College Panel
On August 23rd at 6 pm in the Fine Arts Auditorium, North Oconee and Oconee County High Schools' Guidance Departments will sponsor a college panel discussion. Representatives from military, four-year, two-year, and technical colleges will be here to talk about the latest trends in college admissions. These representatives will identify the most common mistakes that they see applicants make and tell both students and parents how to avoid them. In years past, this has been one of the most popular presentations that we have sponsored, and we are pleased to offer it again.
HOPE Scholarship- The Game Has Changed
Unless you reside under a rock, you most definitely have heard about the changes to the HOPE scholarship. The local news outlets have done their best to relay these complex changes to us, but in the fast paced changes that came from Atlanta at the time, there were things that were reported that were not 100% accurate. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to sit down with the HOPE folks to get their undivided attention for an evening? Well, now you can!
On August 23rd at about 6:45 pm in the Fine Arts Auditorium, representatives from the Georgia Student Finance Commission will be with us to guide us through the sometimes murky waters of HOPE eligibility. As we always say about HOPE issues, "what you don't know can kill you." Pardon the drama of this last statement, but in dealing with parents who find out that their student is not HOPE eligible in the senior year, this statement is pretty accurate. If you will arm yourself with dependable information and learn how to check your student's HOPE GPA on www.gacollege411.org, you can avoid moments like this.
