| This year we have re-organized our 11th grade College Seminar to include more student-centered activities. We want our 11th grade students doing more. So in our 1st seminar session our 11th graders are filling out the survey we designed on Naviance. We will use this survey to better understand our student's preferences, expectations, dreams, and values. We also use this survey to help us (as college counselors) accomplish in our recommendation letters narration (telling their story well), synthesis (connecting the dots in terms of major themes), and distinction (elevating them from the blob of test scores and gpa numbers). After we marinate in each student's survey (and parent's survey > next post) we come up with 1) a college exploration list, 2) senior academic program (options), and 3) testing, visiting, and applying timeline for each student. Here then are some of the questions we ask each 11th grader to answer thoughtfully: You are at a "speed dating" event. You are given only enough time to answer one question: "How would you describe yourself in five words?" | |
| 6. | Complete this statement and explain why: (Think literature, movies, tv, history textbooks) "I am a lot like the fictional (or historical) character __________________________ because... |
| *7. | What do you like to do when you don't have to do anything? |
| 8. | What is your strongest non-academic trait? Give a recent example of that trait in action? |
| *9. | If a teacher walked into your classroom and gave you a choice for your final class assessment, which of the following assessments would you choose and why: A) a scantron test B) a paper C) a project |
| *10. | What experience or event are you most proud of in an extracurricular activity or job during your high school years. |
| *11. | What has been your most challenging Casady experience? |
| *12. | If you had to design your own course, what would that course look like? What be the course's title? |
| *13. | Will you be applying for need-based financial aid? |
| Yes No |
| *14. | Will finances or scholarships play an important part in your decision? |
| Yes No |
| 15. | List any extracurricular activities in which you would like to participate in college. |
| *16. | Please identify the level of importance in your college search of the following criteria with 1 being "not important" to 5 being "extremely important": | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| *17. | Geographic Preferences. Be honest as you can about the states in which you would like to have college options. "5" equals "strong interest", "3" equates to moderate interest, and "1" equates to no interest. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| *18. | Are there any specific colleges or universities you are interested in at this time? If so please list below: |
| 19. | Majors/Concentrations/Academic Interests/Careers. If you do have specific academic or major interests which you would like your college counselor to consider making up your prospective college list, go through the list below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| *20. | Do you anticipate participating in intercollegiate athletics while attending college? |
| Yes No |
| 21. | If the answer is "Yes", list the sports and NCAA Divisional Level (Div. I, Div. II, Div. III, NAIA) in which you have interest. |
| *22. | Paint a word picture of your ideal college. |
| 23. | List here any colleges which you have VISITED and indicate your level of interest: |
| *24. | List two 11th grade teachers you would have write a recommendation on your behalf. Why did you choose this teacher? What assignment/test/paper/project are you most proud of in that teacher's class? |
| *25. | Your college counselor will write a one-page recommendation to colleges on your behalf. With this in mind, what part(s) of your story do you want your college counselor to help tell to colleges? |
| *26. | Indicate all tests you plan to take this spring: (The College Counseling Team recommends you take the SAT and ACT at least ONCE and at least TWO Subject tests) |
| Add answer choices here. Februrary 11 (ACT) April 14 (ACT) June 9 (ACT) September 8 (ACT) October 27 (ACT) December 8 (ACT) March 10 (SAT) May 5 (SAT) June 2 (SAT) Oct. TBA (SAT) November TBA (SAT) |
