September 2014Important Dates & Deadlines for Seniors: 

Early Action/Early Decision: application deadlines vary from as early as October 15th to as late as Feb. 1 for some Colleges. Most "Regular Admission" deadlines are set from Nov. 30 to Jan. 15 (although some colleges have even later deadlines). For more details go to: http://www.oakparkusd.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=1102

August 1 - Nov. 30, 2014: The window opens to begin working on the UC applications on 8/1. The window to submit your application any UC is 11/1 - 11/30. For more information go to the UC Application at the following link: http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/apply-online/index.html

August 1st, 2014: This is the date that the Common Application for 2014-15 will go live. So, please do not start working on your Common Application, or matching your Naviance Account after August 1st!. You can access the Common Application at: https://www.commonapp.org/Login

September 16, 17, 18 (2:30 - 3:30pm) in the Pavilion: The OPHS Counselors and Mrs. Hawkins will be meeting as a group with their respective Seniors to review the final procedures, and protocols for the college application process.

September 18 (6:30pm - 8pm) in the Pavilion: The OPHS Counselors and Mrs. Hawkins wiill meet with Senior Parents to update them on what their children should be working on to successfully complete the college application process. 

October 1 - Nov. 30, 2014: The window for submitting the CSU application opens on 10/1. The deadline to submit for most CSU's is 11/30. For more information go to the CSU Application web page at: https://secure.csumentor.edu/admissionapp/undergrad_apply.asp

Nov. 21, 2014: This is the deadline for students to request a letter of recommendation for any application with a deadline prior to January 15th. Counselors and Teachers must have a minimum of 3 weeks lead time for all recommendations! The Counselor's Checklist must be completed in order to request a recommendation from any teacher or counselor. 

Jan. 1, 2015: Federal Financial Aid applications (FAFSA’s) may only be submitted after this date. Paper forms will be available in the Counseling Office. However, the preferred method for submission is via internet through their website at: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

 Financial Aid & Scholarships Students should begin having mature conversations with their parent(s) about what they observe and hope for in their future. Make sure to address issues like college location and costs. If the cost of a college is a concern, parents & students should log onto one of the many websites that will help provide the family “EFC” (estimated family contribution). This is a financial aid term which means, after evaluating the needs of the family, that the family will be expected to pay “X” amount of money, no matter what the cost of the college. In other words, the family will be expected to pay, say, $15,000 whether the college costs $16,000 for tuition, room and board or $30,000. These estimates can be helpful prior to submitting applications to unrealistic choices. For more information go to the following link on our website: http://www.oakparkusd.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=1088

January 7, 2015 (6:30pm - 8pm) in the Pavilion. Financial Aid Workshop for parents and students. To assist them in understanding the College Financial Aid process. 

Feb. 15, 2015: Some colleges also require the CSS Profile, found online at https://profileonline.collegeboard.com/prf/index.jsp complete the CSS PROFILE before your earliest college or program priority filing date. At the very latest, you must submit your PROFILE Application by February 15.

March 2, 2015: Deadline to submit the Cal Grant GPA verification form to apply. Click on the following link for more information: http://www.oakparkusd.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=1080

Mid-March, 2015 is when most UC and CSU schools begin notifying applicants of admission or denial. Berkeley and UCLA are the last to send notices (surprise, surprise)!

Spring Break 2015:  Spring Break is the time to make final visits to schools that have made them offers of admission. This is also the month students will begin notifying schools of their decisions. Information about scheduling trips to UC & CSU campuses can be found at the following link on our website:  http://www.oakparkusd.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=1155

May 1, 2015: Commitment Deadline!   Students must formally confirm acceptance or declination of an offer of admission by this date.

May & June, 2015: are critical months for seniors because last semester grades do count!   Spring semester classes (that were listed on the student’s admission application) that are dropped or not passed with at least a "C" may result in a college rescinding its offer. Most competitive universities expect seniors to maintain at least a 3.0 GPA in the senior year. 

