King George High School
September News
Early Decision, Early Action, Single Choice, Restrictive Early Action. There are so many application options, but what do they mean?
Early Decision (ED) is a binding agreement in the college admissions process. If you apply Early Decision you are agreeing to attend that institution if accepted. The only way out of an Early Decision contract is insufficient financial aid and that can be difficult to prove.
Early Action (EA) is non-binding, meaning that you typically can apply to other colleges even if you have applied Early Action. Pay attention because there are "single choice" or "restrictive early action" programs that will prohibit you from applying to any other EA or ED program if you applied Early Action to their school. For example, if you apply to Harvard under their Early Action program, you can also apply at the same time to any public college/university, but you are restricted from applying to other private universities’ Early Action and Early Decision programs.
Is it in your best interest to apply Early Action or Early Decision? Juniors, it is never too early to start thinking about this. Use your junior meeting to discuss these options with your counselor. You can also utilize the chart below and see the acceptance rates of some of the top colleges.
PSAT for 10th and 11th Graders
When: October 16th
Where: Students will come to school as normal and test during the school day
Who: All 10th grade students (the test will be free for sophomores). 11th grade students may also take the exam, but 11th graders must register with Ms. Morrison in the counseling office and pay the fee.
Counselors will be visiting sophomore classrooms to talk with students about the PSAT. Students will be sent home with a practice book. Please encourage your student to get plenty of sleep and eat a healthy breakfast before coming to school on this date. When the test results come back counselors will hold an informational session with parents and students to explain test results and the next steps.
College Spotlight: The University of Georgia
What Have Your High School Counselors Been Doing?
August was a busy month with scheduling changes, new students and so much more. If you are the parent of a senior, please know that we are meeting individually with your child to ensure they understand the college application process. Meetings began in August and will continue into September. For students not entering college we are offering a Trade School Boot Camp in September. In addition to individual student meetings, we have been visiting classrooms to review the senior timelines.
Counselors have also worked with students in Economics/Personal Finance classes to expose students to their Myers Briggs Type indicators and how that relates to careers. If you have a child in Economics class ask them what their Myers Briggs Type is.
The average daily count of students visiting counselors is 75 per day which means that each counselors sees 4-5 students every block. Since this count does not include emails, phone calls, meetings, or IM messages from staff the counseling office can be quite busy. If you try to reach us and we are not immediately available it is probably because we are with students or in the classroom. We do care about you and your concerns and will be in touch as soon as we are available.