ParentNewsletter
NOVEMBER 2011
From the College Counseling Center
College & Counseling News By M. Teresa Baldonado and Owen Hou ’90 College Counselors
College Application Filing Deadlines Please be reminded that November 30 is the last day to apply to universities in University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU) systems. Please note that both systems MAKE NO EXCEPTIONS FOR LATE FILERS. To avoid frustration, do not wait until November 30th to file electronically. The servers may be very slow accepting files due to the many students filing on the last day. Applications for private colleges are also available. You may be able to obtain applications directly from the colleges in which you are interested. Please pay close attention to the application deadlines for your specific colleges – MANY COLLEGES HAVE UNIQUE DEADLINES.
FAFSA WORKSHOP DECEMBER 7
Senior Meetings with College Counselors Ms. Baldonado and Mr. Hou have met with a vast majority of students who have submitted their Senior College Planning Surveys to discuss their college opportunities. Please encourage your student to complete the survey if he or she has not already done so.
Financial Aid Seminar The Senior Parents FAFSA workshop will be held December 7, 2011 at 7:00pm in Blakeslee Library. Our guest speaker will be from the University of La Verne’s Financial Aid Office. The financial aid officer will provide an in depth discussion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and will guide senior parents line by line through the FAFSA. Please mark your calendars for December 7!
Class of 2013 – Junior College Night All Junior students are required to attend the Junior College Night on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 6:30pm. It is highly recommended that at least one parent attend as well. Topics for the evening will include: Searching for Colleges PAGE 20
and Identifying the Right Fit, Utilizing Naviance, Reviewing the UC and Cal State Requirements, and Standardized Testing. A packet of college admission information materials will be distributed. An agenda for the evening will be printed in the December Parent Newsletter and on the Welcome page of Naviance.
Class of 2013 – February 12 ACT All Juniors have signed up to take the ACT at La Salle on February 11, 2012. You should have received a confirmation via postal mail. If you have not received your confirmation or if you would like to switch the test date and/or test location, then please call the ACT directly at 800.553.6244. In order to have online access to your student’s February ACT score, your student would first need to go online to create an ACT account and then link their February ACT registration by calling the ACT directly. Please note La Salle has already paid for this test and there is no expense on your part. Should your student decide not to take the ACT this academic year, then we will have to bill the cost back to you.
Class of 2013 – East Coast College Tour, April 9 to 14, 2012 An email regarding information and registration for the East Coast College Tour was sent to junior parents in late October. Please contact Mr. Hou if you did not receive that information.
Take a Lancer to Lunch Week During the first week of the second semester (Wednesday, January 4 to 10), we will be inviting young alumni who are currently in college to come back to speak with our current students about their college experiences. More information will be available in the December ParentNewsletter.