Junior Year Info Class of 2022
Created by SEHS Counseling Department
Our Recorded Rising Senior Webinar
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The SEHS counselors shared information about planning for Senior year, recommended summer activities, college application processes, and much more.
Newsletter Objectives
The purpose of this newsletter is to give you information and resources that can help you be prepared for senior year. Please review the materials below making sure to stop and read the content that applies to you. This newsletter can be found on the SEHS Webpage under Class Pages-Class of 2022. The Junior 2022 Essentials video below is also a great source of information.
Planning Calendar for Junior Year
Spring: Complete your Junior Project -Have a Junior Interview (if you can) -Take an ACT/SAT if you need one -If you need a teacher letter of rec for college, think about who you want to ask.
Summer: Continue exploring your options for after graduation -Start putting colleges in the "I'm applying to" tab in Naviance -Visit colleges (if you can) -Explore funding options for your post high school plans -In Sept. check your year long schedule to make sure it includes everyone you need for graduation.
Fall: Schedule a Senior Interview (see below) -Attend the Senior Meeting in October and Jr./Sr. night -If you're applying to a 4 year college pick up a purple packet in the counseling office. -Get involved, enjoy your time and have a great year.
Here is the entire SEHS Junior Planning Calendar and The Oregon Goes to College Junior Checklist
Junior Interview
The Junior Interview is a one on one appointment with your counselor. It's a chance to talk privately about anything that's on your mind, check your credits & review your forecasting. It's a chance to hear about information and resources that support your plans for after high school. This newsletter has many of the resources typically shared during that interview.
This year has been especially hard to meet with as many juniors. If you do not have a Junior Interview with your counselor, please just remember to sign up for your Senior Interview (see below) and you have any questions please reach out to your counselor via e-mail or live chat.
Junior Project Canvas Module
The Junior Project gives you information and resources for post graduation planning. You will see all of the Junior Project components in your Canvas account. Some of the major tools you will use are Career Information System (CIS) and Naviance. If you don't get a chance to finish your project this year you will have access to both of these tools next year as well.
Credits for Graduation and Post High School Planning
How to check your credit completion
To check your credit completion you can use your Work In Progress (WIP) Transcript or your StudentVue Progress Check tab . The WIP Transcript will have a column for the credit that you are scheduled into and a column for the credits that you have not completed and are not scheduled into. That column is the most important to know while completing your forecasting for next year.
On the StudentVue Progess Check next Fall you'll need to make sure you do not have any grey bars indicated. That indicates you need credit are not in scheduled into a course.
If you have less than 17 credits at the end of junior year, I think it would be a good idea to talk to your counselor about summer school.
If you're concerned about your credit completion please reach out to your counselor because we do have options that we can discuss with you.
4 Year College Admissions Requirements
The Oregon High School Diploma requirements are different than meeting typical 4 year college admission requirements.
Commonly, two years or a 2nd year proficiency in a World Language other than English is required for 4 year college admissions.
Many colleges also require 15 subject credits of a grade of C- or higher. Some pass grades have been accepted recently due to distance learning but you should check with each college to figure out their acceptance of pass grades.
The Junior Project activities will help you identify if you need anything else to apply to a particular colleges. You can also find that information at the college's website.
Senior year can be the year you take an additional course or repeat one if you need to.
The Scheduling & Forecasting Department
We have a really great scheduling department working on schedules and forecasting throughout the year.
Christie Ferris is our scheduler and Joel Lavin is our scheduling admin and you can email them at southscheduling@4j.lane.edu
They have a great scheduling & forecasting website where they have included the curriculum guide and they post information about the process to change your schedule.
The curriculum guide is your course planning guide for high school and can answer many questions about courses offered at SEHS.
If you have taken AP Spanish and/or AP Calculus by the end of Junior year, you are eligible for Duck Link. Duck Link is a program with UO that offers, that allows high school students to take courses at UO tuition free. Please refer to this website, and contact Leann Hollenbeak for details on participation.
Personalized Learning & Essential Skills Requirement
At the bottom of your transcript you'll see a Test History section. You might wonder what this is. The Oregon Department of Education has decided that the Reading, Writing and Math essentail skills have been waived for the Class of 2022.
For the Personalized Learning we will have you do manageable activities to demonstrate that you have a plan for after graduation. We will bring more details to your attention if this is something that is required.
Senior Interview During Fall Term
We would like every senior to have a one on one Senior Interview with their counselor during Fall term. The purpose of the Senior Interview is to provide information that supports your goals for a successful and enjoyable senior year, and help launch you into life after high school. Please schedule your interview with the link below or on the Counseling Department website.
College Admission Exams (SAT/ACT/PSAT)
COVID 19 & SAT/ACT
The College & Career Center gathered some information about the effects of COVID on SAT and ACT and they are included here:
Some highlights include:
Over 1600 4-year colleges/universities waived the SAT/ACT requirement for the class of 2021. This is more than two thirds of the total number of such schools in the U.S.
Some of these same colleges will remain test optional for the class of 2022, including all Oregon public universities, but many schools have not yet made a final decision about this.
SAT, ACT & PSAT/NMSQT Information
If you discover that you need to take the SAT/ACT we recommend you try taking it during the spring of your junior year and if you don't receive the score you were aiming for, take it again in fall of your senior year.
