MocTalk: Everything You Need to Know About Applying

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Well, hi everyone, Good afternoon. And thanks for joining us for our live chat and web and R this afternoon or really, really excited for everybody to join and will be guitar. Weapon are here just a few minutes. When somebody said a chance to log in looks like you got a great group that's here. I know every starting to get logged in there this afternoon. And just as a node is your joining us will be looking forward to answering your questions throughout the presentation here. Today, too, and threw up 11 are we want us to make this interactive so.

I notice that there's a chat feature that's there for you to go ahead and ask some questions. We also have a great group of our emissions counselors that are looking for dancing your questions in the chat and if you could just to get started in the chapter is your joining us here. We got a great group is I see go ahead and give that a try. If you want to stay in share your name and where you're coming from here would love to know where you're coming from today. We're really excited to have you joining us and will wait just a minute or so here is?

We have individuals logging into our web and are here. I hope everybody is enjoying this beautiful Thursday afternoon here. So we're really excited again to have a lot of individuals, joining us care around the photo center campus today and over and get a chance to do so.

We will go ahead and check ourselves with you, my name is Arden Mitchell. I am a Florida Southern College graduate. I serve as the director of admissions and get to work with our admissions counseling team here in the office and really excited to share with you. Everything that you need to know about the finals of the college and I'm Joe Madigan. I serve as our director of recruitment outreach. I get the pleasure of working with students that are coming from the Southwest Florida area so Sarasota Fort Myers Naples, Charlotte County.

I also get the opportunity to serve with their students that are interested in our men's ice hockey program here just came up the ice. Myself This afternoon so and work with ROTC program so really excited to see everyone joining here and we're excited to share some more information is again you're joining into the tack here. Make sure you introduce yourself say your name where you're coming from today, we love to hear from you.

This is great, we've got People from Ohio and New York and Windermere Kendall from Gainesville. I'm from Gainesville as well. Kendall glad to have you joining us this afternoon? We got Terrell coming from the UK. Alright excited to have even the international presence here today, joining us from all over the country. Individuals comments so I think that's awesome. That shows a little bit of everybody. That's interested in Florida, southern and looking to apply for something well. We'll dive right into our presentation. Feel free to share any questions that you have in the chat and will be glad to answer them, either throughout the presentation or in our closing.

So today, we're talking about everything that you need to know to apply to Florida, southern and one of the first questions that we get from Sue does that have an interest in applying to the colleges. When should I apply or how should I apply and I like to share with students that our application at Florida. Southern is rolling. That means we're accepting applications each and every day and we're sending out admission decisions each and every day so there's no better time to apply then today. We do have a priority date of March, 1st that would be of your senior year of high school or prior to your enrollment at the college.

But I always encourage students don't wait till the spring go ahead and get your application in early or so excited to learn of your interests and get a chance to connect with you during your college search. I think one of the best things about applying for summer in college. It is absolutely free to apply to Florida Southern College. We don't charge an application fees. So it makes it available to anyone. That's interested to go ahead and apply to for summer in college and I always love dementia, especially at this time of the year is your joining us today. Our application for admission is.

Open and available we have started accepting applications this year, all the way back in May. We started accepting applications. We have over 1200 students that have chosen to submit their applications to for this. Other is definitely not too late to go ahead and submit that application as well as we do have a priority application date as art invention of March, 1st so good time to go ahead and start that application is now.

And there's a couple of different ways that you can apply for Southern College. I mentioned it's free no matter what way you choose. It's free to apply for this other and as we accept applications on line through the common application through the coalition application and then also through our Florida Southern College website. We don't have a preference of how you apply to force other in college. What really matters is that you apply that's what we're looking for is make sure you're submitting that application. That's there and whatever works best for you what you're most comfortable with for one of those application options.

Works for us as well. If you've already started your common app or your coalition, not make sure to add FSC to your list of schools that will ensure that we get all of the information for your application. One of the things that I really like about these on line application platforms is you can save your work as you go so if you want to take a stab at a section of your application and come back to it later. You can save it in the information will be available to you when you come back. The other benefit of using these application platforms is you can attach some of your credentials so if you wanted to include a recommendation letter.

From a teacher or your high school transcripts. You can include those through any of those application platforms. I just encourage you don't leave your application in Limbo make sure to hit submit when you complete because that will ensure that that gets to our admissions committee at Florida, southern if you do decide that you want to apply on the Florida Southern College hosted application. We have a link on RFSC website. I file southern.edu backslash apply now and you can see that on your screen. Our website is such a helpful platform to get all of your questions answered and learn more about the college and can be your gateway to submitting your application.

