January
1/18: Introductions and Icebreakers.
Welcome to the College Forward family!
I am so excited to have you here and to join you on your college journey. On our first day of class we will be doing introductions, setting up ground rules and getting to know each other.
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QuestBridge Prep Scholars Program!
QuestBridge is a wonderful program for students who are exceptional and come from low income backgrounds. They offer a program for Juniors in the summer to Ivy league schools! There are all kinds of support and resources for students.
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1/23: Big Future & Junior Road Trip Requirements
Don't know what major you want? Have no idea what school you would like go to? What is the diffrence between college and University? Tonight we will use bigfuture.com to look over college and universities that may be of interest to you.
Interested in Junior Road Trip?? We will be going over the requirements to attend and the possible schools we may go to.
1/25: Creating a G Mail, and what is the difference between ACT & SAT.
Having a Gmail helps share your information with me and also it is a good place to have all of your college related things. We will be creating a Gmail if you don't already have one.
Missed the Lesson? Here are the differences between ACT & SAT, I recommend taking both exams in your Juniors yr.
Missed the Lesson? Here are the differences between ACT & SAT, I recommend taking both exams in your Juniors yr.
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1/30: Majors, Minors and Scholarships.... Oh my!
Don't know what I mean by major? What is a minor? We will talk about and we will start out journey into scholarships. I recommend collegegreenlight.com
February
2/1: Looking at the application prompts and finishing the SAT/ACT registration.
We will be starting work on your application essay. What are the prompts you ask?? I will show you! In preparation for your free SAT on March 7th you will have to make a college board account. We will also finish up your ACT registration.
Missed class?? Attached are outlines to help you get started on your applytexas essay application prompts. Go get 'um!
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2/6: Looking at a Matrix & Community Service
Let's take a look at what a Matrix and how to fill one out! Also, community service is a requirement of our program. I know some of you are in other extracurricular activities you can use that to satisfy those requirements.
Missed class?? Attached are the community service forms and a blank matrix to help you get started in what school you would like to go to!
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2/8: Activity time.
We will spend this day working anything you need to work on.
2/13: Class is cancelled today.
Enjoy your day off!!
2/15: Beginning the College Research Process
Coach Carolyn will be subbing in while Coach Kyle makes his final transition to becoming the coach at East View next week. We will be learning about the different types of colleges that you can attend, and some of the common schools that College Forward students attend. We will learn more about the College Board website as a tool to learn about Colleges.
**If you miss class, attached are the hand outs describing the different colleges and the list of common College Forward colleges students attend!
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2/22: Meeting Coach Kyle
Today in class, you will get to meet your new coach for the semester, Kyle. He is originally from Allen, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a double major in Psychology and Plan II Honors. He loves playing music (guitar, viola, singing), making good food, and spending time with friends. He is thrilled to get to work with you all this semester!
March
3/1: The SAT is coming!
The SAT is next Wednesday, so we will spend today practicing SAT sections and talking through any concerns for the test.
Resources:
Checklist and Policies for Test Day (College Board)
SAT Practice Test and Answers
College of the Day: University of Mary-Hardin Baylor
Major of the Day: Nursing
Resources:
Checklist and Policies for Test Day (College Board)
SAT Practice Test and Answers
College of the Day: University of Mary-Hardin Baylor
Major of the Day: Nursing
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3/8: Essay Writing! Woo! 🎉
We went over the Junior College Roadtrip and requirements for attending (found below). Writing a college essay is part of this, so we talked about college essays and started writing from Topic A of the ApplyTexas prompts.
Junior College Roadtrip Requirements
Attend Class or 1x1s
Complete 1 application essay
Complete College Matrix
Deadlines
Essay draft - Friday, March 30
College Matrix completed - Friday, April 13
Essay final - Friday, April 20
College of the Day: Texas State University
Major of the Day: Criminal Justice / Criminology
Junior College Roadtrip Requirements
Attend Class or 1x1s
Complete 1 application essay
Complete College Matrix
Deadlines
Essay draft - Friday, March 30
College Matrix completed - Friday, April 13
Essay final - Friday, April 20
College of the Day: Texas State University
Major of the Day: Criminal Justice / Criminology
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3/15: SPRING BREAK -- NO CLASS -- GET REST AND HAVE FUN
TUESDAY CLASS - 3/20: College Terms and Lingo - TUESDAY CLASS
Today we played College Blingo to interact with College Lingo / terminology and discuss these to better understand some of the confusing terms in the college application process and college world.
College of the Day: Texas A&M University
Major of the Day: Mechanical Engineering
College of the Day: Texas A&M University
Major of the Day: Mechanical Engineering
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3/29: WORK DAY
Today we worked on College Essays (Roadtrip Requirement!), college research, and talked with me about everything College.
College of the Day: St. Edward's University
Major of the Day: English
College of the Day: St. Edward's University
Major of the Day: English
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April
4/5: Sending SAT and ACT Scores
We talked about sending SAT and ACT scores and spend time working on our College Matrices (a Junior Roadtrip Requirement).
College of the Day: Southwestern University
Major of the Day: History
College of the Day: Southwestern University
Major of the Day: History
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4/12: Majors and Careers Workshop
Today we took a personality test and filled out a worksheet to learn more about ourselves and about potential majors or careers that fit that personality type.
College of the Day: Huston-Tillotson University
Major of the Day: Business Marketing
ALSO, we have our Community Service day on April 26 to take part in the Global Youth Service Day! Jaylene and Lillie are spearheading our food drive, so ask them to help!
College of the Day: Huston-Tillotson University
Major of the Day: Business Marketing
ALSO, we have our Community Service day on April 26 to take part in the Global Youth Service Day! Jaylene and Lillie are spearheading our food drive, so ask them to help!
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4/19: Resume Workshop
We worked on our resumes for college and career!
College of the Day: Angelo State University
Major of the Day: Communications
College of the Day: Angelo State University
Major of the Day: Communications
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4/26: Lab Hours + Parent Night!
We registered for SAT and ACT tests and worked on essays.
5/3: Introduction to Financial Aid
We went over Financial Aid lingo and introducing the FAFSA.
College of the Day: Sam Houston State University
Major of the Day: International Relations
College of the Day: Sam Houston State University
Major of the Day: International Relations
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5/10: Scholarship Workshop
We went over scholarships: what are they and how do I get them? Then we went on CollegeGreenlight.com and Unigo.com to search for scholarships!
College of the Day: The University of Texas at San Antonio
Major of the Day: Social Work
College of the Day: The University of Texas at San Antonio
Major of the Day: Social Work
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5/17: Let's talk about Summer! (LAST CLASS)
We went over summer opportunities, making summer goals, and how to send a professional email.
Help on professional emails can be found here and here.
College of the Day: Concordia University
Major of the Day: Graphic Design
Help on professional emails can be found here and here.
College of the Day: Concordia University
Major of the Day: Graphic Design
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