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} Direct entry into workforce } Military Service } Gap Year Program-service, travel, career
exploration
} 2 year community college } 4 year college } But wait....let’s think about the kids!
Claire Nold-Glaser, M.Ed. Chief Kanim Middle School March 12, 2014 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Claire Nold-Glaser, M.Ed. Chief Kanim Middle School March 12, 2014 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Claire Nold-Glaser, M.Ed. Chief Kanim Middle School March 12, 2014 } Direct entry into workforce } Military Service } Gap Year Program-service, travel, career exploration } 2 year community college } 4 year college } But
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} Erickson’s Theory of Social-Emotional
Development:
- Identity vs. Role Confusion
Who am I?
Internalized recordings of external messages from family, friends, school, community, popular culture, e-world Am I normal? Am I competent? resilient? Am I lovable & loving? Swings between independence & dependence-relying on parents as supporters & guides, not shaming dictators
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} How do we frame this to our kids? Exciting
- pportunities to explore colleges that fit or
seeking a “badge of honor” for our parenting?
} “College was the best years of my life” ßsome
kids perceive this as pressure to pick THE right college + what does that say about your life now?
} Ease into & through the process. Keep it in
- perspective. Students burnout.
} Of all four-year, not-for-profit, baccalaureate
degree-granting institutions, 64% admit more than half of the students who apply.
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} Separate and form personal identity-
developing sense of self
} Navigating through the process-how do we
empower our children & help them to develop resiliency?
} Degree = increased job opportunities &
transferrable skills
- Oral communication skills
- Written communication skills
- Ability to work well with others
Go Goals ls fo for Co College llege
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} Rigor of academic course load (AP courses
are seen as stronger than Running Start)
} Grade Point Average (some schools
recalculate for core course GPA only & may weight Honors & AP courses)
} Standardized test scores: ACT & (new)SAT } Essay or writing sample } Work/extracurricular activities } Teacher & counselor recommendations } Student demonstrated interest
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} English
4 years
} Math
3 years minimum 1 year each of Algebra 1, Algebra 2 & Geometry. 1 year of math must be taken during 12th grade
} Social Studies
3 years
} Science
2 years must include chemistry or physics with lab
} World Language
2 years of the same language
} Fine Arts
1 semester
} These are MINIMUMS for admission to public universities in Washington
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} What makes your child an interesting person? } What do they love to learn? } What do they like to do outside of school?
- Work
- Service to others
- Commitment to activities: school/academics, arts,
athletics, community, family, church/temple, scouting, other…
- Meaningful activities vs. resume builders
Think about what you are instilling in them.
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- Jay Matthews Washington Post
} 1. Notice what they enjoy doing & help them
do more of it.
} 2. Make sure your child knows that B’s are
fine in middle school and that fun is important.
} 3. Enroll them in Algebra 1 in the eighth
grade.
} 4. Insist they develop some practical
housework skills.
8 subtl tle ways (+2) to to prepare middle scho schoolers lers f for colleg
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} 5. Flavor family trips with a bit of college
atmosphere
} 6. Encourage children who are curious about
the world to take a world language.
} 7. Character counts. Encourage its
development.
} 8. Do everything you can to encourage
reading.
} (9. Spend time together having fun. } 10. Sleep)
8 subtl tle ways conti tinued
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} 9th grade grades do matter, but colleges are
understanding of “adjustment” issues. Positive grade trend is desired.
} Encourage exploration of extra-curricular
activities: jobs…even mowing lawns, babysitting, community service, participation in the arts, athletics, clubs at school.
} Start developing your resume } “Gentle” college visits on vacation after 9th
grade
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} Take PLAN (pre-ACT)ßnot offered at MSHS } Start world language classes if not already
enrolled
} Attend PNACAC Spring College Fair-usually
held in April at Seattle University & begin exploring colleges & characteristics that fit
} Visual artists-consider attending the National
Portfolio Day as an observer-usually held on a Saturday in early January, usually at Cornish College of the Arts
} College visits spring break/summer following
10th grade
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} Take the PSAT mid-October } Attend National College Fair-in the Fall (2 days)
at the Washington State Convention Center
} Attend Performing & Visual Arts College Fair-
usually in October at the Seattle Center
} Get serious about the college search process;
attend college rep visits at high school, evening programs, campus visits, researching colleges
} Take ACT & SAT in the spring & possibly SAT
Subject Tests if required or recommended
} Register with NCAA Eligibility Center for D-1 & 2
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} Letters of recommendation for private schools;
usually 2 teachers & hs counselor
} Know why your child is applying to each school…
they need to have a reason
} Student completes applications } Submit apps by Thanksgiving/early December-
pay attention to EA/ED/REA deadlines
} Submit financial aid forms: FAFSA-January 1st of
senior year, CSS Profile-Fall of senior year
} May 1st: Enrollment deposit due to ONE college
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} Need based aid (FAFSA, Profile Form) } Merit aid-based on some characteristic(s)
very often academic and sometimes talent or community service based.
} 529 Plans? GET Program? (ok for use at
Canadian schools that take the FAFSA)
} David Aramaki-Financial Advisor with
Ameriprise Financial david.h.aramaki@ampf.com Office: 206.267.8811
Pa Paying ing fo for Co College llege
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} What are your hopes & dreams for your child?
- How do your hopes & dreams for your child
translate into an evaluation of your parenting?
} Don’t get sucked into the media, scary
stories or the grapevine/rumor mill.
} Open yourself up to new possibilities } Give your child time & space to explore
- ptions & colleges
} Keep a sense of humor & joy for learning!
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} Sizing Yourself Up Survey } National Survey of Student Engagement
brochure: “A Pocket Guide to Choosing a College”
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} www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov } http://www.finaid.org } www.nacacnet.org } www.portfolioday.net } http://www.collegexpress.com } www.youniversity.tv } http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ } http://www.ucan-network.org/ } http://www.collegeportraits.org/ } http://www.ctcl.org/ } http://web1.ncaa.org/ECWR2/NCAA_EMS/
NCAA.jsp
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} Harvard Schmarvard-Matthews } Looking Beyond the Ivy League & Colleges
that Change Lives-Pope
} Admission Matters-Springer, Reider & Franck } The Fiske Guide-Fiske } 25 Months Until College-McNeely
} Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to
Guiding Your Teen Through College Admissions & Beyond -Jones & Ginsburg
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} Listen to your child…be patient with their
process.
} Don’t micromanage the process. Check in
but don’t nag. Call your child’s counselor & ask him/her for help to get your child moving.
} Expect a lot from your child, but be mindful
- f the teenage years. Anxiety & anger are
covers for fear.
} College search: The key question is not, “Is
college X a good college?” Rather, the question is, “Is X a good college for me?”
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} Best wishes as you embark on this exciting
adventure!
} Questions? Comments? } Claire Nold-Glaser } claire@collegeplanninghelp.com } “Like” College Planning Help on Facebook