Counseling and College Planning
Every Raider is assigned a counselor by grade, and the office that builds his schedule is the same one that sends his transcript to a college. Here is who to reach, and where the work is kept.
Every Raider is assigned a counselor by grade, and the office that builds his schedule is the same one that sends his transcript to a college. Here is who to reach, and where the work is kept.
The Counseling Office works with a student from the day he arrives in eighth grade to the day his final transcript is sent. Counselors are assigned by grade and stay with that grade, so the person writing about a student is the person who has known his record for years.
The office handles course selection and schedules, academic and personal counseling, transcripts and letters of recommendation, standardized testing, the college search and application, financial aid, and athletic eligibility.
Email is the fastest way in. To reach a counselor by phone, call the school at 504·834·5592 and ask for the extension listed with his or her name.
Two places hold everything. A student uses both, and a parent who wants to see what is coming should start in the same two.
What to be doing, and when to be doing it. Print the one for your grade and keep it somewhere you will see it.
Registration and free practice for both tests, the application most colleges accept, and the profile a college reads to understand a Rummel transcript.
Financial aid runs on two forms and one state program. Start with the FSA ID, because nothing else can be filed until a student and a parent each have one.
A Raider who wants to compete at the college level registers with an eligibility center, and the two associations run separate ones. Register in tenth grade rather than senior year, and ask the college which center it uses.
Not sure where to start, or which counselor to ask? Call the office and say your son’s grade. Someone will point you to the right person.
Call 504·834·5592