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There are so many benefits that our students have to apply early to the college. There are opportunities or one of the things that applying early as you can put the stress behind you in your senior year know that your applications are already submitted and you won't have to worry about that. Another benefit of applying early is that you'll get your decision as I mentioned they are rolling admission. We're sending decisions out on a daily basis. Another benefit is that you get lots of updates and important information from the college so.

Will make sure to share with you about events that are coming up or some of your next steps. If you're ready to enroll at the college one of the things that will be exciting is are accepted student program. Scholars weekend and will want to make sure you get your invitation to come to an overnight on campus and we always encourage students when they're looking to apply to go ahead and split those applications early.

There will start a communication flow. Once you've been offered admission to the college so you'll get important updates. Whether that's email or on our website or even text messages. We want to make sure that you're looped in informed and making sure that we are paving the way for you to be a market, Florida Southern.

We have a wonderful admissions counseling team at Florida, southern got a picture of our whole staff on this screen were so excited for you to get to meet your admissions counselor at the college and we're eager to help you in your college search process and I'll share with you, your admissions counselor is a terrific resource. They were assigned as your specific missions counselor and it's assigned based on your High School of where you're coming from so no matter if you're coming from California, Colorado, Ohio or coming from an international location today.

You have a specific admissions counselor that's here to help you throughout your college search. It's based on that high school location and is familiar with that location in area there, too. You can use our meet your admissions counselor page in the FSC website or Florida Southern College website to find out who your emissions counter is will make sure that we post that link there in the chat so that you can certainly check and see who is the admissions counselor that you're going to be working with and it's important to work with that admissions counselor here at Florida Southern.

Because they are a resource they really are an advocate here and ally here at Fortis. Other college for you. They're going to be your guide to take you through out the college search process whether it be applying to Florida Southern College as well as if you're looking at different opportunities. We do travel throughout the United States hosting and visiting students at college fairs and high schools. We do host as well. Individual meetings called a mop meetings for the moccasins for this other in college.

We do this at coffee houses around the state and ran the count country as well. You can check out or on the road page. This is a great resource to see where our emissions team will be headed out to this fall as well as in the spring to the emissions concert here for discovering college is not only an ally for you. They will be the one that will initially be reviewing your application for admission and presenting your application to our missions committee here for a final decision at Florida, southern as well. Your admissions counselor is going to be your contact.

Answer your questions and help guide you through the next steps. There is an important things that we want to make sure our students are aware of so that they don't miss any steps along the way I mentioned our scholars. We can program that's a tradition at Florida's other and some that we get really excited about in the admissions office as we look forward to hosting perspective students on campus and getting a glimpse of what it's like to be a Florida Southern College student for a day. We also have some important announcements to share with you all about applying for scholarships and maximizing those scholarship opportunities.

In fact, we're looking forward to hosting some upcoming webinars to share more about our scholars. We can program that web and R will be coming up in November are next web and R in September is going to be about some of our scholarship offerings are prestige scholarships to be a great way for students to apply or find list to be invited to come and interview on campus for a full ride or a full tuition scholarship. So I encourage you to keep an eye out for those upcoming webinars. We'll have some exciting information to share with you. That's a great reason to apply now so that you could.

Already start gaining some of the invitations to actually attend that web and R learn a little about those opportunities for accepted students. Here photo southern so there are some admissions credentials or application credentials. That will be included as a part of your application and these are items that are admissions committee will take a thorough review of before we make a final decision. So a completed application at Florida. Southern is going to include a high school transcript. Our recommendation letter a college statement or a personal essay and sat or AC T scores. So we're going to take a look at.

Each of those, and help me inserting questions that you have about them. What's important to note here for the Southern College. We do take a holistic approach in reviewing the application for admission and you may be familiar with the word holistic or heard school say that before when we say holistic cure for the Southern College. That means that we look at all of your credentials when considering you for admission as well as we look at all of the elements and everything that you put into your application that includes your honors awards activities your essay is.

Well, is those transcripts test scores and letters or recommendation, so we do look at everything in a holistic review process, making sure the student is going to be a great fit for Florida Southern College as we are selective, meaning that we admit an arrow pool of students each never hear Air Force other so I want to take a minute and dive into the high school transcript or pretty transfer students. The college transcript. There's a couple of things that are important as our committee reviews and I want you to know that we know that your course work is still in progress.

