College & Career Center

August 1: UC & Common Application Opens

October 1: CSU & Financial Aid Application (FAFSA & CA Dream Act) Opens

November 30: UC Application Due

November 30: CSU Application Due 

March 2: FAFSA & CA Dream Act Due

May 1: SIR Deadline (Your final college decision)

Senior Year Timeline (by month)

Keep Track of Your Passwords

• Use your phone or Google Keep to keep record of all of your usernames & passwords
• Keep a notebook and write down your username & password under each website url

Use a Personal & Professional Email Address

• Do not use your stu.lusd.org email address as it will expire after you graduate 
• Colleges will send you important details through email
• Make sure your address is professional & appropriate
• Check your emails often!!

Get Ahead by Starting on Your Personal Statement Essays Early!

• Do not wait until the last minute to work on your personal statement essays 
• Have a college advisor review your essays EARLY!

Make sure to activate your portals for the school you plan to attend and complete all the to-do list tasks online. 

Not sure if you have a portal?

1. Check your email to see if your school sent you anything regarding an account/portal with an ID/username.

2. Follow instructions from that email to set up and activate your account (set up your username/password)

3. If you still can't find the email, Google "name of your school" and "portal" (Ex/ CSUDH Portal) and try to find an "Activate Account" button

4. If you are having trouble, call the phone number associated with the portal's website (most of the time, a phone number is listed or you can Google "name of your school" and "portal" and "phone number"

Need to Order a Final High School Transcript?

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Orientation for 4 Year School

1. Every school has a different process of signing up for orientation but you will most likely have to log into your portal to sign up for orientation

2. If you cannot find it on your portal, Google "Name of your school" and "orientation" and it should most likely take you to a page where you can sign up online

3. Keep in mind that there might be an orientation fee

Orientation for Community Colleges

• Cerritos College
• Compton College
• East Los Angeles City College
• El Camino College
• Long Beach City College

Colleges will normally give you the option to pay tuition monthly, quarterly, semesterly, or annually. You can choose how you want to pay tuition by logging into your portal and locate a tuition payment plan page. If you cannot find this, you can call the school's financial aid office and ask them to set up your payment plan.

Are you taking out a federal (FAFSA) loan from the school?

1. If yes, please make sure to complete the online loan entrance counseling webinar

2. Loan entrance counseling is a webinar/training where you learn how to manage your loans and the process of paying them back later on. You'll most likely encounter a loan exit counseling webinar when you're about to graduate college so they can remind you about the process of paying back the loans online. 

What Schools are the Best Fit for Me? 

• Best Fit for Me Presentation
• Building a Balanced College List
• 4 College Systems

4 Year School Application Links

• CSU Application
• UC Application
• Common Application (Most private schools)
• HBCUs Common Black Application

2 Year (Partnership) School Application Links

Apply for the Summer Term to receive free tuition

• Cerritos College Application
• Compton College Application 
• LBCC Application 

Cerritos College Application Video Instructions

• UC: Tips for Answering PIQs
• Common Application: Personal Statement Examples

List of Colleges (more coming soon!)

• Community College (CC)
• Ivy League Schools

• Apply for financial aid
• Colleges can offer financial aid/assistance to students depending on their GPA & family income 
• Students can also apply for scholarships (free money; click to view our scholarship list)

There are 2 types of financial aid applications. You can only fill out either the FAFSA OR CA Dream Act, NOT BOTH

• FAFSA
  • Student must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or have citizenship status
  • Requires student to create a Student FSA ID (username & password)
  • Highly recommended that one parent (must have SSN) create a Parent FSA ID (username & password)
  • Can qualify for:
    • Pell Grant (free money from the federal government)
    • Cal Grant (free money from the state of CA) 
    • Federal Loans (optional to select loans; must pay back; lower interest rate)
    • Scholarships & Institutional Aid 
• CA DREAM ACT
  • Student is undocumented or has DACA
  • Requires student to create an account (username & password)
  • Can qualify for:
    • Cal Grant (free money from the state of CA)
    • Student Dream Loan (optional to select loans; must pay back; lower interest rate)
    • Scholarships & Institutional Aid 

• Parent's most recent Tax Return
• Parent's most recent W2 Forms
• Parent's Date of Birth & Social Security Number(s) (if applicable) 
• Your Date of Birth & Social Security Number (if applicable) 
• Parent's marriage/divorce dates (if applicable)
• Your personal email address 

*If there is an older sibling who previously filled out the FAFSA, please ask them for their parent's FSA ID username & password

Feel free to send an email to us if you have any questions or would like to schedule an appointment. We'd be more than happy to help :)

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