Class of 2025 | CN3 Training Session

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Conference Note 3: School Opening + Information

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Welcome Back!

C/O 2025: School Opening & CN3 Information

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Crosby Scholars Staff for Assistance

Cindy Zimmerman Student-Selected Advising Coordinator czimmerman@crosbyscholars.org

Mary Allen Conforti

Assistant Director of Jr/Sr Program maconforti@crosbyscholars.org

Lirisbeth Clemente-Marin Junior/Senior + Advisor Program Assistant lmarin@crosbyscholars.org

Communication from Advising + Junior/Senior Program

Emails for Scholar and Advisor

Advising Calendar Meeting Outlines

Smart Money Moves Newsletter

Tuesday Emails/Videos from Junior/ Program

Tuesday Emails from Me

Text Messages

CrosbyConnect - our New Portal!

CrosbyConnect is our new custom software platform designed to personalize the student experience by fostering a sense of inclusion and belonging through a visual journey of each student's unique involvement with the Crosby Scholars Program

This release marks a significant milestone in our efforts to elevate how we execute our mission and provide deeper impact to our Crosby students, parents, families, and advisors

This is a HUGE change for everyone!

For Crosby students, parents, families, advisors, and the Crosby team

Expect this to be a period of adjustment for the upcoming program year

Junior Year-End Academic Profile

Transcript

Rank

GPA

Courses/Levels

SAT/ACT Scores

Senior Course Selections

Senior Program Requirements

Be sure to:

Review and check scholar's understanding of requirements

CrosbyConnect Dashboards

College Fair/Visit due Dec. 1

Senior Academy due Dec. 1

Community service due Jan. 31

Target List of Colleges Review

Why is this college on my target list? Am I satisfied with my list?

Am I really interested in going to this school if accepted? Does college descriptors match my “fit” college?

Balance is key: likely, target, reach Go visit colleges and do more reseach online

College Fair/Visits

Sophomore, Junior & Senior Year visits

In-person or virtual

WS/FCS College Fair- October 3rd

Upcoming academy option:

Sept. 26 “Crosby on Campus” panel

Complete CF/V form for credit; now found in CrosbyConnect on Student’s Dashboard

College Decision Plans and Timelines

Early Decision I & II (ED)

Restrictive Early Action (REA)

Early Action (EA)

Rolling Admission

Decisions are made soon after applications are received and released on a "rolling basis" and not all at once Applications are accepted until all spots are filled Can apply to as many schools as you like, even if applied ED, EA, or REA to other schools

Regular Decision

Applications are evaluated usually between January 1 and February 1

Generally, the final decision for admissions are released is April 1 Non-binding, compared to a larger pool of applicants

College Application Types

Common Application

Coalition with Scoir Application

Common Black College Application

CFNC

College Application Week: Oct. 21-27

College website - institutional applications

Crosby Scholar's Guide to College Application Types

Standardized Testing policy update

For students with a weighted 2.8 GPA, test scores will be required for UNC system schools.

Additional On-Demand Academies

E s s a y C o a c h i n g & E s s a y R e v i e w

Residency Determination Service (RDS) Interview

Should ideally be completed during Summer. Students should use their College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) Account credentials to begin the RDS application.

Many students will already have created their CFNC logins at their high schools with their senior class, but if a student does not yet have a CFNC login, please encourage them to create one.

The RDS interview is designed to provide students with in-state status for tuition purposes at any North Carolina public college or university.

At completion of the RDS Interview, students will be provided their in-state or out-of-state determinations and will also be provided with their unique Residency Classification Number (RCN) that is required for any North Carolina admissions applications. Even if a student is Undocumented and will only receive out-of-state tuition, they still need to complete the RDS interview to obtain their RCN.

Students will need Parental information to complete their RDS Interview, so please encourage parents to sit down with students and complete this form with their parents. Don’t guess information!

Students and parents can watch the recording of our July 25 webinar Introduction to RDS.

Students and parents can also watch the recording of our August 21 webinar College Funding 101, which touches on RDS as well as FAFSA, CSS Profile and other related topics.

Questions? Encourage students to schedule an appointment with Ashly Wilson via her Calendly link

Begin Scholarship Searches Now

Use known websites or apps, such as:

Scholly College Raptor

CFNC's Scholarship Search Engine (Available now) CFNC.org

Winston-Salem Foundation (Opens January 2025) WSFoundation.org

QuestBridge CollegeMatch (Opened July 30) Questbridge.org

Crosby Scholarships (Fall 2024) and Last Dollar Grant (Spring 2025)

We also maintain an Outside Scholarship Database with local, regional, national resources we find (Available mid-September 2024)

Conference Note 3- Let’s Make a Plan!

Focus is fall planning , fulfilling Senior Program Requirements, navigating new portal, finalizing balanced target list, awareness of college application types and decision plans.

Available in student portal, advising calendar August/September Meeting Outline

New! Submit Conference Note 3 via CrosbyConnect to confirm the scholar has attended the meeting.

Complete by September 30, 2024

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