   

OPHS CLASS OF 2014 MATRICULATION& COLLEGE ADMISSION STATISTICS   

The Oak Park Class of 2014 received tremendous recognition from colleges and universities throughout the country! In an exit survey administered to our 334 graduating seniors, the following statistics were collected. Column abbreviations break out the data as follows:  Accepted = the number of Oak Park seniors who reported that they were accepted by this school; Attending= the number of seniors who reported that they have committed to attend this school;Average AP/C/H = the average number of AP, College and Honors courses taken by the student(s) who have committed to attend this school. Average Unweighted GPA = the average unweighted GPA of those seniors who have committed to attend this school.  Or, if none of our students have committed to attend this school, this will be the average unweighted GPA of all admitted students. Average UC/CSU Weighted GPA = the average weighted GPA according the UC/CSU GPA formula. Average SAT or ACT = the average SAT or ACT of those seniors who have committed to attend this school. When you see a " - " it means there was no data to report for this field.

          

STATISTICAL OVERVIEW

Class of 2014

Number % of students

Total Students attending College (2 Yr and 4 Yr) 325 97.3%

Students admitted to 4 Yr Colleges 235 70.3%4 Yr Colleges (attending) 213 63.7%4 Yr Public In-state  (attending) 99 29.6%4 Yr Private In-state (attending) 27 8.%4 Yr Public Out-of-state (attending) 45 13.4%4 Yr Private Out-of-state (attending) 41 12.2%Non-US University 1 .02%2 Yr Colleges 113 33.8%2 Yr Public In-state (attending) 110 33%Career/Technical Colleges  3 .08%Non-College Attendees  8 .2.4%Military  2 .05%Gap Year  5 1.%Undecided  1 .02%Total: 334

Average OPHS Unweighted GPA 3.251Average UC/CSU Weighted GPA 3.345

Total College Applications 2071

Average Applications per Student 6.2

 ACT Summary (36 scale)Section Middle

50%Mean #

StudentsEnglish 24 - 32 27.0Math 24 - 30 26.8Reading 22 - 32 26.5Science Reasoning

23 - 30 26.6

Composite 24 - 30 27.0 115 SAT Summary (2400 Scale) Section Middle

50%Mean #

StudentsCritical Reading 520 - 650 585Math 530 - 670 604Writing 510 - 660 593Total 1580 -

19401787 209

2-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGES 2-Year CommunityColleges Attending

“a-g”Courses

Completed

 AverageUnweighted

GPAAverageAP/C/H

AverageSAT

AverageACT

College of the Canyons 1 1 2.51 - - -Diablo Valley College 1 0 2.69 1 - -Glendale Community College 1 0 2.67 - - -Los Angeles Pierce College 11 8 3.04 5.9 1729 24.8Los Angeles Valley College 1 1 3.73 6 - 28Moorpark College 82 44 2.86 3.5 1562 22.6San Diego Mesa College 1 1 2.61 1 - -Santa Barbara City College 8 6 2.79 4 1640 -Santa Monica College 2 0 2.51 - 1420 16Ventura College 1 1 2.84 4 1630 24West Los Angeles College 1 1 3.50 2 1600 -

 CALIFORNIA - PRIVATE & INDEPENDENT COLLEGESCALIFORNIA PRIVATE & INDEPENDENT COLLEGES Accepted Attending Average

AP/C/HAverage

UnweightedGPA

Average  SAT

AverageACT

Art Center College of Design 2 1 3 3.25 1590 -

The Art Institute of California 1 1 2 3.37 -- 21Azusa Pacific University 4 1 7 3.37 1610 -California College of the Arts, San Francisco 2 - 2 3.00 1730 -

California Lutheran University 10 2 5 3.07 1710 27Chapman University 16 8 6 3.70 1860 27Claremont McKenna College 1 - 15 3.80 1940 33University of La Verne 1 - 4 3.76 1820 -Loyola Marymount University 5 - 7 3.58 1860 21Occidental College 2 - 4 3.57 1820 27University of the Pacific 2 1 7 3.76 1820 -Pepperdine University 7 3 7 3.50 1740 27University of Redlands 1 1 4 3.52 1510 25Santa Clara University 4 - 9 3.78 1930 34University of San Diego 10 1 4 3.96 1670 25University of San Francisco 6 - 5 3.31 1810 28USC 13 7 13 3.76 2200 32Stanford University 3 1 18 4.00 2370 -

UC/CSU Outcomes Students % of class

UC/CSU "a-g" courses completed 278 83.2%Oak Park Students admitted to one or more UC campus 90 26.94%Oak Park Students attending a UC 44 13.7%Oak Park Students admitted to one or more CSU campus 113 33.8%Oak Park students attending a CSU 55 16.46%

Total Oak Park Students attending a UC or CSU 99 29.6%

 

