Help students with their state university applications. In California, the Cal State and UC applications are open. Both must be submitted by November 30. The Cal States can be submitted October 1-November 30, while the UCs can be submitted November 1-30. Both applications have students self-report their course and grades, so they need access to their transcripts. Please help them with their application completion. Other public university systems are all online. Help students!!!- Encourage seniors to apply for EOP and other support programs. These programs provided amazing support for low-income students throughout the admissions, college readiness, and college survival process. The Cal States now embed the EOP
application with several short responses and two required recommendations. As space is limited, have students apply as early as possible. On the UC application, students just have to check that they want to be considered for EOP and answer a short question. - Inform students about college application fee waivers. Students who qualify for free or reduced lunch qualify for fee waivers for most college applications. The Cal States and UCs allow students to apply to four of their campuses for free. Private colleges accept NACAC or College Board fee waivers or will waive fees if counselors, teachers,
or students request them for students. - Hold college application and college essay workshops before, during, and after school. Your students need help with their essays. These essays make them pop for college admissions officers who are desperate for your students. We have many tips on our slideshare site. Feel free to use them. https://www.slideshare.net/getmetocollege
- FAFSA is now open. Students can now apply for financial aid. Remind them that FAFSA uses prior-prior taxes, and that the sooner you submit, the sooner, students can learn how to finance their college education.
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ents learn more about colleges by attending college and non-profit events in your area. Colleges are in your area in October. Find out where they are or take your students to a college fair. If your high school doesn’t have a college night, perhaps you can crash one at a local high school in your area. The Hispanic Scholarship Fund is holding free Steps for Success on Saturdays this fall in key states. https://www.hsf.net/event-calendar - Continue to encourage students to research colleges online. Colleges want your students. But students need to apply to match colleges. You University offers great video tours of colleges. http://www.youniversitytv.com/ Take advantage of College Week Live. This free website offers amazing webinars and workshops for students applying to college. http://www.collegeweeklive.com/
- Write great letters of recommendation. Please write recommendations that make your students pop. Follow our Into-Through-Beyond approach so that you can help colleges see why these students belong on their campuses. Give details about their academic performance if you’re a teacher. Highlight their leadership and initiative if you’re a counselor. Brag sheets really help with details. These letters can make or break an admissions or scholarship decisions.
- Connect with current college students. Keep ongoing contact with your graduates. Ask these students to write tips for your students and post them around the classroom and college center.
A PLEA…Help homesick college freshmen. We send out students away, and in October they begin to get very homesick. Their parents often can’t visit them, and they are beginning to struggle, at times, with their workload. So please keep in touch with freshmen. Send them care packages. Or just message or text them. They need your ongoing support.
Help students with their state university applications. In California, the Cal State and UC applications are open. Both must be submitted by November 30. The Cal States can be submitted October 1-November 30, while the UCs can be submitted November 1-30. Both applications have students self-report their course and grades, so they need access to their transcripts. Please help them with their application completion. Other public university systems are all online. Help students!!!
application with several short responses and two required recommendations. As space is limited, have students apply as early as possible. On the UC application, students just have to check that they want to be considered for EOP and answer a short question.
or students request them for students.
ents learn more about colleges by attending college and non-profit events in your area. Colleges are in your area in October. Find out where they are or take your students to a college fair. If your high school doesn’t have a college night, perhaps you can crash one at a local high school in your area. The Hispanic Scholarship Fund is holding free Steps for Success on Saturdays this fall in key states. https://www.hsf.net/event-calendar
A PLEA…Help homesick college freshmen. We send out students away, and in October they begin to get very homesick. Their parents often can’t visit them, and they are beginning to struggle, at times, with their workload. So please keep in touch with freshmen. Send them care packages. Or just message or text them. They need your ongoing support.
