November 2013
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Class of 2015 welcome to your Junior Year! This roadmap of your Junior Year is one that we hope you will use
wisely to plan for the coming months! The JOURNEY to post-secondary options begins NOW!
Be sure that you
are challenging
yourself with a
rigorous
curriculum this
year and when
you are selecting
your courses for
Senior Year.
Explore the
websites of these colleges
for admissions info,
deadlines,
& virtual tours.
Identify Sources of
college and career
information. Here
are a few starters:
Attend Your Junior
Status Conference
with your
counselor.
Each Junior family should have
received a letter in the mail with a
designated appointment time for you.
**If you do not know the appointment
time for your Junior Status
Conference please see Mrs. Stromie in
the counseling office.**
www.gacollege411.org
www.inlikeme.com
www.bigfuture.collegeboard.org
Begin to build a preliminary list
of potential colleges. Plan to
apply to 5-8 Colleges.
1-2 Dream/Reach:
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2-3 Moderate Level:
Sign up to meet a college
representative during their visit to
WFHS. Announcements will be made
for you to pick up a pass from the
counseling office.
Review your PSAT Results.
The score report provides
access codes for My College
QuickStart which has tailored
study questions, college
searches & a personality
test to find majors
& careers that fit you!
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Talk to friends,
parents, & faculty
members about various
colleges and careers
that you think you
might be interested
in.
2-3 Safety/Fallback:
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Research scholarships for
Juniors & familiarize yourself w/
future scholarship opportunities.
Here are some Scholarship Search
websites to get you started:
www.gacollege411.org www.fastweb.com
www.zinch.com www.gsfc.org
Also attend WFHS Financial
Aid Night – Nov. 18
@ 6:30 PM
Start Preparing for
the SAT &/or ACT by
practicing online or
utilizing prep
courses. WFHS will
advertise a few on our
Counseling website.
Visit
www.kaptest.com/kas
Use the following
PROMO codes to
access tons of free
prep materials:
SAT Prep:
KAS2013SAT
ACT Prep:
KAS2013ACT
Begin to create a
college/scholarship resume.
Keep a list of extracurricular
activities
that you have participated in
.
(i.e. sports, clubs, special classes, camps,
religious activities, and
community/volunteer services.
Get to know your teachers & counselors. These are the
people who will be writing your letters of
recommendation. Make of list of those you might ask
to recommend you!
A-B, ESOL
C-Gof
Gol-Mar
Mas-Rop
Ros-Z
Secretary
Registrar
Ms. Winkler
Mrs. Ciaccio
Mr. Brown
Ms. Waters
Mrs. Rinehart
Ms. Stromie
Ms. Upchurch
twinkler@forsyth.k12.ga.us
jciaccio@forsyth.k12.ga.us
jabrown@forsyth.k12.ga.us
ewaters@forsyth.k12.ga.us
arinehart@forsyth.k12.ga.us
lstromie@forsyth.k12.ga.us
cupchurch@forsyth.k12.ga.us
Register to take the SAT
(www.collegeboard.com) &/or the
ACT (www.act.org)
at least once or twice
before senior year
begins especially
if you are
planning on
applying
early.
Get organized!
Review college info/brochures that you
are receiving & begin to narrow down your
college list . Look carefully at college
admissions requirements. Are your choices
realistic?
Here’s a chart to help you get organized and weigh your
options!
College/
University
& Location
Type of
Institution
(2-yr, 4-yr,
HBCU)
Student Body
Size (<2,000/
2,000-15,000/
>15,000)
Type of
Admissions
(i.e. regular,
rolling, EA,
ED)
App
Deadline
Average GPA of
admitted students
(Core/Cumulative)
Begin scheduling
college visits. School
breaks are optimal but
Juniors
are allowed
4 excused absences
for college visits. A
campus visit is the best
way to evaluate
whether a school is
right for you!
Look into
summer jobs
or apply for
special
academic or
enrichment
programs.
Test Averages of
students admitted
(SAT, ACT,
COMPASS)
Rigor
Needed (# of
AP, Honors,
DualEnrollment)
# of
Teacher/
Counselor
Recs
Needed