Senior/College Information

PDF DocumentThe Senior Letter

 

  • Click on the PDF above for the Senior Letter which contains important dates and information for your child's senior year.
  • Sign up for the 2020 Senior Class Remind by texting @leslie2020 to 81010 for updates and announcements.

College Information

It's time to apply to colleges/universities/technical schools.  As a general rule, you need to apply before Halloween to be considered for their scholarships.  If you receive free/reduced lunch, you qualify for an application fee waiver.  See one of the counselors in Student Services to request fee waivers and assistance with applications.  See Mrs. Frohriep to send your transcript to schools where you have submitted applications. 

Central Michigan University is offering their Maroon and Gold Merit Recognition Awards that could pay up to 75% of your tuition. These scholarships are based on GPA and SAT scores, ranging from 20-75% of tuition, or between $2500 to $9300 per year.   You must apply to CMU by December 1, 2019 to be given priority consideration for these scholarships.   

Lansing Community College scholarship application window is open from November 1st to Jan 31st. You must be accepted to LCC in order to apply. If you have questions or need assistance in your application, you can contact Amanda Cho, Student Engagement Coordinator, at her email address Choa@lcc.edu or her office phone at 517-483-1342.  Click here for the scholarship application.  

U of M has 4 years of FREE tuition if your family income is $65,000 or less. Check it out atExternal Link goblueguarantee.umich.edu

PDF DocumentAdmissions Information for Michigan Colleges and Universities

External LinkMichigan Transfer Network

  • Allows you to view transfer course equivalencies between many Michigan colleges and universities.  

External LinkCollege Planning Help

External LinkTuitiontracker.org

  • Here's a cool new tool!  You can see the sticker price of a school vs. the estimated cost based on family income.  The site also shows demographics, graduation rates, retention rates, etc.

Below is a list of additional resources.  Sometimes the website creators contact us to post their information on our website.  While we check to make sure they have free resources, we do not thoroughly investigate each site.  Please feel free to give Student Services your feedback; if you find one that asks you to pay or seems unhelpful, let us know so we can update our listings.  Thanks for your help!  

External Link The Sallie Mae® College Planning Calculator SM  

  • They provide a tool that can help you search for college costs, build a plan to reach a specific savings goal, or figure out how to pay for college with savings, scholarships, grants and loans.

  • Registration is free.

PDF DocumentFastweb Choosing the Right College

External Link    EduTrek.com ~

  • A website that gathers information on American schools, including career-oriented trade and technical schools. 

  • It’s a free site to use, but one part does ask you to create an account with your information.

  •  Prospective students can search the database for schools by state, degree, and subject.

  • They offer a free matching service where prospective students can fill out some basic information about themselves and what they are interested in. The matching engine will take that information and return with a list of schools that match their needs.

External LinkOnline Colleges and Universities in Michigan

External LinkOut-of-State Online Colleges and Universities

 

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