Welcome to �PVHS

Senior Information

REMIND SIGN-UP

• Students Text @H86B8FD to 81010
• Please put your legal name
• Parents Text @ga96g6 to 81010

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Please remember if you are a male and when you turn 18 you must by law register for the selective service at www.sss.gov

UPCOMING DATES

• MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 – Senior meeting in Auditorium during WIN(11:00-11:45) for Josten’s to discuss Graduation supplies. This is a student only meeting.
• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 – Jostens will be here during lunches taking Graduation supply orders.

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UPCOMING DATES

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• THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 - COLLEGE APP DAY 9am-2pm.
• College Reps and PVHS counselors will be available in the media center to assist with completing college applications.
• MONDAY, OCTOBER 23 - College Fair ED-OP from 2:15-3:00pm in the Commons.

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PENDING DATES

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• Senior Signing - Friday, May 10, during WIN time
• Graduation Practice - Wednesday, May 15, 1pm
• Graduation – Thursday, May 16, at 3pm at

Littlejohn Coliseum, Clemson, SC

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GRADUATION

• Students are only required to purchase the cap, gown, tassel, hood, and diploma cover. All other packages are optional
• Tickets typically aren’t required but depends on venue.

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THE SAT IS MADE UP OF 3 PARTS:

     EVIDENCE BASED READING (200-800)

     MATHEMATICS (200-800)

     WRITING (2-8) – OPTIONAL

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COST WITHOUT ESSAY - $60.00

WITH ESSAY - $60.00

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�•REGISTER: WWW.COLLEGEBOARD.ORG

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The ACT tests 5 areas:

•English

•Math

•Reading

•Science

•Writing (Optional)

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•Score range is (0-36)

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Without Writing - $68.00

With Writing - $93.00

�•Register: www.actstudent.org

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SAT/ACT FEE WAIVERS

• If you qualify for Free/Reduced Lunch you are eligible to receive 2 fee waivers from ACT and SAT each.
• **please note: the cafeteria is not authorized to release your FRL status to us or our bookkeeper. If you receive confirmation of qualifying for FRL, please bring us that approval letter so that we can provide various waivers and our bookkeeper can waive your school fees.
• Fee Waivers for College Applications are also available in your Collegeboard.org account once you use an SAT Fee Waiver.
• ACT also has fee waivers for College Applications. See your counselor after you use a fee waiver to take the ACT test.

SAT TEST DATES

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ACT TEST DATES

ACT/SAT SCORES

• USC - Self report test scores up until FEB 1^ST, then send official test scores by JUNE 1^ST
• COFC - PDF, JPEG Uploaded; Official Must be Sent if they enroll
• CLEMSON – Official test scores must come from testing agency
• ALL OTHERS – Send official scores from testing agency

ACT/SAT SCORES

• Most schools are going Test Optional this year.
• Schools will evaluate all information that they receive from you. Without scores, they may need to look more heavily on other aspects of your application.
• Schools have said that sending scores can only help you and not hurt/penalize if you send them.
• Will still have to have ACT/SAT scores to meet State Scholarships requirements

COLLEGE VISIT DAYS

• Seniors are allowed 2 visits
• Pick-up form in the Guidance office to take on your visit to have signed. Also located on the College Resources tab of our website:

https://sites.google.com/apps.anderson1.org/pvhs-school-counseling

• Return the form to the Attendance Office or the Attendance Box (window on the student entrance side of the school)

• www.eligibilitycenter.org
• Accounts must be created by prospective student
• $100 fee unless student qualifies for free/reduced lunch
• Notify counselor to send transcript and check credits
• Division 1 or 2 Sports

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STATE DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS

4-YEAR UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS

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• 1 Math Unit above Algebra 2
• 3 Units of Lab Science
• 1 Unit of Fine Art
• 2 or 3 Units of Foreign Language (Clemson & College of Charleston require 3 units)
• 1 Academic Elective Unit

**Always confirm directly with your college of interest as well**

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APPLICATION PROCESS

• Online Applications – College Website, Coalition, or Common App
• Check the College website for Admission and Application Requirements

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Some of the Requirements may include:

Official Transcript Counselor Recommendation Form

Teacher Recommendations Personal Statement/Essay

Student Resume Application Fee

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WAYS TO APPLY TO COLLEGES

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• College websites - If applying to each individual college
• Common App - https://www.commonapp.org/
• Common App for Historical Black Colleges - https://commonblackcollegeapp.com/
• Coalition for College - https://www.coalitionforcollegeaccess.org/

ACCEPTANCE RATES

Clemson-Middle 50% U of SC - Middle 50% College of Charleston – Middle 50%

SAT: 1230 - 1390 SAT: 1100 - 1300 SAT: 1140-1290

ACT: 28-32 ACT: 21-29 ACT: 25-30

80% Top 20% of Class GPA: 4.1 - 4.7 GPA: 4.09-4.77

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** Based on 2022-23 Freshmen Reports not this year yet.

