COUNSELING SERVICES JUNIOR PROGRAM CLASS OF 2020 Junior

COUNSELING SERVICES JUNIOR PROGRAM CLASS OF 2020 Junior Counselors MD Calabro Rafael Espinoza Juanice Jenkins Carolyn Kroeger Ashley Moore

OVERVIEW FOR TONIGHT High School Planning ■ Career and College Search ■ College Admissions Speakers ■

OPTIONS 2 year College (NOVA Pathway), 4 year College Military, Gap Year World of Work 3

JUNIOR YEAR PLANNING ▪ Counselors and students meetings ▪ Career and college search ▪ Talk with career professionals & alumni ▪ Visit campuses ▪ Challenge: Academic rigor with balance

JUNIOR YEAR – TO DO LIST ▪ ▪ Register for ACT/SAT Recommendations from teachers Parent, Student, Teacher Brag Sheet Add colleges in Naviance ▪ “Colleges I’m Thinking About”.

SUMMER BEFORE SENIOR YEAR ■ ■ College essays and resume. Common & Coalition Application Volunteer, Work Enrichment Programs, Camps

RESEARCH • • • Virginia Education Wizard College Board’s Big Future Coalition For College Access Common Application’s Explore Colleg Naviance Peterson’s College Planning 7

■ Web-based: Career & College Planning ■ Specific to YHS students ■ Electronically sends: Transcripts & Recs

Your College Fit Career Assessments 9

SCATTERGRAMS

Guadalupe Sanchez Admissions Counselor Radford University, Radford, VA Jonathan Gowin Assistant Director of Admissions Trinity College, Hartford, CT 11

QUESTIONS? Submit Questions at https: //bit. ly/2 G 8 ggvv 12

COUNSELOR CONTACT INFO MD Calabro – md. [email protected] us Rafael Espinoza - rafael. [email protected] us Juanice Jenkins -juanice. [email protected] us Carolyn Kroeger - carolyn. [email protected] us Ashley Moore - ashley. [email protected] us Jessica Reeve - jessica. [email protected] us