Did not finish your schooling yet so knowing that a transcript only includes grades from your freshman software junior year of high school is OK. If you're able to have your transcript share? What classes you're enrolled in in your senior year. That's certainly helpful, but not a requirement at Florida. Southern we will look at your transcript and recalculate your GPA the GPA does include your core academic courses and also any electives that you take as a part of your school work. We will wait courses if you're taking advanced courses.

API V Dual enrollment ace any of those courses that are advanced college prep will provide waiting for your GPA so that's always a nice bump to the GPA.

And In addition to look at how you perform in the classes. We also want to see at what level of courses. You're taking the rigor of those classes in the sequence of those classes to ensure that sure education is going to prepare you to be a successful academic student at Florida. Southern I always like to note and will get questions. If Florida southern requires that students take foreign language as a high school or we do not require 2 years of a foreign language. We certainly encourage students to take language classes but that is not a requirement for our admission.

For our students that started at Florida, southern this fall, and are in their first year, the college. They had an average weighted GPA of a 3.78 from their high school graduation. So we've got a great academically challenging group of students that are part of our Florida. Southern community and we look forward to reviewing your transcripts when you send those as a part of your application. One of the things that's been mentioned here in the chat is accepting transferability of college credit. We are very generous on accepting transfer college credit.

And that could be a pid dual moment ace classes that a student has taken throughout their high school karere. We sent the link there for the advanced credit policy table, so you can take a look at that we update those each and every year. I really am excited to share that information because you can see we are generous and accepting that credit applications for admission. We don't necessarily consider those scores as part of the admissions process. However, we love knowing that you're taking those highly academic courses.

And that you may be coming in with some college credit Florida's other does except up to 93. Transferable college credits from an incoming first year students and if you're looking for more details on that. You can find it in advance credit policy table. We may even host a future web and R and transferring college credit before. This other when you send that red in it does need to be an official transcript. Whether that be from the college or University that you've taken those courses through and earn that credit form or the College Board for your AP examinations.

I be or if you're taking that a sore Cambridge. We just need those transcripts to accept that college credit. One of the next things that are admissions committee will look at our test scores so we accept test scores from both the SAT and the ACC one of the things that I like to make sure is when you're registering for these tests make sure to include Florida, southern on your test registration on your screen. You'll see our sat and AC T code. This will ensure that those scores can be shared with the college and uses a part of your application for admission consideration.

We do super score test so if you take multiple essay Tees or a CTS. We will take the highest of each of your sections to create a hiest super score for your composite there are lots of opportunities for students to continue to test whether they've already been admission offered admission to the college or not. There can be opportunities increase academic scholarships. And there's lots of helpful tools on line for test crap. I know that sat offers the Khan Academy and we've had some students have been able to do some practice tests and review.

And really help increase their scores not only helping in their admission to the college but also in some of the scholarship consideration that will come down the road.

Within our first year class that just entered for a southern college this year are middle 50% of students, meaning kind of the middle group of students that applied and were admitted and chose to attend. Florida southern it on average. They added 11:30 SAT super score to a 1300 on the SAT is a super score and on the AC T. They usually have between a 23 on the AC T is a super score to a 29. We do have 25% of our enrolling class here at Florida Southern College that had test scores above.

1330 on the SAT an above a 29 in the AC T, including a student with a perfect score here in the AC T students with these qualifications are also eligible to apply for honors program in our prestige scholarships that are full tuition full ride scholarships for southern as well. What are the next credentials that are emissions too many more review is a recommendation letter this can be is preference for it to be an academic reference so from a teacher that you work with at the school or for a school.

Counselor to be able to share a little bit about what you're like as a student in the classroom. We require 1 academic reference. But we welcome multiple references you're not required to turn in multiple reference letters. But if you have a coach or a pasture or an employer or someone else that might like to advocate on your behalf, or why he'd be a good fit for Florida. Southern we'd certainly welcome to have you send in those recommendation letters. This is a great way for us to learn about your preparedness to be a great student at the college.

Or maybe learn more about you outside of what your transcript of your test scores can share.

Another part of your application is going to be your personal statement or your college essay. This is an opportunity that you can Share your story are counselors love to read. These essays and learn more about us and applicants and I encouraged him to think about this as a personal story or a personal narrative ways that you can highlight why you might enjoy being a student at the college or be a good fit for our college community. This is your chance to Share your story in on each application platform whether it be you choose.

