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for College Counseling

Webinars for College Counseling

Informational Webinars

  • 30-60 minutes covering a broad overview of topics for each webinar
  • General information for college counselling
  • Includes important updates and policy changes related to COVID-19
  • Available to high school counselors, teachers, and administrators
  • No cost

Financial Aid in the Midst of COVID-19: Everything you need to know about FAFSA/CADAA

CSU FAQs: Understanding changes to the CSU application review process for the Class of 2021

The College List: Making the best use of fee waivers

What’s the Difference Between the UC & CSU?

An Overview of California College Systems

Benefits of Out of State & Private Colleges

Inside UC Admissions – How Holistic Review Works

Financial Aid in the Midst of COVID-19: Types of Aid Available

In-Depth Workshops

  • Two and a half hour deep dive into topics using site-specific data
  • Specific analysis for site goal setting
  • Interactive and collaborative dialogue with all participants and facilitators
  • $99 per participant per workshop
  • District-wide professional development series and consultation available: More Information

Applications, Admissions & Enrollments: CSU Focus

Applications, Admissions & Enrollments: UC Focus

Financial Aid Essentials: Cal Grant & the California College Promise Program

College Applications Made BETTER: Help students prepare their best applications

Financial Aid Essentials: FAFSA & CADAA (California Dream Act Application)

COVID-19 Updates & Links

Testing Updates and Links

SAT

ACT

  • In person exams available, limited capacity
  • Multiple additional testing dates added for Fall 2020
  • Planning on releasing at-home exam option late 2020 / early 2021 ·
  • See ACT updates here:
    https://leadershipblog.act.org/

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College Admissions Updates and Links

CSU Update

  • The CSU has temporarily suspended the SAT or ACT test requirements only for students applying for admission in fall 2021.
  • The CSU will consider course grades of “credit” or “pass” as fulfilling “a-g” requirements for those courses completed during winter, spring or summer 2020 terms.
  • All other coursework must be graded and a grade of C- or better must be earned for the course to satisfy “a-g” requirements.
  • Grades of credit/pass or no credit/no pass will not be included in the calculation of high school GPA.
  • Any California high school graduate or resident of California earning a GPA between 2.00 and 2.49 may be evaluated for admission based upon supplemental factors.
  • See updates here: https://www2.calstate.edu/apply/Pages/first-time-freshman-faq.aspx

UC Update

  • The UC has temporarily suspended the SAT or ACT test requirements only for students applying for admission in fall 2021.
  • The UC will consider course grades of “credit” or “pass” as fulfilling “a-g” requirements for those courses completed during winter, spring or summer 2020 terms.
  • All other coursework must be graded, and a grade of C- or better must be earned for the course to satisfy “a-g” requirements.
  • Grades of credit/pass or no credit/no pass will not be included in the calculation of high school GPA.
  • See updates here: https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/