There are notes with every slide. Example pages should be posted on the team website with this PowerPoint.

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Parent College TalkNov 9, 2013

• My Experience• GPA & Ranking; Selecting Classes &

Timing• Record Keeping• Resumes & Testing• College Websites & Visiting w/colleges• Happy Index & So Tell Me• Budget talk & Internships• Financial Aid

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College Talk Agenda

My Experience

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• My experience is with CFISD.• Schools our family has checked out: UT

Austin, UT Dallas, Texas A&M, Baylor, SMU, Sam Houston, TCU, Rice, Kettering, WPI, MIT, Olin, Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech, Colorado School of Mines, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, LeTourneau, Embry Riddle, Washington Univ. St Louis

• Check websites – start in 9th grade!

GPA & Ranking

• CFISD uses a 6 pt. weighted scale.– Counseling & Guidance– p13 of PDF

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Selecting classes & timing

• AP, K level, on level• You are applying to colleges starting Aug 1st • Your class rank needs to be high by the end

of Junior year.• Summer school classes are almost all on

level• Take what makes sense for your student

just understand the consequences.

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Record Keeping 1• Awards• Leadership• Recognitions• Certifications

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Record Keeping 2• Community service

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Record Keeping 3• Practice/work• Clubs & organizations• Grades & classes

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Resumes & Testing 1

• Resume starts the end of 8th grade• Expanded resume – primarily for your

own use• Shorter specific resume for jobs,

schools & scholarships.• Keep resume up to date

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Resumes & Testing 2

• TESTS• PSAT/NMSQT PSAT / NMSQT– Scholarship money

• SAT, ACT• SAT Subject tests• School tests

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College Websites & Visiting w/colleges 1

• Start 9th grade• Get your name on their radar• There & here in Houston• Motivates the kids & puts ownership

for getting ready in their court.• Helps them make decisions and start

looking more seriously at interests.

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College Websites & Visiting w/colleges 2

• Check out the school profiles of admitted students

• Just like you checked things out 1-3 years ahead for high school look at the colleges

• Dream, probable & safety schools• Check scholarship requirements

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Happy Index & So Tell Me• We talked about this to our girls but

friend, Kevin Sprague, put it in a weighted spreadsheet with his girls & it worked very well for Johnathan.

• Visiting with schools helps the kids figure out what is important to them & belongs on the index

• So Tell Me is a document to give with the resume to help someone write a recommendation.

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Budget talk & Internships 1

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• Talk about their future budget to help them think seriously about their major.

Budget talk & Internships 2

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• To keep them focused on being a student

• To keep them from going crazy with extra bills & loans

• Internships vs. summer jobs

Financial Aid

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• FAFSA • CSS• Deadlines for financial aid• Scholarships• Work /study• Watch out who you are

talking to

Interviews

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• Odd questions sometimes• Being prepared ahead of time• Think about who you are & what you

like to do & what your goals are is part of getting ready.

• They have your resume, transcript & test scores.

More info to add in rev 6

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You should make every possible school meeting. Things / rules change every

year.

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