December 10th ACT
Here are the national test dates for the first half of 2023, along with the registration deadlines:
February 11--January 6
April 15--March 10
June 10--May 5
July 15--June 16
Eagleville's CEEB testing code: 430615
Community Service Hours needed for TN Promise
Community service is time contributed to a nonprofit or public service organization. The community should be benefitting from the work you do!
Students can also volunteer in their field of interest to gain experience. This means that job shadowing may count toward your community service requirement.
Make sure you are volunteering with an actual organization (not an individual), you are not being paid, you are being supervised by someone who is not a family member and your activity does not include proselytizing (sharing religious faith).
What counts as community service?
- Tutoring students at a community center
- Doing laundry for residents of a nursing home
- Working with an organization to build homes for people in need
- Participating in an environment clean-up event
- Volunteering to work at a booth for a food drive or charity race
- Volunteering with established student organizations at your college
- Job Shadowing
What does not count as community service?
- Building a deck with your friend
- Babysitting
- Picking up trash during a hike with friends
- Donating cans to a food drive or running a race
- Proselytizing (sharing faith)
All community service hours must be submitted through the community service online form found here. After submitting your community service hours, you will receive a confirmation email.
Virtual Community Service Opportunities
Due to the emergence of COVID-19 in recent years, tnAchieves has allowed you to complete all 8 of your community service hours via virtual community service webinars provided on our website. Virtual community service webinars will still be available to you in order to complete your community service requirement for TN Promise eligibility; however, you will only be allowed to complete up to 4 virtual community service webinars for each community service deadline. The remaining 4 hours must be completed via job shadowing and/or volunteering in the community. If you try to view more than 4 virtual community service webinars, you will be presented with an error message.
FAFSA Information
Watch “How to Complete a FAFSA“ Videos: These quick videos walk students through each step of completing a FAFSA. Videos can be accessed on YouTube here.
Need Help:If students need additional assistance completing the FAFSA, they can reach out to our FAFSA experts at FAFSA.Help@tn.gov. There will be staff standing by to help.
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Raise Me
Y'all check out Raise Me! It's a scholarship search engine that is open for students 9-12 and it matches you with micro-scholarships based on your achievements!
What is a micro-scholarship you ask? It is an amount of money that students are eligible to earn based on individual achievements throughout 9th-12th grade. They are awarded by colleges and universities who partner with RaiseMe, and each college or university creates their own program of micro-scholarship.
The amount earned via RaiseMe represents the minimum amount of institutional aid that the college will award you if you are accepted and enroll in their school.
Colleges decide what achievements they want to award and how much they will award to students who meet their eligibility requirements (which can be found on their College page). For example, one college might offer $50 for an A in Algebra, another might offer $300, and so on.
Be sure to go and check it out!
MTSU Merit-Based Scholarships
Trustee Scholarship - $5,000 a year - must have at least a 3.5 GPA and a 30 on the ACT
Presidential Scholarship - $4,500 a year - must have at least a 3.5 GPA and a 25 on the ACT
True Blue Scholarship - $2,000 a year - must have at least a 3.5 GPA and a 23 on the ACT
For additional details, here is a link to the MTSU Scholarship Guide:
https://www.mtsu.edu/financial-aid/docs/ScholarshipGuide.pdf
To be considered for a Freshman Guaranteed Scholarships, students must be a first-time incoming freshman who plans to enroll at MTSU in the Summer or Fall semester. Students must have ALL of the following on file with the Admissions Office by December 1 to be considered for a scholarship:
- Application for admissions as a new Incoming Freshman
- Admissions Application fee paid
- Qualifying official ACT and/or SAT test score (without the writing subscore)
- Only ACT/SAT scores on file with MTSU as of the Dec 1st deadline will be considered. MTSU will not consider writing test subscores or accept test superscores in regard to scholarship consideration.
- Qualifying official sixth-semester high school transcript with cumulative GPA requirement (transcript must reflect GPA through end of junior year).
- Must be US Citizen or permanent resident
No separate scholarship application is required for guaranteed academic scholarships. Student will receive notification of the scholarship award offer by February.
