Important Tips and Reminders for the class of 2018!!!
1. Check our Website OFTEN!
WWW.ESHSCounseling.weebly.com as we constantly update the calendar with important upcoming events, dates and deadlines, so check thoroughly and often!
2. Review Transcript and check for errors and have them corrected prior to beginning applications!
3. MAKE UP ALL GRADES of “D” in A-G classes. Please see your counselor if you have questions.
4. All four-year bound students should be signed up for ACT and/or SAT. SAT I and SAT II: www.collegeboard.org, ACT: www.actstudent.org : Must Take before December your Senior year!
5. Get a head start on your senior brag sheet and ask teachers early if you want them to write you a Letters of Recommendation! Visit our website at www.eshscounseling.weebly.com, scroll down on the left side of the page to the tab labeled “Forms” and download the Senior Brag Sheet.
6. Create Accounts for UC, CSU and the Common Application as needed:
* Cal State University Applications: October 1st through November 30th.
* University of California (UC) Applications: Opens October 1st to
begin application/Submission window opens November 1st-
November 30th.
7. Pay attention to important dates and deadlines!
8. Create professional/appropriate email accounts
9. Clean-up your social networking accounts (FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumbler, etc.) and make sure that ALL pictures and posts are appropriate and something you wouldn't mind on the front page of the newspaper!!!
10. NO Application = NO Turkey... NO $ = NO Love!
* All applications completed by Thanksgiving, FAFSA and GPA
Verification Form by Valentines Day.
11. Once you have submitted your applications you must check your emails often (at least twice a day), as college admissions counselors may need to contact you.
12. SENIORITIS KILLS OPPORTUNITIES!!!!!
* Universities are looking closely at your Senior course selections.
* D and/or F grades in the senior year- in any class = rescinding
notice of your acceptances.
*YOU MUST CONTACT EACH CAMPUS YOU APPLY TO AND NOTIFY THEM OF ANY CHANGES YOU MAKE
WWW.ESHSCounseling.weebly.com as we constantly update the calendar with important upcoming events, dates and deadlines, so check thoroughly and often!
2. Review Transcript and check for errors and have them corrected prior to beginning applications!
3. MAKE UP ALL GRADES of “D” in A-G classes. Please see your counselor if you have questions.
4. All four-year bound students should be signed up for ACT and/or SAT. SAT I and SAT II: www.collegeboard.org, ACT: www.actstudent.org : Must Take before December your Senior year!
5. Get a head start on your senior brag sheet and ask teachers early if you want them to write you a Letters of Recommendation! Visit our website at www.eshscounseling.weebly.com, scroll down on the left side of the page to the tab labeled “Forms” and download the Senior Brag Sheet.
6. Create Accounts for UC, CSU and the Common Application as needed:
* Cal State University Applications: October 1st through November 30th.
* University of California (UC) Applications: Opens October 1st to
begin application/Submission window opens November 1st-
November 30th.
7. Pay attention to important dates and deadlines!
8. Create professional/appropriate email accounts
9. Clean-up your social networking accounts (FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumbler, etc.) and make sure that ALL pictures and posts are appropriate and something you wouldn't mind on the front page of the newspaper!!!
10. NO Application = NO Turkey... NO $ = NO Love!
* All applications completed by Thanksgiving, FAFSA and GPA
Verification Form by Valentines Day.
11. Once you have submitted your applications you must check your emails often (at least twice a day), as college admissions counselors may need to contact you.
12. SENIORITIS KILLS OPPORTUNITIES!!!!!
* Universities are looking closely at your Senior course selections.
* D and/or F grades in the senior year- in any class = rescinding
notice of your acceptances.
*YOU MUST CONTACT EACH CAMPUS YOU APPLY TO AND NOTIFY THEM OF ANY CHANGES YOU MAKE
Quick Reference for Seniors
SENIOR COLLEGE PLANNING and APPLICATION CHECKLIST:
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