(UC) University of California Accepted Attending Average AP/C/H

Average Unweighted

GPA

Average UC/CSU

Weighted GPA

AverageSAT

AverageACT

UC, Berkeley 16 4 14 3.91 4.52 2140 32

UC, Davis 29 4 11 3.73 4.07 1977 32UC, Irvine 26 3 10 3.56 3.93 1800 29

UCLA 17 7 12 3.77 4.29 2034 31UC, Merced 5 1 4 3.00 3.13 1820 -

UC, Riverside 22 4 8 3.41 3.70 1930 27UC, San Diego 20 1 12 3.94 4.47 2040 31

UC, Santa Barbara 48 14 10 3.47 4.09 2046 30UC, Santa Cruz 32 6 9 3.54 3.82 1870 27

 

(CSU) California State University Accepted

Attendin

gAverage AP/C/H

Average Unweight

ed GPA

Average UC/CSU Weighted GPA Average SAT Averag

e ACT

Cal Poly, Pomona 15 4 4 3.14 3.17 1760 24Cal Poly, SLO 28 7 8 3.64 3.83 1840 29CSU, Channel Islands 22 6 1 3.05 3.06 1430 18CSU, Chico 21 7 5 3.23 3.17 1350 24CSU, Fresno 7 1 5 2.76 2.75 1490 22CSU, Fullerton 6 - 4 3.43 3.45 1753 21CSU, Long Beach 17 3 5 3.44 3.61 1813 -CSU, Monterey Bay 15 - 5 3.18 3.19 1670 22

CSU, Northrdige 48 12 4 3.113.18

1648 20

CSU, Sacramento 10 - 3 3.15 3.12 1606 15

CSU, San Marcos 6 1 4 3.30 3.31 - 23Humbolt State 5 - 4 3.30 3.40 1632 -San Diego State 32 7 6 3.50 3.69 1806 29San Francisco State 31 5 4 3.37 3.31 1633 21San Jose State 16 1 7 3.82 4.07 2090 28Sonoma State 22 1 - 3.54 3.58 1890 -

(OUT OF STATE) COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY Accepted Attending Average

AP/C/HAverage Unweighted GPA

Average  SAT

Average  ACT

Adams State University (public) 1 1 -- 2.71 -- 2.30The University of Alabama (Public) 3 -- 6 3.31 1910 27American University (Private) 2 -- 9 3.58 1930 --Arizona State University (Public) 32 2 4 3.32 1630 25The University of Arizona (Public) 45 9 2 3.08 1560 23Auburn University (public) 2 1 7 3.30 1990 --Baylor University (Private) 3 -- 5 3.40 1760 27Belmont University (Private) 2 1 9 3.61 1940 --

Boise State University (public) 3 1 4 3.76 1740 --

Boston College (Private 2 2 14.5 3.80 2240 32Boston University (Private) 5 - 13 3.70 2100 31Brandeis University (Private) 2 1 9 3.61 1940 --Brown University (private) 5 2 10 3.90 2300 32Clemson University (Public) 1 -- 7 3.30 1990 --Univ. of Colorado at Boulder (Public) 31 5 6 3.05 1830 25Univ. of Colorado at Colorado Springs (Public) 1 -- 2 3.52 1780 25

Univ. of Colorado at Denver (Public) 2 -- 4 3.53 1600 25Colorado School of Mines (public) 3 -- 15 3.89 2200 34Colorado State University (Public) 7 1 7 3.42 1900 --Cornell University (Private) 3 1 8 4.00 1930 31Dartmouth College 1 -- 4 3.83 1820 --Digipen Institute of Technology (private) 1 1 12 3.72 1930 31

University of Denver (Private) 4 1 12 3.87 1940 --DePaul University (Private) 5 1 0 2.74 1830 --Drexel University (Private) 9 -- 10 3.52 1880 30Duke University (private) 2 -- 18 3.99 2320 36Emerson College (Private) 1 1 4 3.42 -- 28Emory University (Private) 1 -- 14 3.96 2210 33University of Florida (Public) 1 -- 6 3.94 2010 --Fordham University (Private) 1 -- 13 3.74 1850 --The George Washington University (Private) 3 -- 12 3.79 2070 33

(OUT OF STATE) Accepted Attending Average Average Average  Average 

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY AP/C/H Unweighted GPA SAT ACT

