This document provides information for Brazoswood Junior parents regarding graduation, senior conferences, transcripts, SAT/ACT testing, college applications, financial aid, scholarships, and other important senior year details. It discusses graduation requirements, student responsibility, FERPA regulations, ordering transcripts, SAT/ACT test dates and prep resources, Texas Success Initiative exemptions, summer course options, career planning tools, the net price calculator, common application processes, essay writing, transfer benefits, the FAFSA application, and local scholarship opportunities.

1. Brazoswood Junior Parent Meeting
Graduation—June 7, 2014

2. On your mark, get set
and………………………
GO!!!!
Finish Line………..June 7, 2014
What all needs to done?
Students’ taking initiative
Students’ responsibility
FERPA-18 and high school graduate

3. Senior Conferences
 Why
 What
 Who
 How

4. Senior Conferences Cont.

5. Transcripts
 Registrars Office-9th
Grade Center
 Student Orders 24 hours in advance
 Most are sent electronically
 We do not mail-students’ responsibility
 PARENT MAY NOT ORDER AFTER
GRADUATION

6. SAT vs. ACT
SAT
 Critical Reading, Math and
Writing
 Math: Geom & Alg 2
 Read: critical reading,
comprehension
 Writing: grammar, usage &
essay
 Scores 200-800 per test
section
ACT
 English, Math, Reading,
Science Reasoning, &
Writing (Optional)
 Math: trigonometry
 Read: prose, across the
curriculum
 Writing-essay (Optional)
 Science: charts, graphs &
data interp
 English: grammar
 Scores 1-36 per test section

7. SAT/ACT
 Brazoswood School Code 442-612
 Which is better to take? Depends on
your need! Talk to your colleges of
choice.

8. SAT/ACT
 Dates
 SAT Test Date/Deadline

Oct. 5/Sept. 6

Nov. 2/Oct. 3

Dec. 7/ Nov. 8

Jan. 25/Dec. 27

Mar. 8/Feb. 7

May 3/Apr. 4

June 7/May 9

9. SAT/ACT
 Dates
 ACT Test Date/Deadline

Sept. 21/Aug. 23

Oct. 26/Sept. 27

Dec. 14/Nov. 8

Feb. 8/Jan. 10

Apr. 12/Mar. 7

June 14/May 9

10. SAT/ACT
 Test Prep
 College Board and ACT both
 BC-BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK!!!!
 Princeton Review
 Test Master
 Sylvan
 Revolution Prep

11. Texas Success Initiative-
Exempt from THEA
 TAKS-2200 on Math & ELA w/ 3
 SAT
 1070 combined Critical Read & Math
 Math and/or CR must be at least 500
 ACT
 Composite 23
 English and/or math 19

12. Summer classes at BC & Dual
Credit classes Fall 2013
 Last week of school scheduling conflicts
 Look at the name of the assigned professor
 Contact the professor directly – go to myBC to get contact information
 In the case of an unassigned professor, see Susan Phillips
 For more information see Susan Phillips
 Semester exams will not be administered early
 Registration for the fall semester –
underway now!!!
 Reminder – Students must pass the spring
and summer terms to be eligible to take
classes in the fall.

13. What is next-after high
school?
 Military
 4 year university
 2 year community
 basics transfer-4 year university
 Associate degree
 Technical degree
 Proprietary Schools-be careful
 Job
 www.careercruising.com

14. Career Cruising
 What career is right for you?
 What are you going to do after high school?
 How much education will you need?
 How much money will you make?
 What college should you go to?
 How much will it cost to go to college?
 Where will you find this information?
www.careercruising.com
Username: Brazoswood
Password: Clute

15. NPC-Net Price Calculator
Legal requirement
 Help families see the real cost of college
 Federal Law allows apple-to-apple
comparison of costs
 Cost include
 Room and board
 Books and supplies
 Travel
 Personal Expenses
Net Price=Cost of Education-Gift Aid
For Texas Schools, go to
www.collegefortexans.com

16. College Applications
 Common Application-all public & many private
schools in Texas
 Some colleges will allow applicants to begin
submitting applications August 1
 Transcripts, however, will not be available until mid-
September.
 Do NOT wait until deadline
 www.applytexas.org
 Common Application for many private schools-see
individual school websites
 Essays-Admissions & Scholarships

17. Essays-Admissions & Scholarships
 What to write about?
 Personal Anecdote
 Topics from www.applytexas.org
 True situations-how it impacted student
 Work on essays now!!!!!!!!
 Use humor—but not overkill!

