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By Dana Wesley
School Counselor at Midway Alternative High School
Canyon ISD
This power point is designed to help
students research and ultimately discover
several colleges to apply to, and go through
the process of getting accepted into college.
It will also help them find ways to pay for
college.
Introduction
Congratulations! You are about to finish
high school and now you are ready to begin
the journey of following your dreams and
heading to college! But wait, what college
are you going to? Does if offer the area of
study you want? How will you pay for it?
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. You will be need to go to
www.college.gov. Make sure to explore the
different sections of "why go", "what to do",
and "how to pay". These will all be useful.
College graduates
earn more $$$$
Task #1
There are many things to analyze and evaluate when making your college
choices so we are planning ahead because "failing to plan, is planning to
fail." You may not realize, but some of the decisions you are going to
make in the coming years are going to impact the rest of your life....
So, what to do:
1. Research 2 to 3 colleges of your choice. At least two schools need to
be in Texas. Remember if you are graduating on a minimum graduation
plan that you will need to start off at a junior/community college. Then
transfer to a 4 year college from the junior college. (You can use websites
on the next page of the power point)
2. As you travel through each school virtually, you must take notes. You
must create a "T-Chart" of advantages and disadvantages of each
school. There must be a minimum of 5 pros and cons for each school.
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If you don’t know what collegesyou might use this website to
search colleges.
http://collegesearch.collegeboar
d.com/search/adv_typeofschool.
jsp
If you know a name of a college
you want to research you can
also Google it.
www.google.com/
Colleges with star are
junior colleges that allow
students with Minimum plan to
start right out of college.
I want to look away
from Home.
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Amarillo College
http://www.actx.edu/
West Texas A&M University
http://www.wtamu.edu/
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Frank Phillips Collegehttp://www.fpctx.edu/
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Wayland Baptist Universityhttp://www.wbu.edu/
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Clarendon College-
http://www.clarendoncollege.edu/
Colleges Close to Home
What if I want to attend more of a trade school?
Like Beauty School, Etc.
 You can research trade schools,
but you also must do 1 community
college too.
Amarillo Massage Therapy Institute
http://charleshoustonseminars.com/continuing-educationcourses
Milan Institute and Milan Institute of Cosmetology
http://www.milaninstitute.edu/
Amarillo College has many trade programs like Truck Driving, Auto
Body, Etc. Look at ALL AC has to offer! http://www.actx.edu/
http://expositoschoolofhair.com/
There are many other
programs, you can look into in
Amarillo.
Now, Apply to one of your
college choices.
Apply online using the Texas Common Application
https://www.applytexas.org/adappc/gen/c_start.WBX
After you get your letter from your college
please give a copy to Mrs. Wesley.
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Go to your college website and see what testing is required for your
College. (ACT, SAT, ACCUPLACER, etc. ) Make to complete the
testing requirements. If you are applying to a four year college- you
must complete the testing requirement before they will accept you.
If you are going to Amarillo College first then they require the
ACCUPLACER or earned within the last three years the following
minimum scores on the TAKS (exit-level): 2200 in Math and/or 2200
in English/Language (ELA) with a Writing subscore of at least 3.
For Example: You made a 2200 or higher on Math exit level TAKS
then your are exempt from the Math portion of the Accuplacer.
If you made a 2200 or above on ELA and a subscore of 3 on writing
then you are exempt from Reading and Writing Accuplacer.
Here are some ACCUPLACER test taking tips as well as sample test
questions directly from the College Board.
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/accuplacer/
More Accuplacer Practice Sites
www.testprepreview.com/accuplacer_practice.htm
www.accuplacer-test.com/accuplacer-study-guide.htm
www.studyguidezone.com/accuplacertest.htm
www.thea.nesinc.com
For Math Only:
www.wtamu.edu and type Virtual Math Lab in the Search Engine.
www.algebra.com
www.algebrahelp.com
Go to “you-tube” for help on specific parts of algebra. Just type your request
in the search box.
www.youtube.com
For further information on Accuplacer and other exams, please visit
www.actx.edu/testing
College Acceptance Letter Example – Did You Get One Yet?
College Acceptance letters do take
time, but if you are worried call the
college & find out were your
application is in the process.
Financial Aid
If you haven’t already started now is the time to find some
Financial Aid ! “Show me the Money!”-Jerry Maguire