The UC (and CSU) deadline is Nov. 30: no transcript, no letters, but do not forget to send the official score report.

APPLICATION WORKSHOPS: Wed. 8-8:30am

Nov. 4    - UC Application onlinecomputer lab
Nov. 18  - UC Wrap uproom 105


There has been some confusion about what to send with the college applications.  Please read below....

No Transcripts: UC and CSU campuses, unless requested
Transcript: Private and Out of State Public Schools
Official score reports: Send all scores to all schools


Students may now send the CSU application to the campuses of their choice.  Applicants also need to send official score reports.

More information is available on the website at: www.csumentor.edu .

Sept. 30        College Applications: Getting Started
Oct. 7           CSU online/ computer lab
Oct. 14         UC Application overview
Oct. 21         The Common Application/Private Schools
Oct. 28         The Brag Sheet/Essays
Nov. 4           UC Application online/computer lab
Nov. 18         UC Wrap up


Financial Aid Seminar: Tuesday, Oct. 27  7-8PM  - Little Theater

Dear Community Member,
ACALANES HIGH SCHOOL’S CAREER DAY

Acalanes High School will host a career day on Thu, March 25th, from 9:40-10:40am. We would like to invite parents and community members who feel they have interesting careers and stories to tell – about how they got to where they are now professionally – to come and give presentations to small groups of students. We are particularly interested in stories of hardship and resiliency. We want to encourage our students to begin investigating the great number of career options available to them and to stress that while it is a good idea to plan ahead for a future profession, it is also important to be flexible and open to changes down the road. We hope to secure approximately 50 speakers willing to emphasize these points, bring in career-related props and images (if applicable), and speak/answer questions for a 50-minute period on March 25th. (We may group some speakers together in one classroom for shorter presentations, but only if they are interested in being on a panel and agree to it before the presentation date.) Our deadline for securing speakers is Friday, January 15th. We are especially interested in finding speakers for each of the following areas:

•Architecture and Engineering
•Art and Design
•Auto, Building and Grounds Cleaning, Repair, Installation or Maintenance
•Business and Financial Operations
•Community Services and Protective Services (government, firefighting, police                    patrolling, etc.)
•Computers and Mathematics
•Construction and Extraction
•Education, Training and Library
•Mental/Physical Healthcare (emergency services, therapy, fitness, nutrition,                      pharmacy, dentistry, etc.)
•Entertainment, Sports and Media
•Farming, Fishing and Forestry
•Food Preparation and Serving
•Life, Physical and Social Science
•Legal and Social Services
•Management
•Personal Care (cosmetics, beauty and massage, etc.)
•Production    
•Real Estate, Sales and Sales Related Careers
•Transportation and Material Moving

If you can be a presenter or would like to recommend someone, please e-mail jkarr@acalanes.k12.ca.us. Please tell her your job title and your technology needs in your letter.

The committee plans to get in touch with all presenters and provide them with more information in January. We would like our presenters to arrive at 8:45am. on March 25th for an introductory meeting in the college and career center before the event.

Thank you for your support and attention to this matter.

Sincerely,
The “Career Day” Team
at Acalanes High School

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2008 Follow-up Study
Handout: 2008 Follow-up Study

The Top Ten Things that Parents Should Remember About the College Search Process

In September of last school year, high school counselors across the country received a letter from the Dean of Admissions of Middlebury College, a top liberal arts college in Vermont.  The purpose of Dean Robert S. Clagett’s letter was to highlight a concern they have with respect to the “increasingly active (and sometimes inappropriately so) role that parents have come to play in the college admissions process.”  Dean Clagett enclosed Middlebury’s own “Top Ten Things that Parents Should Remember About the College Search Process.”  We’ve included this list for your review.

It is good, of course, that students and parents approach this process jointly, but we all know that at its best, the process itself can prepare students for the independence that they will experience in college.  The following list contains some possible symptoms of parental overinvolvement.

#10  Remember that this process is not about you.  No matter how similar your
children may be to you, they need to make their own decisions and observations.

#9  Support and encouragement are more appropriate than pressure and unsolicited advice. 
Allow your children to seek you out and restrain yourself from imposing your viewpoint upon them.

#8  Do not use the words “we” or “our” when referring to your children’s application process. 
Those little pronouns are surefire indicators that you have become too involved.

#7  Help them prepare but let them perform.  Encourage them to sleep well and put thought into a college visit, but once on campus, step back and let them drive the experience.  This is good practice for the next phase of their lives---adulthood.

#6  Encourage your children to make their own college appointments, phone calls, and e-mails. 
When a family arrives at an admissions office, it’s important that the student approach the front desk, not the parents.  We notice!  Having control over those details gives them a sense of ownership.  Don’t be tempted by the excuse that “I’m just saving them time” or “they are too busy”—students will learn to appreciate all the steps it takes to make big things happen if they do them.

#5 Allow your children to ask the questions.  They have their own set of issues that are important to them.

#4  Prepare your children for disappointment.  For many students this is the first time they could face bad news.  Remind them there is no perfect school and that admissions decisions do not reflect on their worth as people or your worth as parents.

#3  Never complete any portion of the college application – yes, even if it is just busy work. 
That also goes for friends, siblings, counselors, and secretaries.  For many colleges, that overstep would be viewed as a violation of the honor policy at the school.

#2  Do not let stereotypes or outdated information steer your children away from schools in
which they would otherwise have an interest.  Times have changed and so have colleges.

And the #1 Thing for Parents to Remember about the College Search Process is:

#1  Never, ever, during a college visit buy a sweatshirt or t-shirt from the bookstore in your size --- it’s a dead giveaway!
College & Career Info.