1. All applications should be completed
by now. If you have any other applications to turn in, please
do so as soon as possible. As always, check with colleges/universities
about two weeks after submitting your application to make
sure they have received everything.
2. Midyear transcripts will automatically be mailed to
the schools to which you have applied. These transcripts
will have first semester grades and a re-calculated GPA
reflecting your first semester work.
3. If you applied and were accepted to a binding Early
Decision program, you must withdraw all other applications
in writing. This is part of the agreement you made when
you applied Early Decision. (Please note: Wofford and
Furman Early Decision acceptances are binding on January
15. Other binding Early Decision acceptances are binding
as soon as the student is accepted by the college.)
4. Stay focused. Your acceptances are provisional. Colleges
expect you to maintain or improve the level of performance
at which you were accepted.
5. Please keep Mrs. Bickley posted as you receive admission
decisions from the colleges to which you have applied.
Colleges do not notify us.
6. Keep a list of all scholarships and the amounts awarded.
The College Counseling Office will ask you for this information
in late April or early May.
7. Revisit colleges if you need help making your decision
over the next several months. May 1 is National Decision
Day. You will need to make your choice and notify colleges
of your selection by this date. Remember: End-of-the-Year
transcripts will be sent to the one college you designate
as your college of choice.
8. Contact individual college financial aid offices to
explore financial aid requirements and institutional scholarship
possibilities.
9. Both FAFSA and CSS Profile financial aid forms are
available online at:
For FAFSA: www.fafsa.ed.gov
(required by most institutions for financial aid
consideration)
Please note: Before beginning the FAFSA your family
should apply for a US
Department of Education personal identification number
(PIN) at
www.pin.ed.gov. A PIN is required in order to complete
the
FAFSA.
For CSS Profile: www.collegeboard.com (required by some
private colleges and
scholarship sponsors)
10. Check the College Counseling website regularly at
www.hammondschool.org . Follow the links to Scholarships.
Information will be posted as it comes available.
11. Write thank you notes to those who provided recommendations
if you have not
already done so.
12. Ms. Easler will be ordering diplomas soon. Please
complete and return the enclosed form indicating the name
you wish to have printed on your diploma.
13. Balfour representatives will be on campus January
24 at 9:45 am in the Lecture Hall to accept orders for
graduation caps, gowns, and invitations. You will receive
information via mail from Balfour at your home address
concerning product options and ordering information.
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Balfour Rep on Campus
January 24 9:45 Lecture Hall
AP Exams May 6-16
Awards Day May 23 10:00 US Gym
Senior Trip May 17-22
Graduation Practice May 23 1:00 First Presbyterian
Graduation Reception May 23 5:00-7:00 Lower School
Kiva
Graduation May 24 10:00 First Presbyterian
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