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RECOMMENDATION LETTER�

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• Google Form is available on the PVHS Guidance Website

https://forms.gle/qR6w96Jm9NnFv5Hu8

• Your responses to our Google Form gives counselors information that we can include when we fill out our part that some colleges require. Not all college require them
• Request your letter at least 3 weeks in advance

FAFSA

• Free Application for Federal Student Aid – fafsa.gov
• Looking to open DECEMBER 1^ST
• Parent and student will need a FSA ID to complete
• Data retrieval tool to automatically import your tax information
• Taxes from 2021 will be used

SCHOLARSHIPS

• Scholarships we receive from companies or organizations will be posted on the PVHS Guidance Website.

• Students and parents will be able to see these scholarships.

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• Please keep looking throughout the year for scholarships to be updated on the site.

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OTHER SCHOLARSHIP SITES

• WWW.UNIGO.COM/SCHOLARSHIPS
• WWW.ZINCH.COM
• WWW.GOCOLLEGE.COM
• WWW.FASTWEB.COM
• WWW.CAPPEX.COM
• WWW.SCHOLARSHIPS.COM
• https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/

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SC STATE SCHOLARSHIPS

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• Palmetto Fellows
• Life Scholarship
• SC Hope Scholarship
• Lottery Tuition Assistance�

HOPE SCHOLARSHIP

• 4-Year Universities in SC
• $2,800 (Including a $300 book allowance)
• 3.0 GPA Upon Graduation
• For Students who do not qualify for Palmetto or Life Scholarship
• Non-Renewable – One year only in Hope you meet requirements for Life Scholarship Sophomore year.

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TRANSCRIPT REQUEST

• Students will be able to request transcripts from Parchment. The site is Parchment.com. Please know that once you request a transcript a notification is sent to the counselors/secretary who have to approve it. May take 24 hours.
• Some of you may have already set up an account in a previous year. If you have a Parchment Account, continue to use it to request your transcript
• We will go over how to send your transcript in the next few slides

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Parchment Instructions

You may have seen an email from Parchment at some point. It contains a specific link for your account.

If not, we have your registration code. You may select “have a registration code”.

After opening the email, you will see this page. Please go and click the Green Icon: Finish Setting Up Your Parchment Account

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If you don’t have an email, see the next page.

TRANSCRIPT REQUEST

• Students will be able to request transcripts from Parchment. The site is Parchment.com. Please know that once you request a transcript a notification is sent to the counselors/secretary who have to approve it. May take 24 hours.
• Some of you may have already set up an account in a previous year. If you have a Parchment Account, continue to use it to request your transcript
• We will go over how to send your transcript in the next few slides

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Parchment Instructions

You may have seen an email from Parchment at some point. It contains a specific link for your account.

If not, we have your registration code. You may select “have a registration code”.

After opening the email, you will see this page. Please go and click the Green Icon: Finish Setting Up Your Parchment Account

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If you don’t have an email, see the next page.

If you don’t have an email from Parchment or cannot find it

Go to Parchment.com/register

• It should prompt you for a registration code. If not, click “I have a registration code”
• Get the code from the Guidance Office (secretary or counselor)
• Enter the code
• Follow screenshots on next few slides

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If you don’t have an email from Parchment or cannot find it

Go to Parchment.com/register

• It should prompt you for a registration code. If not, click “I have a registration code”
• Get the code from the Guidance Office (secretary or counselor)
• Enter the code
• Follow screenshots on next few slides

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This Page is the top of the Demographics Page

Please make sure your name and email is correct in the email space. It should be your personal email.

Make your password your school computer password

Put in your Birthday and Grade Level

Then scroll down and the rest of the page is on the next slide for more instructions.

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After scrolling down from top, please click, No, I do not wish to share my information. ��Also click I do waive my right to access��Finally, check the two or three statements at the bottom. Then click Let’s Go. ��

Click X when this pops up. �If you don’t you will not be able to ever request your transcript.��After this please skip the next two slides.

Parchment at Parchment.com

If you do have a Parchment account already you need to click Sign In where the arrow shows.

Use the email you used as the username and the password you set it.

Now Everyone should be on this slide and page, even if you skipped the last two. ��Hit the word “Order”

Pick College or Yourself to send Transcript. You will type name of college in Search menu and hit Search.

Parent must sign and type their name along with checking the box that they approve for student to send transcript. After doing this once the signature will be saved for future requests.

On Order Summary Page you should see the school you are sending it to, if correct Complete Order

Thank you for watching and listening��Any Questions?? Please reach out to your counselor��Last Names A – G �Lauren Blackston at blackstonl@apps.anderson1.org��Last Names H-O�Elizabeth Mascaro at mascaroe@apps.anderson1.org��Last Names P – Z �Blake Edwards at edwardss@apps.anderson1.org��