University of Hawaii at Hilo (Public) 1 -- 8 3.49 1820 --University of Hawaii at Manoa (Public) 2 -- 7 3.27 1530 26Hawaii Pacific University (Private) 1 -- -- 3.23 1480 22Hofstra University (Private) 4 -- 9 3.05 2120 26University of Houston (Public) 1 -- 5 2.78 1740 25University of Idaho (public) 2 1 -- 3.06 1670 24University of Illinois at Chicago (public) 3 -- 4 3.25 1860 --University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Public) 3 1 14 3.63 2220 --

Illinois Institute of Technology (private) 1 1 13 3.37 -- 30Indiana University at Bloomington (Public) 16 4 4 3.41 1780 26

The University of Iowa (Public) 1 -- 4 3.32 1780 --Ithaca College (Private) 1 -- 6 3.14 2120 --University of Kansas (public) 11 1 5 2.78 1740 26Lewis & Clark College (Private) 4 2 7 3.37 2030 --Louisiana State University (public) 4 -- 5 3.57 1760 29Loyola University of Chicago (private) 3 1 4 3.04 -- 32University of Maryland at College Park (public) 2 -- 12 3.60 1920 27

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (private) 1 1 18 4.00 2340 --

University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Public) 2 -- 8 3.37 2030 --

University of Massachusetts, Boston (public) 1 1 6 3.28 1540 --

University of Miami (private) 4 -- 7 3.55 2050 28University of Michigan (Public) 5 -- 12 3.90 2220 32University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (public) 2 0 16 3.31 1850 31

University of Mississippi (public) 2 0 8 3.48 1910 --University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Public) 5 1 2 3.54 1700 --

New York University (Private) 5 2 15 3.68 1990 --University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (public) 1 1 8 3.81 2120 --

North Carolina State University (public) 1 1 1 3.38 1770 --Northeastern University (Private) 4 -- 13 3.41 2040 31Northern Arizona University (Public) 10 -- 4 3.30 1630 24University of Northern Colorado (public) 1 1 0 3.56 1380 21Northwestern University (Private) 1 1 14 3.96 2210 33Ohio University (public) 1 -- -- 2.88 1787 --Oregon State University (Public) 9 1 4 3.37 1750 --University of Oregon (Public) 26 3 7 3.29 1800 --Pennsylvania State University (public) 3 1 12 3.68 -- 30University of Pennsylvania (private) 1 1 4 3.83 1820 --

University of Puget Sound (private) 2 1 8 3.51 1820 29

Purdue University (Public) 3 -- 6 3.49 -- 30Ringling College of Art and Design (private) 2 -- 5 3.53 1840 28

Rochester Institute of Technology (private) 2 -- 12 3.23 1880 31

University of Rochester (Private) 2 -- 15 3.88 2100 33

School of Visual Arts (private) 2 -- 2 3.00 1730 --Seattle University (Private) 2 1 2 3.04 1540 --Southern Methodist University (Private) 6 1 8 3.55 1920 --Southwestern University (private) 1 1 -- 2.94 1610 --University of St. Andrews  (public, international) 1 1 10 3.85 1990       --

St. Olaf College (Private) 1 1 8 3.63 1590 --

(OUT OF STATE) COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY Accepted Attending Average

AP/C/HAverage Unweighted GPA

Average  SAT

Average  ACT

University of Texas, Austin (public) 2 2 10 3.93 2010 29Texas Christian University (Private) 4 1 6 3.83 1900 --Trinity University (private) 2 1 -- 2.63 -- 26Tulane University (Private) 5 -- 8 3.87 1890 29United States Air Force Academy (public) 1 1 3 3.30 -- 27

Utah Valley University (public) 1 1 3 2.88 -- 21

University of Vermont (public) 2 1 7 3.33 1670 --Villanova University (private) 2 0 8 3.68 2020 --Wake Forest University (private) 2 0 9 3.83 2120 31Washington State University (Public) 5 0 7 3.20 1730 27University of Washington (Public) 12 1 3 3.39 1960 31Washington University in St. Louis (private) 2 -- 15 3.87 2100 33

Westminster College (Private) 1 -- 2 3.52 1780 25

Willamette University (Private) 3 -- 9 3.50 2010 29University of Wisconsin, Madison (Public) 3 1 11 3.80 1860 --

Yale University (private) 1 1 17 4.00 2310 --

For more college statistics on OPHS graduates back to the class of 2000 click on this link: http://www.oakparkusd.org/Page/5401