November 28, 2017
I.
College Admissions (1 may be all you need, but consider
different options).
II.
Your Senior Shared Folder (in Google Drive)
A. Your transcript
B. Your Highest ACT score (PDF)
C. Tax Info
D. Essays (start them as new documents in your Drive folder so that they
are shared with me.)
E. Updated Resume
F. College and Career Goals
G. Photo—this needs to be a headshot or a jpeg I can edit…NOT A SELFIE!
(Some scholarships require me to send a photo of
you with my letter of recommendation).
Put in your Senior Drive folder.
H. SAR—See below for more details.
III.
Letters of recommendation—request these in advance!
B. Send me information about the
scholarship (if it is not one listed below)
IV.
FAFSA
A. Log back in to FAFSA and click on your SAR report. SAVE AS First Name Last
B. Name SAR and put it in your Senior Drive folder. Check
to make sure there are no mistakes.
V. Scholarship
Updates
C. GE-Reagan Scholarship—check email for details
E. College Counts Scholarship— http://collegecountsalabama.com —Due ONLINE in March; start now.
This scholarship awards for Honors, AP, and Dual Enrollment, but also
income.
F. Check email and blog for other scholarships due in January, February
and March
G. UMUB Tuition Scholarship (One 3 hour class for 8 semesters is paid for by UM. You must have attended UMUB ALL 4 years and
UB summer every
year and attend UM in the fall after you graduate to earn the UMUB
Tuition Scholarship—Approximately $7,800 over 4 years)
H. Local Scholarships (from your school, church, etc.)
VI.
College Navigator
B. Use this information to help answer the question of why you want to
attend a certain college on scholarship essays.
VII.
Super Saturdays and Attendance
A.
Make the effort—work on Senior Portfolio,
Scholarships, make up an absence!
B.
Set your priorities!
When starting documents, remember
1. Start them in your Senior drive folder. That way they will automatically share with
me and Jamaica.
2. Title them correctly First Name Last Name and then the Name of Prompt
or Scholarship.
