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A guide to college planning
Fall of Senior Year Senior Credit Check College Application Process Apply for Scholarships Meet with counselor Finalize College List/ Attend College Fair Attend Financial 101 workshop
How to Choose a College: Focus on the Fit Academic Social Emotional Financial
Academic Fit Academic challenge Requirements for admissions Fields of Study Learning style
How to Choose a College:Various Factors to consider Distance from home Size Public vs. Private Sectarian Single Sex or Coed Special Talents Special Needs Cost
Types of Colleges Public Colleges are funded by local and state governments and usually offer lower tuition rates than private colleges, especially for students who are residents of the state where a college is located.Private Colleges rely mainly on tuition, fees and private sources of funding. Private donations cansometimes provide generous financial aid packages for students.Four-year Colleges offer four-year programs that lead to a bachelor's degree. These includeuniversities and liberal arts colleges.Two-year Colleges offer programs that last up to two years that lead to a certificate or an associatedegree. These include community colleges, vocational-technical colleges and career colleges.Liberal Arts Colleges offer a broad base of courses in the liberal arts, which includes areas suchas literature, history, languages, mathematics and life sciences. Most are private and offer four-yearprograms that lead to a bachelor's degree. These colleges can prepare you for a variety of careers or forgraduate study.Universities often are larger and offer more majors and degree options—bachelor's, master's anddoctoral degrees—than colleges. Most universities contain several smaller colleges, such as colleges ofliberal arts, engineering or health sciences. These colleges can prepare you for a variety of careers orfor graduate study.Community Colleges offer two-year associate degrees that prepare you to transfer to a four-yearcollege to earn a bachelor's degree. They also offer other associate degrees and certificates that focuson preparing you for a certain career. Community colleges are often an affordable option withrelatively low tuition.Vocational-Technical and Career Colleges offer specialized training in a particular industryor career. Possible programs of study include the culinary arts, firefighting, dental hygiene andmedical-records technology. These colleges usually offer certificates or associate degrees.
College Application Process Visit school websites for application requirements anddeadlines Read carefully and follow directions Decide on Type of Admission Decision : Early actionvs. Early decision If Applying to Public Universities : Apply Early commonapplication.org
The Common App Allows students to complete a single application tomultiple schools Makes college application process substantially less timeconsuming Schools that currently accept this application include alleight Ivy-League universities, most private liberal artscolleges, and some of the largest public universities
https://www.commonapp.org/Login Create an account/log-in Help Center-home for all support services Member Colleges-complete list of all participating colleges andrequirements
The Common App EssayQuestions for 2013-2014o Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believeooootheir application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please shareyour story.Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and whatlessons did you learn?Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would youmake the same decision again?Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experiencethere, and why is it meaningful to you?Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition fromchildhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.“650 words is your limit, not your goal.” You must submit only one essay, and it must be no more than 650 words. You don’t need to useall 650 Note that there is also a minimum word limit: 250 words. The system won’t accept anythingshorter than that.
Online Applications 101Click on Admission then UndergraduateClick on Apply to UIC then Apply First Year then APPLY NOW!
Click on Students and then Admissions. (see below)Click APPLY NOW
Click on Apply Now.
College Application Process Self Reported Academic Report – SRAR Grades are inputted by the student at the time ofapplication. Official transcript will be sent at later time Used by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,Iowa State, and the University of California system
How Do I Read My Transcript?
Letters of Recommendation Many colleges and universities require letters ofrecommendation You can ask teachers, coaches, counselors, pastors, orfamily friends Please allow 2 weeks for letter completion Follow up with a thank you note to each reference
Personal Statement/ ApplicationEssay Make sure to answer the question asked If time allows ask your English teacher to review theessay. Choose a topic not listed on the application The essay is a time for the college to get to know youthe student not just grades and ACT score
FAFSA workshops Plan on attending Financial Aid 101 Financial Aid Completion Workshops will be heldfrom January through March 2014 Please apply for FAFSA EARLY!!! Money runs out!
Scholarships Scholarships are gifts- you do not pay them back Can be given based on merit, financial need, special talents or traitsStart search as early as the summerOngoing processAvoid scholarship scamsFor scholarship listing visit the Taft website, go tolibrary, and visit free scholarship sites
College Application Process . Possible programs of study include the culinary arts, firefighting, dental hygiene and medical-records technology. These colleges usually offer certificates or associate degrees. . For scholarship listing visit the Taft website, go to library, and visit free scholarship sites . Title: Slide 1
