College Counseling Newsletter

Welcome back, Spartans!! I hope you all had a great summer break!

Seniors: Hello to the STEM Senior Class of 2025!!!! I can't wait to work with all of you to determine your college plans.

Make sure you download the PDF below "Common App Guide" so you get step by step instructions on how to set up your Common App account, add schools to apply, and adding me as the counselor to ensure transcripts are sent correctly to each school.

SENIOR COLLEGE NIGHT WILL BE AUGUST 13 at 5:30 PM IN THE HIGH SCHOOL COMMONS!! If you came to the Junior College Night in the spring, this evening will be almost identical. There are 2 updated slides that only pertain to seniors that were not included in the Junior presentation. If you are unable to make it, I am happy to meet with you one-on-one.

If you have not submitted your After Grad Packet you must submit that before I can write any letters of recommendation. Please turn those in ASAP! You can email the packet directly to me at kelli.myrick@stemk12.org

Senior Parents: If you came to the Junior College Night in the spring, the Senior College Night evening will be almost identical. There are a few slides that only pertain to seniors that were not included in the Junior presentation. The presentation with my notes will be in the College Newsletter each month starting in September.

Juniors: Now is the time to start thinking about where you want to go to college! Go to as many college fairs as possible, speak with all different types of schools, and sign up to get on the mailing lists for those colleges.

As always, feel free to come by my office and chat, email, or schedule an appointment if you have any questions!

- Mrs. Myrick

Teacher Letters of Recommendation: Once you have spoken with your teachers, you will simply add in their contact information to the application portals. The teacher will receive a notification to their email that they need to upload a letter of recommendation for you.

Counselor Letters of Recommendation: To receive a counselor letter of recommendation from me you need to have completed an After Graduation Packet. Add my contact information to the counselor portion of the Common App portal even if Ms. Belisle or Ms. Grebe is the counselor you have asked to write your letter. I will upload on her behalf. If Ms. Birchfield is writing you letter, please just send me an email letting me know after you have added my information to the application portals. If I do not receive an email from you, I will assume I am the counselor writing your letter and will upload my letter as soon as it has been completed.

As a reminder, not all schools allow or require letters of recommendation. Please make sure you are reading the requirements for each school you are applying to!

Transcripts: Adding in my name and email address to application portals under the counselor section will allow me access to send your transcripts to universities.

NACAC Virtual College Fairs: September 15, October 13, November 3, 2024; 1:00-6:00 pm

Youth For Christ Christian College Fairs: September 25, 2024; 6:00-8:00 pm

NACAC National College Fair Denver: September 29, 2024; 1:00-4:00 pm

Required:

Brown University

CalTech

Cornell University - students starting in Fall 2026

Dartmouth University

Florida International University

Florida State University

Georgetown University

Georgia College and State University

Georgia Tech University

Harvard University

Iowa Wesleyan University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Midway University

Morehouse University

Purdue University

Spring Arbor University

South Dakota State University

United State Air Force Academy

United State Merchant Marine Academy

United States Military Academy West Point

United States Naval Academy

University of Central Florida

University of Florida

University of Georgia

University of South Florida

University of Tennessee

University of Texas at Austin

Test Flexible, but at least some testing is required:

Yale University (more information here)

Optional with Restrictions

University of Mississippi - recommended for students with less than a 3.2 unweighted GPA

College visits will run the same this year as they did last year. We are only offering visits during the last portion of access periods on Wednesdays and Thursdays. College visits will also be listed in your Access class on Canvas.

Check on this section as much as possible to have the most up-to-date calendar of colleges visiting. I will also send out a reminder email each morning that we have a college coming to campus.

September

Thursday, September 12: CU Boulder

Thursday, September 26: Elon University

October

Wednesday, October 2: University of Rochester

Thursday, October 3: CalPoly SLO

Wednesday, October 9: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Thursday, October 10: Texas A&M University

Wednesday, October 23: Creighton University

Thursday, October 24: University of Denver

November

Thursday, November 7: University of Wyoming

Wednesday, October 30: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

I will be updating this section as I am given information from the community on job and volunteer opportunities for our students!

I will be updating this section as I am given information from summer and pre-collegiate programs that would benefit our students.

Email: kelli.myrick@stemk12.org
Website: https://stemk12.org/student_support_services/college-and-career-planning/
Location: 8773 South Ridgeline Boulevard, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
Phone: 303-683-7836