We're thrilled to kick off the 4th year of the YESS Post-Secondary Success program serving more students than ever!
Thus far, we are working with over 130 high school Seniors from Adams City, North, West Leadership and Westminster High Schools in the Denver metro area. Hopefully we'll add a few more Seniors when programming at Lincoln gets started.
#yesscollegebound #yesssuperstars #thefutureisSObright
We are also supporting almost 170 YESS High School graduates from the Classes of 2017, 2018 and 2019. What a difference a few years makes!
YESS Alumni are making the world a better place through their preparation for work as Certified Nurses Assistants, educators, mental health professionals, musicians, lawyers, Emergency Medical Technicians, computer scientists, nurses and more.
Check out the YESS Post-Secondary Success video for a glimpse at what we do!
YESS College and Career Corner!
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Monday, October 7, 2019
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Senior Fall Checklist!
Senior Fall Post-Secondary Planning Checklist!
September
Identify 3-5 post-secondary education options (college,
trade school, apprenticeship, etc)
Identify 3-5 scholarship opportunities that YOU are eligible
to receive.
Register for an SAT retake if needed. Talk to your school counselor.
Mark your calendar for FAFSA
Night/Day at your school. Let your parents know in advance!
Gather
documents needed to complete FAFSA and/or other financial aid forms.
Ask questions! Yess.emily@gmail.com
(720) 446 9688
October
Start your college/post-secondary applications. Keep in mind
Colorado FREE App day on October 15th!
Share your
Personal Statement and/or Common Application Essay response(s) as google docs
with yess.emily@gmail.com
Attend FAFSA
Night/Day. Be sure to bring ALL
needed documents!
Request AT
LEAST 2
Letters of Recommendation.
Submit at
least 1 college application and 1 scholarship application.
Ask questions! Yess.emily@gmail.com
(720) 446 9688
November and December
Complete your
COF (Colorado Opportunity Fund)
application. If you have a social security number, be sure to enter it on
this application!
Identify
Institutional Scholarships at the colleges you are interested in attending.
Note deadlines! Start these applications as soon as you are able to do so.
Continue
completing and submitting college and scholarship applications.
Prepare for
your Semester 1 Exams!
Ask questions! Yess.emily@gmail.com
(720) 446 9688
Friday, August 24, 2018
Class of 2019! Major $cholar$hip$!
Check out the following links for information about some major scholarships with EARLY deadlines. Let me know which one's you'll pursue. Share your essays for review with yess.emily@gmail.com
As always, let me know if you have ANY questions!
As always, let me know if you have ANY questions!
QuestBridge:
Rose Scholars: https://rosescholars.com
Cameron Impact Scholarship: https://www.bryancameroneducationfoundation.org/cameron-impact-scholarship/selection-criteria-eligibility
Horatio Alger Scholarships: https://scholars.horatioalger.org/scholarships/about-our-scholarship-programs/
Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship:
Friday, April 6, 2018
YESS Senior Checklist!
Hey YESS Class of 2018!
Be sure to read through this list and make sure you are completing ALL of these items as soon as you can! The more you get done now, the easier your transition will be in the Fall.
Congrats on everything you've accomplished thus far and JUST KEEP SWIMMING!
SENIOR CHECKLIST
____
Log into your college student portal regularly (for example, CCDConnect – every
school is a little different). Look for red flags/ yellow caution signs that
will tell you if you are missing any information or need to sign off on any
documents, for example, financial aid documents.
____ Check your
college email DAILY. You will get important information through that email
account. You can change the settings in your student portal for your school
email to be forwarded to your personal email.
____
Carefully read any emails from FAFSA. You may be asked to provide tax
verification and will need to request tax transcripts from the IRS. Let me know
if you need more info!
____ Stay in
contact with the financial aid office to make sure that your aid has been
applied to your account. You may also
be able to check your college student portal for this information. If aid is
not applied and you have not set up a payment plan, you may be dropped from
your classes.
____
Take any required placement tests (for example, the Accuplacer).
____ If
you are living on campus, be sure you’ve signed up for the residence halls and
submitted a deposit.
____ Provide any
information to health services, for example, immunization records. Many
campuses will put a hold on your record if you have not submitted this
information.
____ Sign up for
campus health insurance or provide proof that you have health insurance to
waive your health insurance fee.
____ Sign
up for and attend orientation.
____
Get a college ID card
____
Meet with an academic advisor on campus.
____ Register for
your classes.
____ Accept or follow
up regarding Loans and Work-study.
____ Send school
Official Final High School Transcript if requested by school.
____ Check in with
external scholarship requirements (DSF, Institutional scholarships, etc..).
____ Authorize COF
on your student portal.
____ Plan to
buy/rent/borrow books (campus book store, Amazon, library).
____ Review On-Campus
Support Services. Examples: Academic Services (Tutoring/Writing Center),
Extracurricular Activities, Disability Center, Career Services, Transportation
and Parking, TRIO, etc.
If you have questions/concerns
please reach out ASAP to your YESS College Navigator, Emily at
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