Your Senior Year

Important Meeting Notes

Meeting #3

Cool Stuff…

•Net Price Calculator

•U of R, RIT, & Nazareth Scholarships• http://www.rit.edu/emcs/financialaid/table_need.html • http://enrollment.rochester.edu/financial/undergrads/scholarships.shtm • http://www.naz.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships-grants

•EOP & HEOP Programs

Gossip…

•“I can skip classes I don’t need credit for.”• Consequences:

• Forget about Letters of Recommendation—of ANY TYPE

• Forget about getting nominations for scholarships

• Forget about leaving high school on a high note with “more than enough” credit because all colleges will see is you picking and choosing when you apply yourself= not a great candidate.

•“Your resume/essay goes to your advisor for the Nov. 29Nov. 29thth deadline” deadline”

• NOOOOOOOO!!!! THEY GO TO ME!!

•“Deadlines are Guidelines”• You will be the one who gets left out

• Initiative & Availability.

College “To-Do’s”:

• Accepted Board• Congratulations to our first!• First 10 students who complete and send applications will win a lunch

party on me!

• College Checklist, where are you?• Senior Clinic: usually M&W from 11:45-12:30 in Deb’s Rm.

• Navigating the Wikispaces Page• www.swwseniorprojects.wikispaces.com

• Common App• https://www.commonapp.org/eLearning/Submission.htm