Get2College Notes

For those of you who are interested, these are my notes from the Zoom with Get2College. They also have a lot of helpful resources on their website, if you want to look them up – https://get2college.org/

Speaker: Tory Holloway     –    (contact info)  tholloway@get2college.org

When looking for your College Fit, remember to consider these: 

• 2 yr  –  4 yr 
• Offered programs 
• Campus resources 
• Affordability
• Size: student-to-faculty ratio 
• Location and Housing
• Extracurricular Activities

Opportunities to help you decide:

1. Be friends with/get to Know the school recruiters (this one, in particular, can help you in so many ways later on. Like if the school you are interested in has certain scholarships or something, you can ask them about it.)
2. Virtual College Fairs (a great chance to learn more about a school)
3. Campus visit opportunities.  (whether in person, fly-overs, or virtual, it is helpful to visits schools in advance.)

Some Financial Aid plans:  

• Outside Aid – scholarships from local support, like a bank, or scholarships from national support, like a food chain company.  (you can check the scholarships on Get2College,)
• {Private scholarships}
• College Aid – scholarships from the college itself
• Federal Aid – MTAG (15 ACT / 2.5 GPA), MESG (29 ACT / 3.5 GPA), HELP (20 ACT / 2.5 GPA)
• Mississippi Aid – HELP (20 ACT / 2.5 GPA)

{You can only apply for scholarships if you are a Senior.}

 ACT Prep resources:

• Get2College.org  / Get2Collage Youtube Channel 
• ACT Academy
• Khan Academy
• TIR (Test Information Release)
• retired and old tests from a counselor.

Requirements for some public 4-yr Colleges in Mississippi:  

• 3.2 GPA  +  CPC
• 16 ACT   +   2.5 GPA  +  CPC
• 18 ACT   +  2.0 GPA   + CPC

Take the ACT multiple times – then collages can calculate a SuperScore. 

A SuperScore is when schools take your highest scores from each section and create a new score, forming the highest possible composite ACT score. (also applies to SAT)  IT IS SUPER HELPFUL. SO TAKE the ACT A BUNCH OF TIMES! 

I hope this was helpful. If I missed a piece of information, or you have something that people could benefit from, please post it down in the chat below!