College & Career Center Newsletter

November 2024

Seniors and Families: Create Your FSA ID Now

Students and parents/stepparents will all need an FSA ID to complete the FAFSA. Create your FSA ID ASAP . It can take 1-3 days to authenticate and must be done before starting the FAFSA application. The FAFSA application should open on December 1.

You can create your ID on the studentaid.gov website.

Below are some additional resources about FAFSA/ORSAA:

College Application Week "Bruins Go To College" - Oct 28-Nov 13

Seniors are invited to get extra help during SBHS's "Bruins Go To College" week(s) and all students may attend the college visits. Students, please check with your teacher before missing class. Visits are held in the library unless stated otherwise.

Need helping starting your college list? Check out this great resource from Oregon Goes To College called "How to make your college list".

Whitworth College Visit: 10/28 @ 12:30 PM - College and Career Center

Carroll College Visit: 10/30 @ 11:00 AM

Senior Help Day: FSA ID/Oregon Promise/OSAC Scholarship/College Applications: 11/4 All Day

PSU Instant Viking Workshop: 11/4 @ 10:40 AM-4th Period (Seniors)

George Fox University College Visit: 11/5 @ 1:30 PM

Southern Oregon University College Visit: 11/6 @ 8:30 AM

PCC/Future Connect Application Workshop: 11/6 @ 10:56 AM (Seniors)

Grand Canyon UniversityApplication Workshop: 11/7 @ 1:00 PM (Seniors)

College T-shirt Day-Wear your favorite college t-shirt!

Oregon Tech College Visit: 11/8 @ 10:20 AM

University of Oregon Application Workshop: 11/8 @ 1:30 PM (Seniors)

Cal Poly/SDSU College Visit, CSU App: 11/12 @ 1:30 PM (Seniors)

University of Alaska Fairbanks College Visit: 11/13 @ 1:30 PM

**Barlow seniors applying to Oregon Tech, come see Mrs. Molony for an application fee waiver.

Why is an Activity Chart Important?

Activity charts are an important part of your high school years. It's a helpful way to keep track of your paid work, athletics, activities and volunteer work through out all of your four high school years. You will use this info when creating your resume, applying for scholarships and college applications. Don't wait until your senior year to try to remember all of your accomplishments!

Activities Chart

APPLY ▸ PAY ▸ GO College and scholarship applications often ask for a list of extracurricular activities. Quality is better than quantity, so list those activities that have been the most meaningful and/or for the most amount of time. Consider activities you've done as part of school, in your community, for your family, or as a job.

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State of Oregon Grant Information Center

Oregon Tribal Student Grant

The Oregon Tribal Student Grant provides funding for eligible Oregon tribal students to offset the cost of attendance at eligible Oregon colleges and universities.

Oregon Promise Grant

The Oregon Promise is a state grant that helps cover tuition costs at any Oregon community college for recent high school graduates.

Education Tuition and Fee Waivers for Students Experiencing Homelessness

Certain Oregon higher education schools waive tuition and fees for eligible students.

Oregon Barber and Hairdresser Grant

Seniors, do you plan to become a barber or hairdresser? Do you have significant financial need? The state of Oregon has a grant just for you. Click the link above for more information.

Ford Family Scholarship Live Virtual Info Session

For high school seniors ready to enter college in the fall. Learn about how to apply for the Ford Scholars scholarship. Get application and interview tips from our scholar panelists.

The Ford Scholars Program is an undergraduate scholarship available to promising high school seniors who work hard, have significant financial need and face barriers to higher education.

Scholarships include a renewable financial award of up to $40,000 per year. It is possible to get this scholarship...we had 3 winners at Barlow last year!

November 21 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

REGISTER HERE

Scholarships To Consider

Elks Lodge Most Valuable Student Scholarship. due Nov. 12 (seniors)

Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship due Dec 19

Jiffy Lube What Drives You Scholarship due March 11 ( grades 9&10, grades 11&12)

The OSAC Scholarship (seniors) opens Nov. 1, Early Deadline: Feb 15, Regular Deadline: April 1

Jack Cooke Kent Scholarship (seniors) due Nov. 14

NHS Scholarship Due Nov 26

Ron Brown Scholar Program (senior-African-American) Due Dec 1

Dell Scholars (seniors, AVID) Due Dec. 1

Equitable Excellence Scholarship (seniors) Due Dec. 18

John F. Kennedy Essay Contest (grades 9-12)-Due Jan 17

Oregon Goes to College Scholarship List-various due dates

Looking for a convenient scholarship search engine? Try goingmerry.com (open to all ages)

Scholarship Reporting

Seniors, please don't forget to report ANY scholarships offered to you to the College & Career Center. You can forward an email, tell us in person, make a copy of an award letter...whichever method you prefer. Please tell us about all scholarships offered to you, not just the ones you accept.

Tia Molony

molony5@gresham.k12.or.us

Requesting Official Transcripts using Schoolinks.com

If seniors are applying to colleges using a "school specific" application found on a college's website, please refer to the school specific instructions to assist in the process.

If seniors are applying to colleges using the Common Application, please refer to the common app linked instructions to assist in the process.

These helpful tip sheets are housed on the SBHS Counseling website.

Seniors, your college applications will likely need an official transcript. These are requested through your Schoolinks account.

Once you list a school as one to which you are applying, your counselor will see, in their Schoolinks account, that you need an electronic (official) transcript sent to the school. Get used to using Schoolinks.com. This is your official resource for transcripts, as well as counselor recommendations.

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