News of the Week for Seniors - 9/8/2014

College Counseling Update for the Week of September 8^th

College Visits

To attend a college visit, please come get a pass from one of the college counselors. You will need to give the pass to your teacher at least one day before the visit in order to be excused. Even if you sign up for the visit on Family Connection, you still need to get a pass.

·         Tuesday, September 9^th  

o   Wofford College- 11:00 a.m.

·         Wednesday, September 10^th  

·         Thursday, September 11^th

o   Georgetown University- 10:00 a.m.

o   University of Mary Washington- 11:00 a.m.

o   Jacobs University- 1:00 p.m.

·         Friday, September 12^th

o   University of Maryland- 2:00 p.m.

Essay Workshops

On Friday, we will be holding our annual essay workshop at 11:00 am in the Nolan Center. Attendance is mandatory for all seniors and you will be excused from your classes. Our Speaker is Ryan Hargraves, Senior Associate Dean of Admission at the University of Virginia and he will be sharing advice and tips about how to start tackling your college essay!

We will also be holding an optional essay workshop on Saturday from 9-1 at Visitation. If you plan to attend, please RSVP through the Google document that was sent out. We will be helping with brainstorming, editing and drafting your college essay.

Naviance/Family Connection

Please check the Naviance/Family Connection website regularly. Sign in here: https://succeed.naviance.com/family-connection/auth/login/?hsid=visi

 Things you can do in Naviance

·  Review the college visit list (new colleges are added daily!)

·  Keep track of your  college list

·  Review scattergrams and the Visi admissions history at the schools on your list

·  Review scholarship data

Review all the information we have about local information sessions, open houses, and special campus visit programs

Standardized Testing Dates and Deadlines

·         October 12 SAT and Subject Tests- Registration Deadline is September 12

·         October 25 ACT- Registration Deadline is September 19

·         November 8 SAT and Subject Tests- Registration Deadline is October 9

·         December 6 SAT and Subject Tests- Registration Deadline is November 6

·         December 13 ACT- Registration Deadline is November 7

Remember to put down Visitation’s school code, 090080, when you register for the SAT and ACT

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Welcome Back Seniors - First Blog Post of the Year!

Hello Class of 2015! As you sort through the endless assignment lists on the first day of school, get ready to add a few more things to your "to-do" lists. Mrs. Prugh will be sending weekly emails with time sensitive information related to the college process. We do not see you in College Counseling groups this year so email, Twitter, and Life After Visi are the ways we will communicate.

Here is what you need to know for the week of September 2.

College Visits. So far, we have scheduled 85 colleges that will be coming to Visitation during September and October. More colleges are being added every day! In order to attend a college visit, you will need to receive a pass from one of the college counselors or Mrs. Duke. The pass needs to be signed at least one day in advance by the teacher of the class you will be missing. They need to know where you are so that you will not be marked absent. If the teacher excuses you, you may attend the college visit. To see which colleges are visiting, check under the "College Visits" section of Family Connection, listen to the Bulletin announcements or check the schedule in the College Counseling Office. We already have colleges that are visiting this week (Dartmouth is visiting on Thursday) so you can start coming by to get passes! All visits are held in the College Counseling Conference room on the second floor of Fennessy, unless we let you know otherwise. Please plan ahead!

You each created a login to Family Connection last spring. As a reminder, The Family Connection link is:

https://succeed.naviance.com/family-connection/auth/login/?hsid=visi

On Friday, September 12, we will be holding our Essay Workshop during block period. You are excused from your regular classes in order to attend- attendance is mandatory. Our speaker will be Ryan Hargraves, who works in the Office of Undergraduate Admission at the University of Virginia and he will be speaking to you about how to brainstorm and write your college essays. 

On Saturday, September 13, we will be hosting our first follow-up Essay Workshop from 9 am to 1 pm. The college counselors in addition to members of the English department will be here at Visitation to offer help with your college essays. We can edit what you have already written or help you think about possible topics or you can use the time to start a draft.This event requires an RSVP and we will forward an invitation later this week.

Our calendars are outside of our doors so feel free to come by and sign up for an appointment when you are ready. 

More details about the application process are on the way - PLEASE check your email. 

We are excited to work with you all throughout the process this year!

Ms. Carter, Ms. Duke, Ms. Maglio and Ms. Prugh

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College Choices for the Class of 2014

Congratulations to the Class of 2014! It has been a pleasure to know you. The college choices for the class of 2014 (as of June 4, 2014) are:

American University

Auburn University

Belmont University

Benedictine College

Boston College (5)

Boston University (3)

Brandeis University

Bucknell University (3)

The Catholic University of America (3)

Clemson University (5)

Colby College

University of Colorado at Boulder

Cornell University

Creighton University

Dartmouth College

Davidson College

Drexel University

Duquesne University

East Carolina University

Elon University (2)

Emory University

Fordham University (4)

Georgetown University (4)

University of Georgia (2)

Harvard College

High Point University (2)

College of the Holy Cross (2)

James Madison University (3)

John Carroll University

Louisiana State University

Loyola Marymount University

Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University New Orleans

Marist College

University of Mary Washington

University of Maryland College Park (3)

Miami University (2)

University of Michigan (3)

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (2)

Northeastern University (2)

University of Notre Dame (3)

Pennsylvania State University, University Park (7)

University of Pennsylvania

Princeton University

Providence College (2)

Rollins College

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

St. Joseph's University (2)

San Diego State University (2)

Santa Clara University 

University of South Carolina (2)

University of Southern California 

Southern Methodist University (2)

Stanford University

Towson University

Tulane University

Villanova University (2)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (6)

University of Virginia (5)

Wake Forest University (2)

College of William and Mary (7)

Xavier University 

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