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  • College and Career Readiness indicates what a graduate must know in order to be successful in higher education and beyond. 

    College readiness is assessed by six key indicators:

    1. Completion of advanced and or dual high school-college credit course(s);
    2. Completion of a high school academic program that exceeds minimum state requirements and meets the Recommended High School Program (RHSP), 
         or more rigorous Distinguished Achievement Program (DAP);
    3. Completion and successful passage of at least one Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) course;
    4. Meeting or exceeding benchmark scores on the high school exit exam in both mathematics and English language arts;
    5. Meeting or exceeding required scores on the Texas college admissions test (Texas Success Initiative, Higher Education Readiness Component) 
         in both mathematics and English language arts; and,
    6. Meeting or exceeding state benchmarks on either the ACT or SAT college admissions exams.

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    ACT Testing Info and Registration:

     
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    The ACT is given at Wills Point High School

     SAT Testing Info and Registration:

     

     

     
    Scholarship Information:

    For a list of SEVERAL local scholarship options - Click HERE for the WPHS Counselor's Corner webpage

    The following website is a great resource for scholarships, there are tons available!!
     
    www.fastweb.com
    www.cappex.com
    www.scholarships.com
    http://www.everychanceeverytexan.org/funding/aid/faidalpha.php
    https://www.scholarshipexperts.com/

    The Minnie Piper Stevens Compendium

    The Compendium of Texas Colleges and Financial Aid Calendar is published yearly. The Compendium contains a list of colleges and universities in the State of Texas, admission requirements, total expenses for an academic year, financial aid data and related information, helpful hints to the college-bound, together with a Calendar of various scholarship deadlines arranged by month.  Your counselor has a few of these books available to you by request.  You may also find the Compendium online at
     http://www.everychanceeverytexan.org/about/scholars/

     
    Here is a clickable link to every college in Texas, and at each link, you will find the information for it from the Compendium.
    http://trackingtx.org/msp/

      
    College Planning

    The Texas Common Application - www.applytexas.org
     
    College Planning and Financial Aid for Generation TX!
    http://gentx.org/
    http://gentx.org/financialaid/
     
    Every Chance, Every Texan:
    http://www.everychanceeverytexan.org/funding/
     
    SAT/ACT information and registration
    http://www.collegeboard.com/ 
    http://www.actstudent.org
     
     Check out this new resource for college planning! 
    http://www.AccreditedOnlineColleges.Org/Texas/

    Affordable Schools Online

     It is never too early (or too late) to start college planning Big Future, is a great site that covers all aspects of college planning, from choosing a major to financial aid- check it out!


     
    Texas Common Application:
    This application can be used for ANY four or two-year college in Texas, check with the colleges you are interested in for application deadlines!
    www.applytexas.org
     

     
    FAFSA:
    After SENIOR parents receive their W-2s in January, students and/or parents need to fill out a FAFSA, this begins the process of finding grants, loans, and scholarships for students. The sooner you complete a FAFSA the better the chance of getting more money- so act fast!
    www.fafsa.ed.gov/

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    here for steps to completing FAFSA. While you can't start FAFSA until January, you can apply for a PIN NOW!!!

     
    College Links:
    College Major Quiz: 
    The link below asks a series of questions to help students determine which college majors might be of interest to them.
    http://homeworktips.about.com/library/maj/bl_majors_quiz.htm 
     
    Online Schools in Texas

    College Confidential:
    This link takes students to a discussion board type community where they can get answers to practically any question they might have about college.
     
    http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/280633-how-do-you-know-what-you-want-study.html 
     

     
    Best College Scholarships
    https://www.chamberofcommerce.org/best-college-scholarships

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