College 101 Packet - Updated 2-3-20

May/June  May 2nd – SAT Exam Deadline is April 14th  Start working on first draft of your college essay  Identify majors/program of study which you are interested  Plan with your

College 101

P ASSWORDS W ORKSHEET

S TUDENT N AME : _

GPA: _ SAT (CR): _ SAT (Math): _ SAT Total: _ / 1600 ACT: _

School Email Address

Username: @LehmanHS.com

Password: (Default PW is 123456789)

Naviance

Username: @LehmanHS.com

Password:

CUNY

Username:

Password:

SUNY

Username:

Password:

College Board

Username:

Password:

Common App

Username:

Password:

FAFSA

Student: PW:

Parent: PW:

TAP (HESC)

Username:

M Y I NFORMATION

_

M Y S CHOOL I NFORMATION

School CEEB Code:

330533

School Address:

Herbert H Lehman High School

3000 E Tremont Ave Bronx, NY, 10461

College Counselor Information:

_

Guidance Counselor Phone: 718-904-4200 ext. _ Email: _@LehmanHS.com

JUNIOR YEAR TIMELINE

January/February

 Memorize your Social Security Number

 Research summer programs at colleges, summer jobs, and/or summer internships

 SAT prep – Khan Academy

March/April

 SAT School Date: Wednesday, March 4th, 2020

 Saturday, March 14th – SAT EXAM (Deadline is Feb 25th)

 Individual meeting with counselor

 Research colleges by location and by major (on college’s website or Naviance)

 Prepare a challenging schedule for 12th grade (Colleges may request senior year grades)

 Apply for summer jobs/internships (Use your Lehman Gmail for EVERYTHING!)

May/June

 May 2nd – SAT Exam (Deadline is April 14th)

 Start working on first draft of your college essay

 Identify majors/program of study which you are interested

 Plan with your family a summer college visit schedule

 Schedule appointments and/or visits with colleges of interest through their website

 Study for regents exams

 June 6th – SAT EXAM (Deadline is May 19th)

Summer

 Request letters of recommendation from at least two teachers in person – then request

in Naviance

 Start to narrow down your college list

 Visit colleges

 Work on your college essay/brag sheets

 August 29th - SAT Exam (Deadline is August 19th)

SENIOR YEAR TIMELINE SEPTEMBER

 Prepare tax documents for FAFSA

 Determine eligibility for Opportunity Programs (SEEK/CD/HEOP/EOP)

o Request parents income to determine eligibility for Opportunity Programs

 Follow up with Teachers and Counselors regarding letters of recommendation

 Provide Counselor with an updated list of Colleges

 Register for the November SAT Exam

 Schedule meetings with your counselor

 Take the September ACT (optional)

 Finalize your college essay & activity resume

OCTOBER

 Complete FAFSA (Available on October 1 st) (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) www.fafsa.ed.gov

 Complete TAP (Tuition Assistant Program) Application for New York State Schools You must complete the FAFSA first

 Participate in college visits at high school

 Research/Apply for scholarships (Petersons.com, CollegeBoard.org)

 Complete the SUNY Application ($50 for each school unless you receive free lunch – can waive fee for up to 7 schools)

 Participate and network during college visits and rep visits

 Attend College Open Houses – Look on their websites for dates and RSVP

 Take the October SAT, SAT II or ACT exam NOVEMBER

 Complete CUNY Application - $65 for application up to 6 schools - See College Counselor for CUNY Fee-Waiver Codes

 Follow up with teachers/counselors regarding recommendation letters

 Take the November SAT, SAT II or ACT exam (optional)

 All components of the applications including: Letters of Recommendation, Resume, Supplements and Essays should be completed by before Thanksgiving break

DECEMBER

 Complete Common App or SUNY Application for SUNY and Private school applications

 Letters of recommendation due to most colleges (January 1st)

 Take the December SAT, SAT II or ACT exam (optional)

JANUARY/FEBRUARY

 Mid-Year Transcripts will be submitted to your colleges as requested

 Share any information received from colleges with your college counselor

o Acceptance letters, scholarship awards, financial aid packages, etc

 February 1 st – CUNY Application is Due

MARCH/APRIL

 Please inform your counselor of all contacts with the potential schools

 Submit all college decisions to your counselor

 Submit all financial aid packages & scholarship information to your counselor

MAY

 MAY 1 ST is the deadline for students to inform four-year colleges of your decision to attend

 Follow up on any financial aid document requests

 Submit immunization/health records to your college

 Take CUNY Placement tests (if applicable) or inquire about SUNY and private school placement tests

JUNE

APPLICATION OVERVIEW

Components of the College Application

Must Send to All Four-Year Colleges Not Required at All Colleges

Application

- (CUNY, SUNY, CommonApp, Coalition, etc.)