The common application the coalition application or the sort of something college application will be different prompts to choose from, and it's really up to you to decide what is going to be the best prompt to really describe a little bit more about yourself really shed some light on some of the things that you want admissions professionals to know about you think about your essay is your opportunity to have a personal conversation. And for our admissions committee to get to know you a little bit better to share that story, share that narrative in your own voice.

I always love to mention is an essay tip and when you're writing essays know better be at Florida, southern or anywhere. Make sure you're really sharing with in that essay not only things about you, but make it engaging for the individuals that are reading that essay for about you as well.

At Florida Southern College. We do offer rolling admissions, so once you sent in your transcripts your test scores letters or recommendation need completed that terrific. I say we will be sending out an admission decision to you. When we do rolling admissions at 4:00 to Southern College. What that means is we send out decisions within 2 to 4 weeks of everything being received for your application for admission, so really do, do it whip turn around on your application for admission.

There are several types of admission decisions and I really kind of generalize those into 3 buckets that can come from our admissions committee. The 1st would be and accept decision or an offer of admission and we're going to talk more about that. In just a minute, but I want to talk about some of the other decisions that are committee could share with an applicant so that you have best know how to navigate your next steps. One of the decisions are committee could make is to hold a student's application for additional information so this.

Typically happens if we'd like to see maybe another recommendation letter or if we need more grades. So submitting your transcript. Once you've completed your first semester grades of your senior year or if we know that you're doing some additional testing on the AC TRS 80. Maybe you're taking one of those upcoming exams. In October and November or December. We might decide to hold your application until those scores come in so that we can make the best decision in regards to your application for admission, we do admit about.

50% of the students that apply to the college not every student that applies that is offered admission an Unfortunately some students will be determined from the admissions committee that they may not be ready for the rigorous academic environment that Florida Southern College offers and in that case would be denied admission to the college and I like to share with students, especially ones that have been tonight. Admission that this really isn't a say. No, you can't be at Florida, southern what this is really sharing is there really.

May not be an opportunity for you be at Florida, southern right now there is an option for students to appeal. Their admission decision so if you feel like your decision was not reflective of your capabilities and you'd like to submit a letter of appeal. I'd be glad to review those appeals. I encourage you to submit additional credentials. Updated test scores or new transcripts that can be shared with our admissions committee there. All also options for future enrollment so if you weren't offered admission initially.

But your heart is set on being at Florida, southern there are other pathways for you to be a Florida Southern College student and graduate transfer into the college can be a great option. Once a student has earned 25 credit hours from maybe another college or Community College or State College in your local area. Once you've earned 25 hours. We will no longer and look at your high school transcripts or test scores for admission consideration so there are some pathways for you to be at the college if you're not initially offered admission.

And to clarify a little bit about that Florida sun. There is very transfer student friendly. We have usually a good number of students that will come into force are in college from 40 or universities to your university's looking for a great option here as a transfer student miss aren't mention we actually with that point I will just be looking at the college transcripts and then also social standing for window that students in good process after institution if a student is coming from a collegiate high school. That means that they still would be a first year student here at.

Or the other and then we would review them as a first year student they may be coming in with college credit support a southerne, but because it would be first time away from home and we really like sharing the excitement of the admission decision what the student, especially that accept decision. You may have noticed in the last couple of photos. Some students holding up these beautiful red envelopes that they receive this is one of the most exciting things that we get the opportunity to send out to students is that notification of admission that they've been offered the opportunity to join our Florida Southern College.

Community and with in that packet itself. It's share some information about next steps as well as it shares some information about scholarships for students that actually have received in the mission decision prior to October, 1st scholarship notifications may come out at a later point in time. But if a student receives an offer of admission in the beginning of October, and going forward. They may receive that scholarship notification at the same time within that acceptance pack at.

And reiterate what Joe shared we will begin sharing scholarship information in regards to merit scholarships for accepted students in early October. So it'll be an exciting time to let you know about your scholarships from the college on our screen. We just wanted to share a little timeline with you as you look for your next steps at the college. We always encourage students to apply for financial aid by submitting their fast, so that's their application for financial assistance. The first opportunity that you'll have to submit your Fasa is October 1st.

When you apply to Florida's other make sure to include your Social Security number as a part of your application. This is how we can link your application to admission to your application for financial aid without your Social Security number or unable to link that information. So you may hear from your accounts are saying. Hey, I need to get your social to make sure that we can link those applications together for you.

