LHS JR. / SR. PARENT NIGHT

Meet and Greet Your LHS School Counselors

LHS – Guidance - Website

How do we pay for college????Loans Grants Work Study

▪ Scholarships

▪ Books

▪ Tuition

▪ Meal Plans

▪ Financial Aid

National Percentage of Undergraduate Students Borrowing Federal Stafford Loans

+ 186%

Student Borrowing: North Carolina

Total Dollars Borrowed for Stafford Loans

College Costs: North Carolina

Average Tuition and Fees at North Carolina Institutions

Financial Assistance: North Carolina

Total Student Financial Aid Awarded(in millions, rounded)

Fafsa–Free Application for Federal Student Aid www.fafsa.ed.gov

www.studentaid.ed.gov

www.studentaid.ed.gov - Manual

Career Cruising - Handout

Official Transcript Request▪ School counseling

office▪ Form to be filled

out.▪ Student will pick

up and mail.

NEW! – SAT/ACT SECURITY REQUIREMENTSWWW.COLLEGEBOARD.ORGWWW.ACT.ORG

Got to have:✓Ticket✓Photo Identification

valid, up-to-date, and acceptable

form of identification =

photo

SAT - ID documents must:▪ be government or school issued

▪ be original document — photocopied documents are not acceptable

▪ be valid and current — expired documents (bearing expiration dates that have passed) are not acceptable, no matter how recently they may have expired

▪ bear the test-taker's full name, exactly as it appears on the

Admission Ticket ▪ bear photograph that clearly matches the test-taker

▪ be in good condition, with clearly legible text and a clearly visible photograph

NO ticket NO ID NO admission

NO exception

ACT – ID documents

▪ a photo of yourself for identification purposes

▪ must be a head and shoulders shot of you—and only you.

▪ You must be facing the camera.▪ You cannot wear dark glasses.

ACT has a “phone app” that helps with uploading your photo.

College Visits

▪ Form in the School Counseling Office▪ Two weeks in advance▪ Open House or Private Visit▪ 2 per year for seniors.

Information at LHS??

▪ School Website / Calendar

▪ Teacher Website▪ Automated

Voice service is to your primary phone #

Has yours changed???

▪Follow Petey the Pirate

▪@PiratesLhs

Questions