NNHS Junior Parent Night Fall 2016 Welcome!
Overview College Planning Guide Career Cruising Postsecondary options Naviance Helpful Links in Naviance NPC (Net Price Calculator) Demonstrated Interest State Testing Testing Preparation Academic Preparation Social Media Upcoming Events/Save the Date Best school v. Best fit
College Planning Guide
Free!!! Create portfolio Career Matchmaker Profile schools
Please see your Counselor for log-in information https://public.careercruising.com/en/
Postsecondary Options (in addition to 4 year schools) College of DuPage http://www.cod.edu/programs/career _technical_programs.aspx (Cosmetology, Dental Hygiene, Culinary Arts, Radiology Tech, and many more options that often require only 2 years of schooling) Military Options ASVAB-October 29 www.asvabprogram.com/ - Army - Navy - Marines - Air Force - Coast Guard
Naviance Colleges I Am Thinking About Scattergrams (Graphs) College representative visits START NOW!!! Careers Resume
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Colleges I Am Thinking About
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Naviance - Scattergrams
Naviance - Scattergrams
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Naviance College Visits
Naviance College Visits
Naviance Careers
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Naviance Helpful Links
Net Price Calculator (NPC) October 2011 all schools were required to have a NPC Estimate only! Schools know when you complete this and track this information, use it to your advantage Public/Private vs. In-state/Out-of-state
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Demonstrated Interest Colleges track everything E.x. Northwestern University Helpful not only for admissions decisions but also for scholarships Sign up for their mailing list early and continue to request information, be specific! Make sure everything is official as they will document all of that, including visits
TESTING PSAT/NMSQT October 15, 2016 Good preparation for SAT Deadline to sign up has passed SAT Test provided for FREE at NNHS in April 2017 Students have the option to take it through National Test Dates as well, register at www.collegeboard.org ACT Test is recommended for Juniors to take as well, student have the option to take it on a National Test Date at www.actstudent.org
Test Preparation Exhaustive list of test preparation resources http://www.naperville203.org /Page/3589 Local Test Preparation resources http://www.naperville203.org/cms/lib07/il01904 881/Centricity/domain/999/studentservices/docs /resourcesfortestpreparation.pdf FREE SAT Prep through KAHN Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/sat
Academic Preparation Keep grades up Challenge yourself and maintain rigor Building yourself for college Honors and AP courses Internships, job shadowing, summer programs, etc. Teacher recommendations are in December, please discuss future classes with your son/daughter and how that ties in with college plans
Social Media Schools do check Facebook and Twitter Pass the Google test (clean up pictures, posts, etc.) Adjust privacy settings Rule of thumb: If you have to think about whether or not you should have it posted DON T POST IT
Career Carnival (Nov. 7-11) Last Year s Schedule Lunch & Learn Tables and Military Visit TCD Programs & Career Connection COD 2-Year Certificate Programs [Health Sciences] Career Panels Entrepreneurship Engineering/STEM Fire/EMT/Police/FBI Programming & IT Health Occupations Fine Arts Sports Law
Upcoming Events College Fairs NACCAP Fair October 3 (Timothy Christian School) NACCAP Fair October 5 (Aurora Christian School) COD College Fair October 18 (College of DuPage) ICE Fair March 20 (North Central College) College Visits to NNHS MIT Visit September 15 (NPAC BIG 10 Night September 29 (NNHS Fieldhouse) Duke University October 20 (NPAC) Parent Nights Financial Aid Night September 14 (NPAC) SO/JR Parent Night February 15
Where did class of 2016 go? Name of College or University # Attending Avg. ACT of NNHS Students College of DuPage 97 20.0 University of Illinois (Urbana) 56 30.0 University of Iowa 31 27.0 Illinois State University 24 24.0 Indiana University 18 28.0 Iowa State University 18 27.0 University of Illinois (Chicago) 17 27.0 University of Minnesota 12 30.0 DePaul University 11 26.0 North Central College (IL) 11 26.0 Loyola University (Chicago) 8 27.0 Purdue University 8 30.0 Columbia College (Chicago) 7 23.0 Northwestern University 7 33.0 Augustana College 6 27.0 Benedictine University 6 24.0 Bradley University 6 27.0 Butler University 6 28.0 University of California (Berkeley) 6 34.0 University of Wisconsin (Madison) 6 31.0 Marquette University 5 28.0 University of Alabama 5 27.0 University of Colorado 5 28.0 University of Michigan 5 33.0 University of Missouri 5 25.0 University of Wisconsin (Whitewater) 5 24.0 Aurora University 4 22.0 The Ohio State University 4 30.0 Miami University (Ohio) 4 28.0 University of Kentucky 4 26.0 (ACT scores are not reflective of the college s ACT acceptance range)
Best School Vs. Best Fit Public In-State Schools Private and Liberal Arts Schools (In-state and Out-of-state) Private In-State Schools Big Ten Schools Public Out-Of-State Schools
Thanks for coming!