Speaking of financial aid we will be hosting a financial aid web and are coming up in October and in that October. Webinar will focus appan scholarships is well is Federale state based aid. Some additional opportunities making that you can be looking for local E for scholarships and financially college savings plan so be sure to make sure you take a lookout for that will be sending that information about that financially web and our goal coincide specifically faster going out Florida Southern College, specifically will be sending out.

Financial aid award letters that contain the information of total cost of attendance to students in early January. We do have a great resource in our website and most schools do call the net price Calculator. This is kind of a note of something to take a look at your emissions counts are, however, as I mentioned they are a terrific resource for you here. They are also going to be your financial aid counselor for a southern so be sure to build that relationship with them. Make sure that you're able to answer any questions that you would have through your admissions counselor here too.

Well, we are so eager to get a chance to answer your questions if you have some questions about applying to Florida, southern or your next steps at the college. I encourage you to add those into your into the chat so that we can see, those or maybe help answer him over the next few minutes. I do have a few questions. I want to pose to our audience. We're excited to be able to offer some future webinars for you all or some live chats? What topics would you like to learn more about Joe I'm seeing some questions on there about scholarships and how to apply and so I know that's one of.

Going to be one of our upcoming webinars in September will be offering a webinar about scholarships and applications at Florida, Southern in October really offering a financial aid in college affordability webinars, so being able to answer questions about how to apply for financial aid maximizing scholarships and where to look for scholarships and then in November. We're going to be hosting a webinar about our scholars weekend program so we'd love to have you come and spend the weekend on campus hasn't accepted student for scholars weekend?

So that web and R can have let you know what to expect and how to register for those events. If you have ideas about other webinars go ahead and post. Those in the chat will be glad to get those on our calendar and share those dates and times and registration information with you.

Some great questions that have come out of the with the chapter this afternoon. It just to answer a couple of these couple of questions or about scholarships. An Arleigh awarded before after October 1st. We awards merit scholarships here afford a southern based on the academic GPA and test scores for a student at the time of the mission. So we do offer scholarships from one a student start supplying we start sending out our admissions decisions is our first admission decisions for students or sent out in late July early August.

It will continue to sound out admission decisions all the way up until the beginning of May. When our class may be full at that point in time. So a student can be considered for scholarships at any point time, but really if you're looking for suggestions, now is one of the best times to apply to Florida Southern College, so that you had the opportunity to build that application. You have more time. If you're looking for additional scholarships to retest on the SAT and AC T that's out there is well. A couple other questions. I noticed in here we're about specific programs.

Such as music or dance or theater. Those programs, oftentimes do have auditions or our programs do you have a portfolio requirement in order? To actually be involved in those major specifically for the southern college a student would have to not only be admitted to Fort Southern but also those programs as well.

Some great questions coming in as far as as well. One of the things that I always like to mention here and it was asked about letters of recommendation coming into Florida Southern College. Really, the simple requirement is that it's coming from a teacher. A school counselor is an academic recommendation, someone who knows you personally and also can talk about our academic abilities as well. In that recognition. We don't have a specific format required.

If you have a letter that someone's written for you. We certainly will accept that as a letter recommendation, you also confine our recommendation for that part of our application materials on our website for the Southern College as well.

We'd love to get your feedback with this weapon are helpful for you. Did you learn something new? Did you get the questions answered that you have? Feel free to leave us a chat if you enjoyed the information that was shared will also share a follow up email with a quick little survey. We want to make these as helpless. They can and look forward to connecting with you with some of our future webinars that are coming up. I did want to share our contact information. So feel free to reach out to either Joe or myself would be glad to talk with you about your application at Florida, Southern.

We also encourage you as we mentioned to connect with your admissions counselor who will be your resource here at Florida, southern for all of your questions.

Well take a minute to see if any other questions come through or that we can help answer them. The chat will be open for a little bit longer and will be glad to take some additional questions that come through we'd love to meet you on campus and encourage you to schedule that visit you can do so right on line on our Florida Southern College. Websites also great opportunity as well. We had mentioned our admissions team going out on the road. This all to get an opportunity to meet with you in your local areas. So some of these questions that you may have or you have more personal question.

Do you wanna ask to that admissions counselor? Feel free to check out that on the road page send a note to your emissions cost say. Hey, I'd like to come up visit with you talk with you a little bit more about this individual ice questions, we again. I want to make sure that we're able to answer all that information for you so we'll conclude the broadcast portion of our actual web and are here today and chat will continue to answer questions in the actual chat box here for little. While make sure we have that we can think everybody not for coming out to visit with us here see the web today, an answer, some of your questions.

We hope to see your applications for admission, you're very shortly.