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Updated: April 25, 2012
WHS College and Career Center Information
Go to the "Scholarship" page for the latest awards available to students!
The ASVAB is coming to Windsor High!
Whether you’re planning on college, a technical school, or you’re just not sure yet, the ASVAB Career Exploration Program can provide you with important information about your skills, abilities and interests – and help put you on the right course for a satisfying career.
The ASVAB will be administered at WHS on May 30th, 12:50 (after finals)
Room B124 The test is approximately 3 ½ hours long. A fifteen minute break will be given half way into the test. Please bring snacks & drinks (only to be consumed during the break).
Interested in Duke University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and/or Stanford University?
Exploring College Options is a special recruitment program sponsored by the undergraduate admissions offices of five of the country's leading universities: Duke University, Georgetown University, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Stanford University. During the spring or fall of each year, the Exploring College Options group will visit all 50 states, Puerto Rico, USVI and the District of Columbia. At each event, representatives from the five universities will conduct brief slide presentations about their institution and answer your questions about the sometimes-mystifying world of college admissions. You will learn what distinguishes one fine university from another, what competitive colleges look for in the selection process, and what you can do to enhance your college application.
San Francisco, CA
Thursday, May 24, 7:30 pm
Hyatt Regency San Francisco
5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA 94111
Check here for more local dates and for registration:
http://www.exploringcollegeoptions.org/
or here for a table summarizing the admissions practices of the five universities:
http://www.exploringcollegeoptions.org/documents/2011ECOchart.pdf
SRJC Presentation and SRJC Placement Exam
SRJC Presentation: Specifically for Graduating Seniors going to SRJC. April 12th, 9:55-11:35 in the theater. Counselor Tony Vasquez will give orientation of SRJC: Everything you need to do to get into SRJC-ie: placement exams, Summer class: Counseling 270 and financial aid. He will answer any questions you have during that time.
SRJC English Placement exam: April 13th, 1-4pm in the library.
Sign up for SRJC English Placement Exam with Tammy (counseling secretary) : Available 7:30am-3pm, with lunch from 12:30-1:00pm only the first 50 will be able to test. First come first serve list.
Math placement can only be taking at SRJC.
Navigating SRJC Day!
Join your classmates and other Sonoma County high school seniors at Navigating SRJC day on Friday, May 4, 2012 from 9-3. Learn about assessment, counseling, registration, orientation classes and more. Experience a college lecture, tour the campus, and talk with current SRJC students. Don't miss it.
Go to - http://navigatingsrjcday.eventbrite.com/
These just in....Don't miss out...
*EXCEL Youth Summer Enrichment Program /
Sonoma State University
EXCEL Youth enrichment program has a high school teaching assistant program. Motivated students can apply to become a volunteer teaching assistant for a summer faculty. Deadline to apply: May 18. Session dates, hours, class descriptions and applications are available online: www.sonoma.edu/exed/excel .
Attention Seniors! March 2nd is the cut off for filing your FAFSA applications and Cal Grant verification forms. Apply for the FAFSA online at www.fafsa.ed.gov. See your academic counselor for Cal Grant GPA verification forms. Don't wait until the last minute....get on this now! :-)
What Information Do I Need When I Fill Out the FAFSA?
WHS ON-CAMPUS COLLEGE VISITS
US AIR FORCE - 3/30
US ARMY - 4/19/12
US MARINES - 4/29/12
US NAVY - 5/3/12
Please sign up in the Counseling office if you would like to meet with one of the visiting schools. All grade levels are encouraged to participate.
COLLEGE PREVIEW DAYS & WORKSHOPS
Admission & Financial Aid – Academic Programs – Residential Life – Costs – Extracurricular Opportunities
Humboldt State University
Spring Preview 2012 on April 13, 2012
Humboldt, CA
www.humboldt.edu/
HELPFUL RESOURCES
COLLEGE MATCH
www.collegematchla.org
The Need College Match Addresses
According to a recent Century Foundation report, the most underrepresented group of Americans at the nation’s top colleges and universities are students from low-income families (defined as the bottom quarter of Americans ranked by income.) Only 3% of students at the 146 most selective colleges come from families in this quartile. In stark contrast, 75% of all students at these institutions are from families in the top income quartile.
College Match was established to address this enormous disparity. One of the biggest obstacles is that most of our low-income students attend very large high schools where the college counselors are overwhelmed by ratios of approximately 600 students to one counselor or even higher. Sadly, California ranks last in the nation in the ratio between students and counselors. Another major problem is that their parents cannot afford to pay for personal college counselors, SAT preparatory courses, essay consultants, extensive college site visits, and other forms of help that more affluent college applicants enjoy.
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