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September 13, Tuesday T block – Mandatory Senior Assembly – Steps to Post High School Planning Auditorium Weeks of September 19 and 26 – Senior Guidance Seminars – Students should check their schedule. Required seminars (1 per week) are listed in one of their free blocks. If you do not have a seminar listed, please see your counselor before 9/19 September 19, Monday – 7-8:30pm – Combined PTO Senior Parent Night – Deans Welcome and Overview of Post High School Planning with College Focus by Lenny Libenzon, BHS College Counselor Auditorium September 24, Saturday – 8:30am-12:30 pm – PTO College Essay Workshop – BHS MLK Room October 19, Wednesday – 7 pm – BHS Guidance sponsored MEFA College Financing Seminar Auditorium January 17, Tuesday – 6-9 pm - BHS Guidance hosts the 2017 USA Gap Year Fair - BHS MLK Room and Café March 27, Monday – 7 pm – BHS Guidance sponsored MEFA Paying for College Seminar – Location TBD April 5, Wednesday – 7-8:30 pm – BHS Guidance and Special Education Depts sponsor – Support Services and College

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PARENT BRAG SHEET As we enter these next crucial months in the college application process, we want to assure you that we will be meeting regularly with your son or daughter. As part of this process, we write a counselor recommendation or official school report for your son or daughter as a required part of the college application. College admissions committees look to us to highlight strengths and weaknesses, special qualities or accomplishments, explanations of unusual circumstances in academic or personal lives. We consider such areas as family background, hobbies, personal experiences, summer experiences, interests, values, special talents and explanations of the high school records (grades, test scores, etc.). Students review the recommendation before it is sent. If you have suggestions for the recommendation of your child, please send them directly to your child’s guidance counselor at the high school. Don’t spend time worrying about your writing style. Your comments are just for the counselor to use as a guide. This information should be received by the guidance counselor as soon as possible. Please check with your child to be sure he/she has completed the Student Self-Description Form and given it to his/her guidance counselor. Parent Brag Sheet for the College Recommendation

1. What do you consider to be the outstanding accomplishments of your child during the past three or four years? Why did you select these as most important? 2. In what areas has your child shown the most development and growth during the past three or four years? 3. What do you consider to be his/her outstanding personality traits? 4. If you had to describe your son/daughter in five adjectives, what would they be? 5. Are there any unusual or personal circumstances which have affected your child’s educational experience or personal experiences?

College Navigator http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator

Research Schools

College Results http://www.collegeresults.org/

Fiske Guide & Princeton Review 380 Best Colleges

Naviance: connection.naviance.com/brookline (password: bhs)

APPLY

Common Application: www.commonapp.org

BHS Guidance Website: http://bhs.brookline.k12.ma.us/guidance

SAT, Subject Test And AP Scores: www.collegeboard.com

SCORES



ACT: www.actstudent.org

FAFSA: www.fafsa.ed.gov CSS Prolfile: https://profileonline.collegeboard.com

FINANCIAL AID

Scholarships: www.fastweb.com MEFA (Financial Aid Night: 10/19, 7 pm) www.mefa.org

Career Counseling: [email protected], rm 280

OTHER PATHS

Gap And Post Graduate Year: Gap Year Fair: 1/17