SAT sign up: CollegeBoard website. ACT exam at ACT.org
What is the differences between SAT, ACT & PSAT article.
If you qualify for the free/reduced lunch program you also qualify for a free waiver. Pick one up from Leann.
The PSAT/NMSQT was given to all sophomores in October of 2019. It is preliminary SAT and it can be used as a practice exam.
If you missed taking the PSAT/NMSQT exam but are interested in being eligible for National Merit Scholarships please review this link.
Do I need to take the SAT/ACT?
Below you will find an interesting blog about how colleges are reconsidering the need for a SAT or ACT score.
Taking the ACT and SAT-Going Forward or Not
The eight public universities in Oregon have all moved to a test-optional admission policy for students entering in the Fall of 2021 (some sooner). Learn how this new policy will affect admission and scholarship considerations at their respective institutions moving forward.
Information about who and who is not requiring an admissions test at FairTest.org
Test Optional panel from the Oregon Public Universities video
College & Career Exploration
Oregon Goes To College
Oregon Goes To College helps educators, students and families prepare for education after high school.
Junior year: This is the time to work your hardest for good grades, take on leadership roles, and refine your college options. Junior timeline can be found here.
UO SAIL Now & Summer
The Summer Academy to Inspire Learning (SAIL) are one-week long summer programs hosted by the University of Oregon. Summer SAIL
The year- round program offers weekly informational enriches sessions. Year-Round SAIL Programs
Student Volunteering & Studying Abroad
Career Prep Information
College & Program Visits Schedule
College representatives present on their college and program nearly all school year long. Currently it's all online but when we're in the building again we'll host them again in the SEHS College & Career Center.
Check out who's scheduled to present at this College/Program Visits and Fairs webpage.
The 4 Year College Application Process at South
Purple Packet
If you're applying to four year colleges, let me introduce you to the Purple Packet. In coordination with Naviance, the Purple Packet is how the counseling department manages and processes your materials for your college application.
Next Fall you'll want to come to the counseling office and
pick up a packet from our counseling secretary, Leann Hollenbeak. She will work you through the steps and your counselor will use that to make sure your college admission materials get sent to your colleges.
Naviance Steps
If you completed the Junior Project you're pretty familiar with Naviance at this point. It's a great way to explore college admission standards and organize the required documents and deadlines. Over the summer after junior year or during fall term you'll want to start narrowing your focus on colleges you want to apply to and be able to feel good about moving or add colleges to the I'm Applying To" section on Naviance.
How to Add Colleges to the "I'm applying to" list in Naviance
The Common App
The Common Application (Common App) is a non-profit representing nearly 900 diverse institutions of higher education. They connect applicants to a wide array of public and private colleges and universities across all 50 U.S. states, and 20 countries.
If you are using the Common App to apply to colleges please don't forget to put your colleges in Naviance and Common App, you will also need to Match the two programs. Here is a How to Video Link
Lane Community College (LCC)
If your future includes Lane Community College, we recommend you apply by the spring of senior year. Check out this LCC Admissions Webpage for step by step directions on making the plan come true. Why Apply to Lane Community College YouTube video.
After you apply for admission it will be time to start thinking about funding for your LCC experience. The first step is to complete either the FAFSA or ORSAA.
A great resource for those attending a community college in Oregon is the Oregon Promise which helps eligible students pay for the first two years of tuition.
Another great website to go to is the LCC Foundation Scholarship Page. The deadline is usually March 1st of your senior year.
Scholarships & Paying for College
FAFSA & ORSAA
Beginning on October 1st, 2021 complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form to apply for financial aid for college.
How to fill out the FAFSA for a Dependent YouTube video
The ORSAA is an alternative to the FAFSA for Oregon residents who are undocumented, including students who have DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) status.
If a college requires the CSS Profile you will need to complete the application on the CSS College Board website.
OSAC & Oregon Promise
OSAC is a state office that helps Oregonians plan and pay for college by providing scholarships and other financial aid, mentorships and informational resources. They help manage approximately 600 scholarships and the deadline is typically on March 1st.
Oregon Promise helps eligible students pay for the first two years of tuition. It's really great- check it out Oregon Promise.
SEHS College & Career Center Scholarships
It's always a good idea to look for scholarships at the SEHS Scholarship Website.
The SEHS College & Career Center has also compiled a number of local and national scholarships that you can apply to. You can find them here.
Information about the Western Undergraduate Exchange.
Counselor Appointments & Live Chat
Let's Chat! Every Tuesday & Thursday from 1:30-3:00 you can get your questions answered in real time by your counselor. Live Chat is best for quick questions that you need answers for right away. If you have time and think you would rather have an appointment to discuss things, you can make an appointment with us instead. See below.
SEHS Counseling Department
- A-F: Juli McGlinsky
- G-N: Michael Leahy
- O-Z: Shantel Buss
- Freshmen: Shirley Madathil
- Transition Coordinator: Emily Rousseau
- Counseling Secretary: Leann Hollenbeak
Website: https://sehs.4j.lane.edu/counseling-department/
Location: South Eugene High School, East 19th Avenue, Eugene, OR, USA
Phone: 541-790-8013
Twitter: @SEHSCounselor