College Essay (personal statement)

High School transcript

Test scores (SAT, ACT)

Recommendation letters

List of activities / resume

Test scores

- Only at test optional schools (see page 15) Interview

- Phone, In person Portfolio

- Art/Music Audition

- Art/Music SAT II (Subject test)

AP Exams

Who Submits What?

 Application

 Essay / Personal statement

 Test scores (SAT, ACT)

 List of activities / resume

 AP exams scores

 SAT II (Subject test)

 Portfolio

 High School transcript

 Recommendation letter

 School profile

 Recommendation letter

Application Deadline Terms

 Early Decision (earliest deadline)

o Binding agreement to attend that school (only one selection)

o Shows extreme interest in school

 Early Action (next deadline)

o Receive earlier decisions

o Shows high level of interest in school

 Regular Decision

 Rolling Admission

o No deadline, application closes once determined number of students have been accepted

*Please note that deadlines are not universal they are different at every single college!

Letters of Recommendation

 At least two (2) teachers

 Academic teachers preferred

o Better if it’s in a related subject area to what you want to study in college

 Ask them in person first

 Distribute brag sheet

 Request them in Naviance

 A teacher you have a good relationship with, not just the popular teacher

 Before the end of June

 Follow up with them in September

o One (1) Counselor Recommendation

C OLLEGE T YPE D EFINITIONS & H OW TO A PPLY

Type of

Private

Mostly funded by tuition dollars and alumni donations Costs the same regardless of state residency Admission requirements and financial aid varies a lot, but this is the type of school that generally offers the most $$ if you match carefully

Pace, Mercy, Manhattan College, NYU, Columbia, Syracuse, Rochester, MIT, St

Lawrence, Ithaca, Eugene Lang New School,

Connecticut College

Common Application, Coalition Application,

OR Their website

Ivy League

A group of eight of the oldest private colleges in America, they are some of the most prestigious in the world They offer amazing programs and have the money for full financial aid Very selective, all accept fewer than 10% of applicants They are all

in the same sports conference

Harvard, Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, Columbia, Cornell, University of

Pennsylvania

Common Application or Coalition Application

CUNY

Public university system located only in NYC’s 5 boroughs Cheapest option Some have housing Can be most frustrating (very bureaucratic) Funded mostly by NY State $

Lehman, Hunter, City College, Brooklyn, John Jay, Baruch, York College, LaGuardia

CC, BMCC, City Tech, Queens, Guttman,

Bronx CC

CUNY Application or Common Application

SUNY

Public university system located throughout NY State Funded mostly by NY State $ Broad range of schools – lots of options Average total cost for 4-yr SUNY is

$21,000 per year

Binghamton, Albany, Stony Brook, Purchase, Morrisville, Oswego, Tompkins

Cortland CC, Canton

SUNY Application

OR Common Application

Out of State

Public

Every state has public colleges and universities that are funded by those states (similar to SUNYs) Tuition is always cheaper for in-state students with public

colleges You are only in-state for NY

unless your legal guardian(s) live in

another state

Temple, University of Virginia, Rutgers, University of Connecticut, University of

Maryland, Penn State

Their website

OR

Common Application

For Profit/

Proprietary

These are businesses that have been accredited to operate as schools They offer degrees, but for more than you would pay

at most of the above schools Transferring credits from a for-profit school to a non-profit can also be an issue Consider these schools only for programs you can’t get

elsewhere

College of Westchester, Berkeley, DeVry, ASA, Monroe, University of Phoenix, ITT Tech, Art Institutes, Wood-Tobe Coburn

Their website

T HE C OLLEGE A DMISSIONS P YRAMID

This is the information they will look at/require when deciding whether to accept you,

organized by the amount of work you will need to put in (least work is at the top)

Community Colleges

High school graduation

CUNY Senior (4 yr) Colleges

SAT Scores and GPA (Except Macaulay Honors)

Public 4-year non- CUNY Colleges

SAT Scores, GPA, list of activities, 1-2 recommendations, college essay / personal statement

NY State Opportunity Programs (EOP, HEOP)

SAT scores, GPA, list of activities, 2+ recommendations, college essay, proof of family income

(copy of taxes, statements showing Social Security, income worksheets), sometimes interview

Bonus points: showing interest

Less Selective Private Colleges and Universities (accept

50% or more of applicants)

SAT scores, GPA, list of activities, 1-2 recommendations, college essay

Bonus points: interview, communication, visiting

Highly Selective Private Colleges and Universities (accept fewer than 50% of applicants)

SAT scores or (if test optional) one or more written & graded research papers, GPA, class rank, list of activities, 2+

recommendations, college essay, supplemental essay

Bonus points: interviewing, communication, high scores on AP exams and SAT subject tests

This type of school usually offers the most financial aid in comparison to their cost

Naviance

Website: student.naviance.com/lehmanhs

This is a website that allows you to search for colleges, request letters of recommendation from your teachers, and explore different career options It is a very useful website and it is free to every single Lehman High School student! The login page looks like this:

Your login email is your full Lehman High School email

Your password is your OSIS number

Lehman Email Address Information:

Your school email address is the first letter of your first name, followed by the first three letters of your last name, followed by the last four numbers of your OSIS number, and it ends it @LehmanHS.com

Sample Lehman High School Email Address:

Sample Student Name: Johnny Student

Then your email would be: JStu6789@LehmanHS.com

If you have trouble logging in to Naviance, please reach out to Mr Bonacorsi at Bonacorsi@LehmanHS.com

If you are having trouble with your school email address, speak to Mr Bland or email him at Bland@LehmanHS.com

M AP OF CUNY C AMPUS L OCATIONS

C ITY U NIVERSITY OF N EW Y ORK C OLLEGES (CUNY)

The scores listed above are for the average accepted student The minimum SAT score required for admission is estimated to be below the average accepted student score by about 100 points The minimum GPA required for admission is about 5 points below the average accepted student score, if not more Community colleges will only require you to have graduated with a high school diploma or a GED If you have questions regarding admissions requirements, speak to your counselor

S TATE U NIVERSITY OF N EW Y ORK (SUNY)

P RIVATE C OLLEGES AND U NIVERSITIES IN N EW Y ORK

* Indicates an HEOP program

SAT/ACT O PTIONAL C OLLEGES

*UPDATED DECEMBER 2019

A PPLICATION H ELPLINES AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT

CUNY

Phone Number: 212-997-2869

SUNY

Phone Number: 800-342-3811

Common Application

College Board

Phone Number: 866-756-7346

Naviance

www.succeed.naviance.com/collegebound

Phone Number: 866-337-0080

Coalition Application

F INANCIAL A ID T IMELINE

 Organize family income documents (1040’s, W2’s, SSI, SNAP, or income estimates for non-tax filers)

 Determine your immigration status (if applicable); locate your documentation

 Determine your financial eligibility for Opportunity Programs (SEEK/EOP/HEOP)

 Edit your college list to academically and financially balanced list of schools

 Determine whether your schools require the CSS Profile

 Determine school priority filing deadlines for CSS Profile

FALL 12TH GRADE

 Create an FSA ID for yourself Write down in your password worksheet, and give a copy to your college

counselor (fsaid.ed.gov)

 Create an FSA ID for one of your parents Write down in your password worksheet Check with older sibling if they created an account for your parents Can’t create a new one

 File TAP Application in the same sitting (Do this right after your FAFSA) Website: tap.hesc.ny.gov

 Review submitted FAFSA and TAP applications to make sure they were processed

 Check email for FAFSA confirmations and Estimated Family Contribution (EFC)

 Register, fill out, and complete CSS Profile (if applicable)

 Encourage your parents/guardians to file taxes in order to be considered for SEEK, EOP and HEOP programs

 Send copies of tax forms and income documents promptly to colleges and SEEK, EOP and HEOP

programs (if applicable)

 Confirm each college’s Financial Aid Office has all your required documents

SPRING 12TH GRADE

 Look in the mail for financial aid award letters from individual colleges

 Evaluate all award letters carefully with your counselor

 Accept the financial aid with the school you choose to attend – sometimes on the school’s website

 If you are taking out loans to pay for college, complete loan counseling and sign a promissory note

Financial AID FAQ

Q: Whose financial documents must I provide?

 Always the student’s

 Always the biological parent/parents that the student lives with

 Sometimes the biological parent that the student does not live with (if applicable)

o Unless extreme circumstance prevents this

Q: Who qualifies as a parent?

 Biological Parent(s)

 Adoptive Parent(s)

 Step-parent (if married to your custodial parent)

Q: Who does NOT qualify as a parent?

 Grandparent, uncle, aunt, or any family member, even if you live with them!

Q: I live with a legal guardian, but not adoptive or biological parents What do we provide?

Colleges will only need the legal court document proving that the courts awarded custody to your legal

guardian This allows the college to count you independent, and the schools will only consider your income information

Q: Does it matter who claims the student?

YES! Financial aid offices are required to ask parents to follow all IRS tax rules If someone claims the child, but the child does not live with this person, the financial aid office may decide to not provide financial aid until the

taxes are re-filed PLEASE TALK TO YOUR COUNSELOR NOW ABOUT ANY ANTICIPATED ISSUES!

Q: Does my household list have to match the names on my lease?

No This doesn’t have an impact; in fact, you could hurt your financial aid if you don’t list people who live in your household The more mouths to feed, the more aid you could be eligible for

Q: What if there was a major change between last year and this year? (Lost a job, got a job, lost a family member, birth, marriage, divorce)

 Update your counselor if this happens

 If this happens after financial aid is submitted, you need to contact all schools and be prepared with documents (lay-off notice, divorce decree, etc)