College Placement

College Placement Home

Careers

College Search

Testing

Test Prep

College Admission

Financial Aid

Student Athlete

Senior Timeline

College Placement Program FAQ's

Q1. Do students need to register for the April ACT at Glenwood High School ?

Q2. My child is in the 8^th grade.  What can my child do right now to ensure that they are accepted into a great school?

Q3. I’m filing the FAFSA on line.  Do I have to declare all 529 college savings?

Q4. Where can I find a school for my student who is interested in _________ (pre-med for example)?

Answers to FAQ's
click on number to go back to questions

A1. No, because the April ACT is part of the Prairie State Achievement Exam.  It is free to GHS 11^th grade students and the students are not required to do anything to register. 

A2. The two most effective things that your child can do right now is to do their homework and take the most challenging classes available in which they can earn an A or a B grade. 

In addition, the student can do things to document that they are interested in improving the world in whatever venue they have passion for. 

As a parent, you need to support your child’s interests in such a way that it allows the student to really be seen for who they are.  If we have the next Bill Gates or Condoleezza Rice, we need to try and find that out as early as possible.  So, we offer our children a way to shine and stand out if they have the ability to do so.  This can be accomplished through activities in which students engage in their spare time.  There are wonderful summer programs for youth at fine universities, there are internships for high school students at places like the American Cancer Society.  There are jobs for students.  All of these experiences allow our students to excel and demonstrate who they are.  Once this happens, finding a college that fits will be much easier.  

A3. If the 529’s are in your name, you must declare them as an asset.  Some parents have informed me that their financial advisors have told them that if grandparents own the 529, then it is not the asset of the parent of the college-bound senior and so they don’t need to be declared.  Each parent should check with the Department of Education and/or their own financial advisor to be sure how to handle 529’s.

A4. We have a wonderful and powerful tool that will help your student find a college.  It is Career Cruising and can be found at the Careers tab on the College Placement web page.   Click on Career Cruising, then put in the username (glenwoodhs) and password ( chatham ) and select start Career Cruising, then select Schools, then search for programs.  You type in the major that your child wants.  Next click on the state in which the student hopes to study.  A list will pop up of every institution in that state that has a major in that area.  Check out the web site, what are the graduation requirements, do the classes they require for the major seem exciting and interesting to the student?  From this initial internet search, you may wish to narrow your list to a few schools and visit them.