Presented by the OTHS Counselors

Presented by the OTHS Counselors

Agenda Throughout the presentation, we will have questions and will pass out gift cards for correct answers. Transcripts/Letters of Recommendations What is Naviance and family connection? Log-On Procedures Proposed list of activities by grade level Home page and About Me Careers College Reminders Questions and Answer

Cost Transcripts $2.00 Official Transcript $1.00 Unofficial Allow 10 days for processing NCAA Transcript Requests: Apply online with NCAA Print Signature page from NCAA website and attach to transcript request form with $2.00 transcript fee Recommendation Letters: Make sure you provide the recommenders with an addressed stamped envelope to the Counseling Office. Recommended to allow 21 days for letters of recommendations Note: Transcripts are not emailed. 3

Recommendation Letters Please allow 21 days for them to be written Go to the OTHS Counselor page for the document to complete/lower Right Hand Corner 4

Things to Do How many of you have taken the SAT? How many of you have taken the ACT? If you have not, please do so if your post secondary institution requires it. Registration for SAT: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register Registration for ACT: http://www.act.org 5

ACT at Katy HS If you took the ACT at Katy HS on Sept 23, you may have received an email about lost exams. Please check your online ACT account. You can retake the ACT this Saturday. You have been automatically enrolled for this session. You must log into your account after October 26 and print your ticket. If you are facing college deadlines, please send the email received from ACT to your college as evidence. If you can not test this Saturday, you need to call 319-337- 1270 to reschedule to the December test. Cost: Free 6

Question How much does an official transcript cost? How much does an unofficial transcript cost? 7

Question How far in advance should you ask for a recommendation letter? 8

How do you know if you meet automatic admissions requirements? 9

Applying to Colleges You should apply to at least three schools. Your dream school Backup One you know you will get it!! 10

Search Websites/Admission Requirements Example: Texas State 11

University of Texas-Austin Automatic admissions is the top 7% of your class. All others are individual review 12

Sam Houston State University 13

Question How do you know if you meet automatic admission requirements? 14

Post-Secondary/College Applications ApplyTexas: Texas Colleges SendEdu Specific Application from the post secondary institution Common Application Note: Transcripts are uploaded to this site; no need to pay/recommendation letters are uploaded as well Make sure you meet deadlines 15

Question Explain one way you can apply to colleges/universities? 16

What is Naviance? Naviance/Family Connection is a comprehensive and widely used college and career planning software program that will assist our students, parents, and counselors in various areas of their education and post-high school planning process.

WHAT CAN STUDENTS AND PARENTS DO USING FAMILY CONNECTION? View guidance news bulletins Create a résumé View college visits and sign up Complete a college search Develop a prospective college list Provide access to scholarship search engines; over a hundred national scholarships are available Maintain journal entries Game Plan Survey Complete school developed surveys Compare colleges Links to selected third party resources (i.e. College Board, Financial Aid, NCAA, Careers, College searches, etc.) Track deadlines View scattergrams 18

How is it accessed? Family Connection is web-based Students can access via My Katy Cloud. http://www.katyisd.org/mykaty/pages/default.aspx Login using your Katy ISD login and password. Type Naviance into the search area 19

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Naviance Tile 21

Question How can you access Naviance? 22

After You Sign in Click on the Tabs Updates from the Guidance Office Important Messages 23

Colleges Page Scholarship Info is listed here! Use these links to do a college search

College Visits See what College visits are scheduled and sign up to attend!

Question How many college visits can you make as a Senior? What is the process to go on a college visit? 26

College Profile Visit College Website 27

Colleges I m Thinking About Click Here to add colleges to your prospective college list

About Me Resume and Surveys Click here to fill out important surveys, tell us your Game Plan and create your resume

Search for and Explore Careers 30

Careers 31

Activities Take Career Interest Profiler Take Learning Styles Inventory Take Strength s Explorer Start your resume Things to Do

My favorite careers and clusters

colleges Will probably be the most used tab at OTHS! Includes college rep visits to OTHS, supermatch college search, scholarship search, request transcripts for applications, and ability to link to college websites.

colleges SuperMatch: Narrow down the list of schools your student is interested in using the categories you do not need to complete every step unless you want to! *Students can add schools to Colleges I m thinking about

Scholarship Offerings If you are offered a scholarship, please bring a copy of the offer to the counseling office. ATTENTION: Remona Clark, Counselor We need to keep a tally of the amount of scholarships offered to each student. 36

Question If you are offered a scholarship, what should you do? 37

Common Applications Mid-Year Reports As soon as the grades from the transcripts are added, we will upload mid-year reports to the Common Application. Note: You do not have to request a copy to be sent. Please check your Common Application regularly to check status. Apply Texas: You need to request a transcript to be sent from the registrar s office if your college requires it. Note: If your college does not require it, you do not have to send UNLESS your GPA has gone up! 38

Advanced Placement Exams Regular registration for Advanced Placement exams begin on February 5 through February 25, 2018. Cost per exam is $98.00 Free/Reduced Cost is $15.60 per exam * * Please tell students who have not gone through the Free/Reduced Lunch Process to start now if applicable! Application is available online: https://freereduced.katyisd.org/ AP Seminar test cost is $148.00. AP Seminar Free/Reduced cost is $65.50. 39

Katy ISD Military Academy Night Wednesday, November 15, 2017 6:30pm-8:30pm Seven Lakes High School 9 th Grade Commons 9251 S. Fry Road Katy, TX 77494 Academies Represented: United States Military Academy-West Point United States Naval Academy United States Air Force Academy United States Coast Guard Academy Students, parents, teachers and counselors of all grade levels are encouraged to attend. 40

Questions When does AP Exam registration begin? When is the Katy ISD Military Academy Night? 41

Keep in Touch Twitter account Follow at @OTHSCounselors Do this now! As you get your acceptance letters, please post your photos at @OTHSCounselors! We would love to see your accomplishments! Each Thursday in room 1633/Help available in room 2:45-3:30pm Naviance November: Make sure you log into Naviance! We will have drawings each week for prizes! 42

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