College and Career Readiness

HSHP College and Career Readiness

Hello HSHP! Ms. Yessenia Ramirez, the College and Career Advisor, is here to assist all grade level students and parents with their plans for a post-secondary education or military plans. This includes assistance with college and career exploration, college applications, SAT & ACT registration, scholarships, financial aid applications and much more!

Place yourself at the front of the line and be college ready!

Parents are welcome to join your student's Remind class.

Register for the HCISD App Drive here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=EJFi-PKo40uiYC81beIw5oPLg7sEc7dBkQvrgts6n8NUMTJKVFcyWFBaTDZPUEJWMDNTREtJOVdONi4u

HCISD Application Drives have changed dates. We will notify students and parents as soon as we have updated dates!

Students and Contributors (Parents, Guardians, and Stepparents) can begin creating an FSA ID to make the application process seamless when it opens.

SENIORS, SAVE THE DATE FOR HCISD'S COLLEGE NIGHT!

COLLEGE INFORMATION

Instructional Videos

Webpage Walkthrough: https://youtu.be/OBJ6UioWt64

Apply Texas Walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoZhOd_hw2s&feature=youtu.be

Where to locate study materials for TSI, PSAT, SAT & More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aNBqyWToKI&feature=youtu.be

TSI Information

Visit the link to the right hand side for TSI Information.

Let's Get College Ready Content

Checklists

College Exploration

Bigfuture: bigfuture.collegeboard.org

Princeton Review: princetonreview.com

XELLO

Standardized Tests: SAT/ACT

Check the Admission requirements of the universities you’re interested in for updates on test scores. Most universities in Texas have moved to test scores optional.

SAT: collegeboard.org

ACT: act.org

TSI info: www.collegeforalltexans.com

Khan Academy (test preparation): www.khanacademy.org

College Applications

If you are applying to colleges/universities IN TEXAS, you will be using Apply Texas: applytexas.org

If you are applying to colleges/universities OUT OF STATE, you will be using the Common Application: commonapp.org

Note: You can complete one application and copy all your entered items to a new college application.

This will help make applying quicker!

Financial Aid Links

FSA ID: fsaid.ed.gov

FAFSA App: fafsa.ed.gov

TASFA App (for students without a SSN): collegeforallexans.com

CSS Profile: https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/ Students applying to private universities/colleges may need to complete this application along with the FAFSA/TASFA to determine eligibility for the universities’ non-government financial aid, such as grants, loans and scholarships. To see participating universities, click here

Financial Aid Information