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FAFSA
Some grants are first come first serve, so it's best to get it done early. The student and parent will need to complete the application together and parents will need to access their 2019 tax information. If you do not complete the FAFSA, you will not be eligible for the HOPE Scholarship, TN Promise or any other form of federal/state aid. Deadline for completing the FAFSA for the TN Promise is February 1st. | HOPE Scholarship In order to receive the HOPE Scholarship, students must have a 3.0 GPA or a 21 on the ACT. HOPE awards $3,500 per year to 4-year colleges and $3,000 per year to 2-yr colleges in TN. There is also the General Assembly Merit Scholarship for students who have a 3.75 GPA or higher and at least a 29 ACT composite score. To apply for the HOPE Scholarship, students must fill out the FAFSA. | TN Promise The state of Tennessee is offering a program that will provide two years of tuition-free community or technical college. The deadline for student to apply is November 2nd. Apply at tnpromise.gov Students must file their FAFSA by Feb. 1st, attend tow mandatory meetings held at local high schools and complete 8 hours of community service. |
FAFSA
- FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is the application for government aid including the HOPE scholarship, TN Promise, grants and any other type of Federal/State financial aid. The application opens up on October 1st.
Some grants are first come first serve, so it's best to get it done early. The student and parent will need to complete the application together and parents will need to access their 2019 tax information.
If you do not complete the FAFSA, you will not be eligible for the HOPE Scholarship, TN Promise or any other form of federal/state aid. Deadline for completing the FAFSA for the TN Promise is February 1st.
HOPE Scholarship
HOPE awards $3,500 per year to 4-year colleges and $3,000 per year to 2-yr colleges in TN. There is also the General Assembly Merit Scholarship for students who have a 3.75 GPA or higher and at least a 29 ACT composite score.
To apply for the HOPE Scholarship, students must fill out the FAFSA.
TN Promise
Apply at tnpromise.gov
Students must file their FAFSA by Feb. 1st, attend tow mandatory meetings held at local high schools and complete 8 hours of community service.
Scholarships... Money, Money, Money!
So where do find scholarships? That's an great question!
1. Be sure to check the school that you are applying for. They will have specific scholarships for their school. While most of these are merit-based (based on your GPA, courses taken and test scores) there may be other so be sure to check out their website.
2. Search Engines - these are great because they have millions of dollars worth of scholarships listed. We've complied a list of these on the EAG Counseling webpage.
3. Local Scholarships - Also on the EAG Counseling webpage are a list of scholarships we are notified of. We are constantly updating this so be sure to check it out regularly.
The key is to APPLY, APPLY, APPLY!!
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Selective Service It is a requirement for all males to register with the Selective Service when they turn 18. Students may register up to 6 months before their 18th birthday. Register at www.sss.gov *It is optional for females to register | Register to Vote To register to vote in Tennessee, you must:
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Selective Service
Students may register up to 6 months before their 18th birthday.
Register at www.sss.gov
*It is optional for females to register
Register to Vote
- be a citizen of the United States
- be a resident of Tennessee
- be at least 18 years old on or before the next election
Attendance Matters
- Be sure to bring a note back to the Attendance office when an absence occurs.
- Parents are allowed to write 8 notes per school year to excuse an absences.
- After 5 unexcused absences, students/parents will need to attend an Attendance meeting.
Plan to Play Sports in College?
If you are planning to play sports in college you must register for either the NCAA or NAIA.
See Coach McClaran for details.
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Valedictorian Requirements for the Class of 2023
| Graduate with Honors Anyone can graduate with honors as long as you meet the following ACT benchmark scores:
| Graduation with Distinction Must have a 3.0 GPA and meet one of the following requirements:
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Valedictorian Requirements for the Class of 2023
- Highest GPA
- Graduate with Distinction
- Take at least 12 honors or above courses
- If multiple students meet these requirements, the highest ACT composite score will determine the valedictorian.
Graduate with Honors
- English - 18
- Math - 22
- Reading - 22
- Science - 23
Graduation with Distinction
- Earn an Industry Certification
- Earn 12 hours of Post-Secondary Credit
- Attend Governors School
- Score a 31 or higher on the ACT
- Participate in All-State
- Be selected as a National Merit Finalist or Semi-Finalist
- Score a 3 on at least 2 AP Tests
Graduation Requirements
Math - 4 credits
Science - 3 credits (Biology, Chemistry or Physics, 3rd science)
Social Studies - 3 credits (World History & Geog, US History, Econ/Gov)
Foreign Language - 2 credits
Fine Art - 1 credit
PE - 1.5 credits
Personal Finance - .5 credit
Pathway Elective - 3 credits
Elective - 1
Total 23 credits
*Students must also take the ACT and the US Civics Test.
