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Summer 2014 – Making Your Summer Count

Name

➢ Set Five Goals For Your Senior Year

o Academic

o College Search

o Financial Aid

o Volunteer Hours

o Other

➢ Make This Summer a Productive One

- Complete 100 volunteer hours of community service no later than Friday, April 17, 2015.

- Gain valuable work experience

- Repeat a course, if necessary, on

o Information is available in the CSAS Guidance Office

- Volunteer in a meaningful way

- Visit some colleges, if possible

- Prepare to take the ACT / SAT / SAT II in September or October

➢ Get Ready, Get Set, Get Organized

- Create an initial list of colleges to contact for more information

- Establish a file with 10 folders with headings for

• your pre-selected schools and other schools mailing you information

• ACT / SAT testing information

• copy of your senior profile

- Sort the information received from colleges; keep the best; recycle the rest.

➢ Get On The Computer

- Request selected colleges to place your name on their mailing list

- Visit on-line career centers

- Create your Senior Profile

- Use the free test prep on

➢ By August

- Write your senior profile resume and narrative

- Identify five people (teachers, employers, volunteer supervisors, religious leaders) you may approach for recommendations

- Complete the Junior Pre-college Calendar and Checklist tasks that are still pending.

- Review the Senior Pre-college Calendar and Checklist tasks

- Create an August to May calendar and pencil in deadlines, tests, etc.

➢ Explore NAVIANCE

- Create your account on Naviance using the registration code distributed to you

- GENERAL tab: Review your general information and notify Ms. Julia Glover if information needs to be changed. Ms. Glover’s e-mail address is glover_julia@

- PLAN tab: Complete a gameplan survey

- COLLEGE tab: Make a list of prospective colleges

- COLLEGE tab: Complete a college search and compare colleges.

CSAS Senior Profile Resume

A senior profile is a brief, one-to two-page typed summary that communicates to your teachers and college advisor your unique combination of skills, experiences and abilities. It is an advertisement of your achievements and experiences. Its purpose is to help them help you in selecting a college, making career decisions, and guiding your search for financial aid.

It can be used by the reader……………

to learn more about you and discover your talents and qualities that may be known to you, but not to CSAS faculty members.

to highlight your unique and relevant skills and your relevant experiences.

for networking, phone contacts, college recruiters and college fairs.

It will include………

Name (legal name plus the name you prefer to be called), address, telephone number and e-mail address. Make sure your e-mail address is respectable and professional. boomboombaby@, cokeaddict@ and hunkofaman@ are inappropriate.

A list of all schools including summer programs you have attended and dual enrollment courses at UTC.

Current Grade Point Average from the 9th grade to present day.

Community service experiences including the location, description of duties, number of hours earned as of (date), and the name of an on-site supervisor.

Extracurricular activities, positions held, honors won, or letters earned.

Work experiences including summer employment you have held during the past three years.

Additional experiences including traveling to foreign countries or other cultural experiences.

Senior Profile Tips

Prepare your senior profile in a format similar to a resume with headings or categories. Your language should be simple and direct and include action words to create a positive impression. Use the Naviance Resume builder under the About Me tab.

Proofread for accuracy and relevance, spelling, grammatical errors or any other errors.

Avoid using jargon, abbreviations, slang words and different tenses of words.

Aim for a clean, uncluttered appearance.

Your senior profile should be easy to read with plenty of white spaces to break up the reading.

Use good quality plain white paper and a laser printer for the best appearance.

Report your awards, activities, work and volunteer experiences with the most recent ones listed first in each category.

If you do not have work experiences, awards, or community service experiences leave that category off of your resume.

If you plan to list a person as a reference you must ask them for permission in advance. An aunt, uncle or other relative should not be used as a reference.

Turn in your CSAS Senior Profile on time. A senior profile that misses the deadline speaks volumes about your punctuality and willingness to meet scholarship and college deadlines.

Date Due: A rough draft must be completed by Thursday, August 15, 2014 to your Seminar teacher. The deadline to submit your final draft will be announced at that time. If you do not submit a Senior Profile, please do not ask a teacher or your college counselor to write a recommendation for you. Keep your Senior Profile on your computer and a backup disc. You will need access to it several times this year for college applications, scholarships and your Senior Project.

FULL NAME IN CAPS

Street Address

City, State Zip

Telephone Number and Cell Number

E-mail Address

EDUCATION: Full Name of High School

City, State

Expected Date of Graduation: Date

Grade Point Average: Omit if lower than 2.75

SENIOR COURSE

SCHEDULE First Semester Second Semester

UT-CHATTANOOGA DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES

Title of completed courses Date

Title of anticipated courses Date

List other educational enrichment experiences such as Governor’s School, Passport Scholars Program, The Bridge Program for Math and Sciences, etc. List the name of the program, location, and date.

WORK

EXPERIENCES: Name of Restaurant/Store Date

Position:

Supervisor: Name & title

City, State

COMMUNITY SERVICE

EXPERIENCES: Full Name of Agency Date

Position:

Supervisor: Name & title

City, State Hours volunteered:

ACTIVITIES:

School: XYZ Team Date

XYZ Club Date

Community: XYZ Team

AWARDS: XYZ Award Date

XYZ Award Date

Start this section on a NEW page.

Senior Profile Narrative

The last section of the Senior Profile provides background information for your college counselor and teachers who may write letters of recommendation for you. Type the questions below and follow each question with your answer. This page is in addition to the one-to two-page typed senior profile. Note: Lengthy answers to questions are not expected; two pages for questions, excluding the writing sample, should be sufficient.

1. Looking back, how would you describe your high school experience? What are your proudest accomplishments?

2. What subject(s) have you found most enjoyable in the previous two years? What made them enjoyable for you?

3. What subject(s) have you found most difficult in the previous two years?

4. What do you consider your strong points as a student (writing, research, problem solving, etc.)? Briefly describe an academic project or paper in which you were particularly successful.

5. If there were one area you hope to work on to become a more successful student, what would it be?

6. What events, circumstances or experiences have had a major impact on your way of thinking either positively or negatively? (moving, cultural differences, accident, family circumstances, learning disability, death, special opportunities.)

7. How has your family’s experiences with education shaped your view? What have their successes or failures taught you?

8. List several adjectives, at least five, that describe something about you as a college candidate and person and explain.

9. What extracurricular activity has been the most meaningful to you? Why?

10. Have you participated in any summer programs, volunteer or paid work, or study opportunities that have been of significant importance to you? Please describe.

11. What responsibilities or activities are you involved in, outside your school day, which set you apart from your peers?

12. Is there anything in your school experience which you feel warrants clarification? If yes, please explain.

13. Name the school(s) you have attended by grade level: K-11. Why did you decide to attend CSAS and what makes you a Paideia learner?

Writing Sample: Start this section on a NEW page.

Instructions. The writing sample demonstrates your ability to write clearly and concisely on a selected topic and helps you distinguish yourself in your own voice. What do you want the readers of your application to know about you apart from courses, grades and test scores? Choose the option that best helps you answer that question and write an essay of no more than 650 words, using the prompt to inspire you and structure your response. Remember: 650 words is your limit, not your goal. Use the full range if you need it, but don’t feel obligated to do so. (A response shorter than 250 words is unacceptable.

• Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.

• Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn?

• Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there and why is it meaningful to you?

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