➢ Find Your Fit College Fair Oct. 22nd McLean HS 6:30 p.m.

➢ FCPS 2019 College Fair and College Nights:

❑ Sunday, October 20th from 7:30-9:30pm @ Fair Oaks

Mall

❑ Monday, October 21st from 7 – 9pm

@ Hayfield Secondary School

School Counselors

A-Bor Megan Cooper mkcooper@fcps.edu

Bos-Dp Laura Hanley lahanley@fcps.edu

Dq-Haq Arnold McNeal abmcneal@fcps.edu

Har-K Mehreen Naghmi mnaghmi@fcps.edu

L-Mx Becky Freeman bkfreeman@fcps.edu

My-Ray Erica Mack edmack@fcps.edu

Raz-Suv Brittany Maslowsky bemaslowsky@fcps.edu

Suw-Z Michelle Gunderman mcgunderman@fcps.edu

Breakout Locations

Tuesday Sept. 10th

Cooper – Chorus Room

Hanley – Library

McNeal – Auditorium

Naghmi - Silverbox

Thursday Sept. 12th

Freeman – Auditorium

Mack – Chorus Room

Maslowsky – Silverbox

Gunderman - Library