Parent College Admissions Workshop

Senior
Student
/
Parent
College
 Admissions
Workshop
 Presented
by

 the
Saint
Francis
Guidance
and
Counseling
Department

 August
24,
2014
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Senior
Student
/
Parent
College
 Admissions
Workshop


Presented
by

 the
Saint
Francis
Guidance
and
Counseling
Department

 August
24,
2014


Prayer
and
Welcoming
 Remarks



2

This presentation, as well as all parent and student presentations, forms, and instructions, can be viewed or downloaded on the Saint Francis High School Guidance and Counseling website.

Link to College Guidance

Class of 2015 College Planning Portal 3

First
Hour
Agenda
   Trends
in
College


Admissions


  Roles
in
the
College


Process


  Money
MaGers


  TesHng
   Making
the
Final
List
   Pros
and
Cons
of
Applying


Early


  Where
Should
Students
and


Parents
Be
Now
in
the
 College
Process?


4

2:00‐4:00
Parents

 PresentaHon
by
 Kirk
Brennan,
Director of Admissions at the   University of Southern California  

 LocaHon:

Visual
and
Performing
Arts
Center.


 5

2:00‐4:00:

Students
 
InteracHve
College
Workshop
  Review
Chronology
for
Applying

to
College:


Loca@ons
for
student
presenta@ons
will
be
 assigned
at
the
end
of
this
presenta@on.

 

6

7

Class
of
2014
 Of
the
436
seniors:
  
99
percent
will
be
aFending
college…..
 Of
the
436
seniors:

  96
percent
admiFed
to
a
four
year
 college.


 8

Did
the
Class
of
2014
Stay
Home?




48 Percent Out of State

SFHS Class of 2014

9

Colleges
Across
the
US
Accepted
Saint
Francis
 Students



10

The
Class
of
2014
Will
Be
AGending
Colleges
and
 UniversiHes
Across
the
US



11

Top
20
Most
Popular
Colleges
Where
Saint
Francis

 Class
of
2014
Applied
 College or University  

College or University  

University
of
California,
Davis


University
of
California,
Irvine


California
Polytechnic
State
University
SLO


University
of
Oregon


Santa
Clara
University


University
of
San
Diego


University
of
California,
Los
Angeles


San
Diego
State
University


University
of
California,
Santa
Barbara


University
of
California,
Santa
Cruz


University
of
California,
San
Diego


San
Francisco
State
University


San
Jose
State
University


Stanford
University


University
of
California,
Berkeley


University
of
Portland


University
of
Southern
California


Chapman
University


Loyola
Marymount
University


University
of
Colorado,
Boulder


12

Admission
PaGerns
in
California


13

California
State
Universi@es
 SFHS
 Acceptance
 Rates



CSU
2012


CSU
2013


CSU
2014


Percent
 AdmiFed


69.4
%


56.3
%


60.8
%


CSU
Campus



State
Wide
 Admission
 Rate



SFHS
Class
of
 2014
 Admission
 Rate



Cal
Poly
SLO


31
Percent


35
Percent


San
Diego
State


31
percent


42
Percent


San
Jose
State



63
percent


74
Percent


San
Francisco
State


64
percent


67
Percent
 14

University
of
California

 Campus



Statewide
Admit
Rate

 (percent
of
all
applicants
 for
Fall)


SFHS
Class
of
2014
 Admit
Rate


2012


2013


2014


Percent
of
those
 Number
of
SFHS
 admiFed
who
applied
 AFending
 from
SFHS


Berkeley 

21.1


20.9


17.3


24



15


LA 

21.3


20.1


18.2


19


7


San Diego 

37.7


36.8


33.4


40


9


Davis 

45.6


39.4


40.6


44


3


Irvine  

36.3


41.1


35.4


40


2


Santa Barbara 

43.4


38.8


36.1


42


9


Santa Cruz 

60.5


48.6


56.9


52


3


Riverside  

61.5


54.7


56.7


55


2


Merced 

75.1


65.6


64.0


56


1


Data taken from:

http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2014/fall-2014-admissionstable2.pdf

#
of
SFHS
Class
of
 2014
AGending



15

Holy
Cross
Colleges
 SFHS
Class
of
2014

 Experienced
a
68.3
Percent
Combined
Admission
 Rate
at
These
Holy
Cross
Colleges
 University
of
Portland,
Portland,
Oregon
 St.
Edward s
University,
Aus@n,
Texas

 University
of
Notre
Dame,
South
Bend,
Indiana
 (highly
selecHve)
 Stonehill,
Easton,
MassachuseFs

 16

Jesuit
Colleges
 SFHS
Class
of
2014
experienced
a
62.9
Percent
Combined
Admission
Rate
 at
these
Jesuit
Colleges



SFHS Student Applied

17

Jesuit
College
Fair
for
Saint
Francis
Students‐ Sept.
9th

7:45
am‐8:45
am
   15
Jesuit
College
Admission
RepresentaHves
will
be
available


during
CollaboraHon.

 Make a Connection With:   

Creighton
University
 Fairfield
University
 Gonzaga
University
 Loyola
Marymount
University
 Loyola
University
Chicago
 Loyola
University
Maryland
 Loyola
University
New
 Orleans


MarqueGe
University
 Regis
University
 Saint
Joseph's
University
 Saint
Louis
University
 Santa
Clara
University
 SeaGle
University
 University
of
San
Francisco
 Xavier
University 

18

Top
Public
UniversiHes


Compare:
Red
Line

 Shows
Percent
of
SFHS
 Class
of
2014
 accepted
to
the
 University of  California   (41
percent)


19

Acceptances
at
Out
of
State

 Public
UniversiHes
in
the
West


 Admission
Rates
 Above

 60
Percent
for
SFHS
 Class
of
2014


Out
of
State
Public
UniversiHes
to
Consider:

  Alabama


 Nevada


 Delaware


 Montana


 Kansas


 Missouri


 Hawaii


 Vermont


 Idaho
  Iowa


21

Making
the
Match‐
 Look
Beyond
Rankings

 Qualities   InteracHon
with
other
students
 InteracHon
with
professors
 Opportunity
for
research

 Opportunity
for
internships

 Length
of
Hme
to
graduaHon

 22

Counselor/Student/Parent Roles in the Admission Process

23

Counselor’s
Role

 •  Provide
students
with
a
Fall
Senior
College
ApplicaHon


Plan.


•  Assist
each
student
in
finalizing
a
list
of
reach,
target,
and


safety
schools.


This
list
will
be
listed
in
Family
ConnecHon
 under
 Colleges I’m applying to. 




•  Counselors
will
be
discussing
the
applica@on
process
at


today’s
workshop.


•  Follow
up
classroom
presenta@on
in
religion
classes‐
 Oct.
9
&
10
on
Comple