 Welcome to Alvin ISD's College, Career, and Scholarship Information Page Answer: Make a "To Do Check List." Might we suggest this one. 1. Explore career choices. By the end of your junior year, try to narrow down what truly interest you. This will be helpful in selecting post-high school training. 2. Take rigorous classes. This will give you a better chance of keeping doors open to selective colleges if you choose to go in that direction. Also, dual credit, Pre-AP, and AP courses add additional points to a person's GPA. We all know that GPA determines class rank. 3. Do well in classes. Nothing prepares a student better for post-high school training than learning the material "the first time." Don't be one of the college students who has to take a remedial course for no credit before taking the "real" classes. 4. Explore training options/college. If you are going to college, have at least three possible colleges in mind that offers the major you want. Have this done by the end of your junior year. Choose colleges that are a "fit" for you. One way to discover this is to do a campus visit. Take your parents; they can add some valuable insight. So in the fall of your senior year, apply to 3-5 colleges that you would be willing to attend. This will give you choices, especially in terms of affordability. 5. Do Volunteerism. More scholarships and colleges are looking to what you have given back to your community. Some scholarships are strictly based on a person's volunteer hours. 6. Be involved. Be active in student organizations, sports, music, drama; whatever it is, there is a place for you. However, don't become involved in so many activities that your grades suffer. Choose a few and do them well. Keep a list of your activities. 7. Make an Academic Resume. From your list of activities, make a resume that you can give to those who will be writing letters of recommendations. Hand them your resume, and they will have plenty to include.
8. Take the ACT or SAT by the end of your junior year. This will give you scores to send to colleges and scholarship early in the fall. Those on free and reduced lunches can get two fee waivers their junior and/or senior years.
9. Start scholarship searches now. Even as a freshman, start looking on the net to see what scholarships you want to apply for when you are a senior. Copy all the details and place in your "Senior" file. You can even start on the essays that many require. Most scholarship essays don't change from year to year. When the time comes, pull up your file and revise.
10. Get 3-5 Letters of Recommendations. You will need these for scholarship applications. Ask teachers, counselors, ministers, employers, and other adults that know you well. 11. Get PIN for FAFSA during the fall of your senior year. Both the student and parent will need to have their own PIN. www.pin.ed.gov 12. Fill out FAFSA after January 1 of your senior year. www.fafsa.ed.gov If you need additional resources or need to talk to a College and Career Counselor, there is a College and Career Counselor in each high school. At Alvin High School the College and Career Counselor is Mr. Fitzwater. The College and Career Center is located in the Vocational Building in V200. Mr. Fitzwater's office is V200-D. Hope to see you soon. At Manvel High School the College and Career Counselor is Mrs. Hernandez. MHS's College and Career Center is located in C138. Ron Fitzwater Arlene Hernandez
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