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1 Junior Conferences April 2019 Agenda High School Counseling Team Graduation Requirements Decide: Where are you going? Research Options -School-Career Complete Applications Questions 3 High School Counseling Team VAHS

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Junior Conferences April 2019

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❏ High School Counseling Team ❏ Graduation Requirements ❏ Decide: Where are you going? ❏ Research Options -School-Career ❏ Complete Applications ❏ Questions

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Agenda

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High School Counseling Team

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VAHS Counseling Team

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Graduation Requirements

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Requirements

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23.5 Credits ❏ 4 Credits English ❏ 3 Credits Math ❏ 3 Credits Science ❏ 3 Credits Social Studies ❏ 1.5 PE & .5 Health Credits ❏ electives ❏ Civics Exam

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Decide where you are going: Options After High School

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What Do you want to do: Search Engines

❏ Career Cruising: https://www2.careercruising.com/default/cplo gin/VASD ❏ Wi Career Pathways: wicareerpathways.org ❏ Bureau of Labor Statistics - Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/ooh

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School options: Trade, 2 and/or 4 Year Colleges

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Things to Consider

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2 & 4 year College Search

❏ Big Future https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/ ❏ UW Help https://uwhelp.wisconsin.edu/ ❏ WI Private Colleges https://www.wisconsinsprivatecolleges .org/

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Technical/trades

https://www.wtcsystem.edu/

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Apprenticeship Search

http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/apprenticeship/

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How To Apply

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Process

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❏ Fill out the online application ❏ Pay the fee ❏ Send Transcripts ❏ Send ACT Scores ❏ Letters of Recommendations ❏ FAFSA/Scholarships

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Completing College Applications

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❏ Common App - https://www.commonapp.org/ ❏ UW Systems - https://apply.wisconsin.edu/ ❏ WI Technical Colleges - http://www.wistechcolleges.org/ *Application fee waivers -see counselor

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Deadlines

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◇ Early Decision - ED - Plans are binding ◇ Early Action - EA - Receive decision early, NOT binding ◇ Rolling Deadlines - Open until class fills *Advice from your counselors: Know your deadlines - Aim for November 1st!

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Supplemental Material For College Applications

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Transcripts

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◇ Request your transcript be sent to colleges. ◇ Transcripts are sent online. You need to use Parchment. ◇ Not for Common App. Ordering VAHS transcripts from: www.Parchment.com

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ACT Scores

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❏ Send from ACT Site http://www.actstudent.org/scores/ ❏ Create ACT Account ❏ Log into your ACT Account ❏ Select “Send Scores”

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Letters of Recommendation

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◇ Whom Should I Ask? ◇ When Should I Ask? ◇ How To Get the Best Results?

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Brag Sheets

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❏ Located on the VAHS Website ❏ A guide to help you create a resume ❏ Please complete in as much detail as you can

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Paying for College

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Financial Aid

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Scholarships

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Military and ROTC Options

https://www.military.com/join-armed-forces/us-military-overvie w.html

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Next Step

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◇ JUNIOR CONFERENCE ◇ Letters to families state: ￭ Counselor ￭ Date ￭ Time ￭ Location Students:

  • Counselors

have shared a calendar invite.

  • Show this to

your teacher.

  • Please bring

completed brag sheet to your junior conference.

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