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 Junior

Students/parentsSmall Group

PresentationPresented byRMHS The Counseling Department

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Agenda

• Overview Handout Pacage

• Post Secondary Planning

• !aviance " #amily Connection• $ccessing !aviance

• Resources

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PostSecondaryPlanning

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Post Secondary Options

• College

• % year college

• & year college

• Career ' Technical School

• (mployment

• Military

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About the College Process

• )eep the process in perspective

• *or together as a +amily

• Students must tae ownership• Discuss ,nances openly

• Start early and meet all deadlines

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Evaluating an Application

•  Transcript

• -P$. Courses / -rades

•  Testing0 S$T 1. S$T 11 or $CT Scores

• (ssay2s3

• Resume

• (4tracurricular $ctivities

• 5etters o+ Recommendation

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Components of the Application

• 1t is recommended you applyelectronically6

• 1nstant submission / con,rmation

• $pplication Components0

• Student / Demographic Data

• $cademic 1n+ormation

• (ssay2s3

• (4tracurricular $ctivities

• Chec +or Completed Signatures

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College Admissions - esting

• Register to tae the S$T 1 and'or $CT online7

• Send score directly +rom the testing services

• S$T 1 +ee includes sending scores to % colleges

+ree• S$T 118s are re9uired +or some colleges.

usually more competitive schools 2chec witheach school3

• Richard Montgomery High School

CEE! Code" #$%&$%

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'hat 'ill the Counseling O(ceSend)

• Student Transcript

• !$C$C Secondary School Report #orm

• Counseling O:ce 5etter o+Recommendation

• School Pro,le

• 1;'M

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eacher *ecommendations

• One or Two Teacher Recommendations 2onaverage3

• ;e sure to as your teachers in advance

• Spea with your teachers aboutrecommendations be+ore leaving in =une

• Provide e envelope. addressed to

each college and stamped6

• Provide a list o+ colleges / date you wouldlie them to be submitted

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College Application Process

•  The college application process can be+ound0

• 1n the hand outs you have received 

• (lectronically on the RMHS *ebsiteCounseling O:ce home page

• ?se the lin on RMHS Home Pagehttp0''www7montgomeryschoolsmd7

org'schools'rmhs• Student / parents ;rag sheet

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+aviance",amily

Connection

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+aviance" ,amily Connection

• !aviance8s #amily Connection is acomprehensive tool created toassist students and parents with

some o+ the +ollowing0

• College Planning

• College $pplication Process

• Personality' 5earning Style• Career Planning

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College Planning

• How can #amily Connection help me ,nda college@

• College Search #eature

• College Aisits to RMHS• (lectronic Tracing and Transcript

Re9uests

• Scattergrams

• Resources

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y ,amily Connection .og-in

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o0 1o 2 Access +aviance)

• *eb site address0 www7connection7naviance7com'rmhs

•  Or use the lin on RMHS Home Pagehttp0''www7montgomeryschoolsmd7org'schools'rmhs

 Clic on Counseling. then Career Center

Clic on the #amily Connections lin in bo4 onright

• Returning users you can sign in using your eBmail /password7

• #irst time users will need to register using a codeassigned to students and parents by theircounselor

• Parents can sign up their own logBin a+ter studentregistered

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*esources

• *here to ,nd resources0

• Handouts

• #amily Connection " Resources 5in

• Mae an appointment with ourCollege Career coordinator. Ms7 Hull

• Most #re9uently ?sed Resources0• www7College;oard7com

• !C$$ B www7ncaa7org

• Common $pplication Bwww7commonapp7org

• #$#S$ B www7+a+sa7ed7gov

http://www.collegeboard.com/http://www.collegeboard.com/

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,inancial Aid

• #$#S$• Submit $S$P a+ter =anuary st

• www7+a+sa7ed7gov

• CSS Pro,le• #ile in early +all o+ senior year6

• #inancial $id *orshop " #all

• Scholarships• 5ocal

• Regional ' !ational

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

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Scholarships

• Many scholarships can be +oundthrough the internet and'or thecompanies you wor +or6

• (4ample0 www7,naid7org• (4ample0 www7+astweb7com

• 5ocal scholarships are posted inearly #ebruary through #amily

Connection7

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+ational Collegiate AthleticAssociation 3+CAA4

• Student athletes intending to play!C$$ Division 1 or 11 sports mustregister with the !C$$

• www7ncaa7org

http://www.ncaa.org/http://www.ncaa.org/

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'hat to Give 5our Counselortoday6

• !$C$C Secondary School Report#orm

•  Transcript Release #orm

• (valuation

• $dditional 9uestions can beanswered by your student8s

counselor when re9uest ameeting

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