Parent Senior Coffee

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Parent Senior Coffee
Class of 2009
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Graduation Requirements

• 215 credits
• Course requirements
• High school exit exam
• PE and Health

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University Course Requirements

• 4 years English
• 3 years Math (Alg 1, Geom, Alg 2)
• 2 yrs Lab Science
• 2 yrs same Foreign Language
• 1 year Fine Art
• 1 year Global Perspectives
• 1 year US History
• 1 year CP electives
• These are minimum requirements and do not
  guarantee
• admission to any college or
  university

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College Admission
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UC Updates
Santa Barbara
Riverside
Merced
Davis
Santa Cruz
San Diego
Berkeley
Los Angeles
Irvine
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UC Update

• Budget and admissions
• Admissions will become more selective due to the
  budget
• New majors
• UCI Business Information Management, Nursing
  Science, Media Arts
• UCR Engineering Bachelor and Masters in 5 years
• UCD New Wine and Food Center
• New schools
• UCD School of Public Health
• UCR New Medical school in Fall of 2012
• Impacted majors
• UCSD Engineering and all Biological Sciences
• All schools have impacted majors, please check
  each schools website

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UC Update- Merced

• All UC eligible applicants will be admitted.
• It is the only campus that will not be
  selective.

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UC Eligibility vs. Selection

• Eligibility refers to applicants meeting the
  minimum requirements for UC admission.
• Selection refers to a process used to select
  students for admission when a campus cannot admit
  all UC eligible applicants.
• Specific selection criteria for freshmen
  applicants may vary from campus to campus.
• Some campuses have special screening procedures
  for some majors and programs.

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UC Comprehensive Review

• GPA
• Test Scores
• Personal Statement
• Quality of Program
• ELC (Eligibility in the Local Context)
• Special Talents

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UC Updates

• Meet deadlines

• November 1-30 Filing period
• Jan 1-March 2 FAFSA deadline (Cal
  Grant)
• March 1-31 Admissions Notification
• May 1 SIR Deadline
• May 10 Subject A Exam
• July 15 Final transcripts due

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UC Update
A SOLID (5 academic classes) and SUCCESSFUL
senior year is EXPECTED!!!!
Poli Sci A English 4 B Pre Calc
A- Spanish 4 B Physics
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English 4 C Econ D Ceramics C-
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UC Updates

• You will be notified during the month of March
• Send only ONE intent to register (SIR) by May 1st
• All campuses sent out cancellations during the
  past summer based on poor grades during the
  senior year.

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UC Acceptances UNI Class of 2008
Berkeley 47 Davis
67 Irvine 130 LA
55 Merced 46 Riverside 87 San Diego
81 Santa Barbara 65 Santa Cruz
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UC Acceptances UNI Class of 2008

• 48 of the Class of 2008 was accepted by one or
  more of the UC schools

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UC Application
Apply on-line at UC Pathways
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UC Update

• Notify campuses if classes listed on your final
  transcript will differ in any way from those
  listed on your application
• Send final transcripts by July 15th from all
  schools attended from 9th to 12th grades (high
  schools and colleges)

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Transcripts

• Transcripts should be requested on line through
  Docufide on the UHS website.
• The fee for transcripts is 5 each and is payable
  on line by credit card.
• Students will receive an e-mail confirmation of
  mail out and colleges receipt of transcripts.

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Test Scores

• Send test scores from College Board or ACT
  directly to the college or university by December
  2008
• Deadline for testing is December

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CSU Update

• Bakersfield Chico Fresno
• Dominguez Hills Hayward Fullerton
• Long Beach Los Angeles Pomona
• Maritime Acad. Northridge San Diego
• San Francisco San Jose San Marcos
• San Luis Obispo Sonoma Stanislaus
• Monterey Bay San Bernardino
  Humboldt
• Sacramento Channel Islands

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CSU Update

• Apply online at

http//www.csumentor.edu
Between October 1 and November 30
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CSU Update

• Selective Campuses
• Fullerton
• Long Beach
• Pomona
• San Diego
• San Luis Obispo
• Budget- 10 increase in fees

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CSU Update- San Luis Obispo

• You can apply Early Decision in October (check
  box on application)
• Early Decision is binding
• You must select a major
• New Housing with 615 apartments and completed
  by 2009

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Community College Night in Spring
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Private and Out of State Schools

• Apply
• On-line

Paper Application
or
or
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Letters of Recommendation

• Private schools only
• Students must pick up a counselor recommendation
  packet from Sue Robles in the counseling office
• The packet must be completed before you can make
  an appointment with your counselor
• Please allow counselor 2 weeks to write the
  letter
• No letters will be written over the Winter break

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Teacher letters of recommendation

• Go to the UNI website to get specific
  instructions for teacher recommendations.

http//www.iusd.org/uhs/
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Senioritis

• Avoid it
• It can be dangerous to college admission
• It may be catching
• It may feel good for a short period of time
• Seek immediate help if you get it

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Questions