18. Where to find the real price?
Net Price Calculator or NPC
 Each school website
 Comparison of schools in Texas
WWW.collegefortexans.com

19. So where do you go?
 2 year college-associates or getting the
basic
 4 year college-native vs. transfer

20. Transfer Student
Benefits
 Cost
 Native Student vs. Transfer Student
 Success academically
 Sam Houston
 Texas A&M
 University of Houston

21. David S. Burris, Ph.D., CCP, CSP
Sam Houston State University Articulation Coordinator
Transfer StudentsTransfer Students
from
Sam Houston StateSam Houston State
UniversityUniversity
"Approximately 70% of all students graduating every year from Sam
Houston State University have transfer credit. We prefer to recruit college
transfer students with more than 40 hours. They are nearly twice as likely to
complete a degree as our native students. As a group, their average GPA at
graduation will be within 1/10th of a point of the average GPA of native
students in all disciplines. College transfers are high quality, highly desirable
students."
"Approximately 70% of all students graduating every year from Sam
Houston State University have transfer credit. We prefer to recruit college
transfer students with more than 40 hours. They are nearly twice as likely
to complete a degree as our native students. As a group, their average
GPA at graduation will be within 1/10th of a point of the average GPA of
native students in all disciplines. College transfers are high quality, highly
desirable students."

22. Jeff Fuller, Executive Associate Director of Admissions,
has this to say about transfer students…
““UH Transfer students graduate at a higher rateUH Transfer students graduate at a higher rate
in four years than our native students graduatein four years than our native students graduate
in six years, and we only expect more transferin six years, and we only expect more transfer
students in the future.”students in the future.”

23. Transfer students were slightly more successful than the general student
population in two areas: the retention rate for transfer students 1 year
following initial enrollment and the graduation rate for transfer students.
These percentages reflect well upon the transfer student, as well as the
university, and make transfer students a valued asset at Texas A & M.
Mr. Spies, himself a graduate of the Texas community college system,
shared his thoughts on Brazosport College transfer students.
Transfer students were slightly more successful than the general
student population in two areas: the retention rate for transfer
students 1 year following initial enrollment and the graduation rate for
transfer students. These percentages reflect well upon the transfer
student, as well as the university, and make transfer students a valued
asset at Texas A & M.

24. Financial Aid www.fafsa.ed.gov
 Do you have enough $$$$? NO!!!!!!!!
 FAFSA-Free Application for Federal Student
Aid
 Do NOT apply until Jan 1, 2014
 PIN # for you & your student
 www.fafsa.ed.gov
 FAFSA4caster-how much will you need
 EFC-Expected Family Contribution-measure
of family’s financial strength and is calculated
for a formula established by law.

25. Financial Aid-Does it Ever
End!
 Other sources of $-Scholarships
 Local Book-Dec 6, 2013 due in Feb 14, 2014
 Guidance Office Announcements/BW Website
 Check college websites
 Compendium of Texas Colleges
www.everychanceeverytexan.org/about/scholars
 NEVER EVER PAY FOR SCHOLARSHIP
SERVICES!!

26. Scholarship
 www.finaid.org
 www.zinch.com
 www.fastweb.com
 www.schoolsoup.com
 www.scholarship.com
 www.collegeboard.org
 www.collegenet.com
 www.scholarshipmonkey.com

27. Other Important Info
 Letters of Recommendation
 Careful who you ask
 2 weeks notice
 Class Info-Registrar/Counselor
 536 current class size
 Re-rank-3 more times

February

End of 5th
six weeks-WALKING GPA

End of year

28. Other Information
 Senior Stuff…get your checkbook ready
 Question and Answers
 Once a Buccaneer always a Buccaneer