Apply to College Week Focuses on Helping High School Seniors Start Application Process

Monday, November 9, 2009

Contact: Office of Communications 404-651-7774

ATLANTA –For high school seniors considering college but are unsure about how to apply, Governor Sonny Perdue has proclaimed Nov. 9 through Nov. 13 Apply to College Week in Georgia.

“We have made the application process easier than ever by launching the GAcollege411 website and encouraging high schools seniors to make it their first stop in deciding how, when and where to apply to a Georgia college,” Governor Perdue said.

Georgia Apply to College Week will be held at 44 participating Georgia high schools. While open to all seniors at those schools, the program will provide college application information designed to encourage and aid those who would be the first in their family to attend college, minorities and non-traditional age students.

During each local Apply to College event, seniors can apply to college using www.GAcollege411.org . This online resource helps students and their families select a college, apply for admission and plan to finance higher education. The GAcollege411 website offers access to information about colleges, universities, and technical colleges throughout Georgia. Volunteers from Georgia colleges and universities will be on hand to assist students as they complete their applications.

In previous years, students have confirmed that placing a specific focus on Apply to College Week helps to grab their attention and encourages them to start the application process early.

At the first Georgia Apply to College Week in 2008, more than 50 volunteers assisted almost 900 students with completing admission applications at eight pilot high schools. Seven of the eight 2008 pilot high schools reapplied to participate in 2009.

This week of events is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Education, the Georgia Foundation of Independent Colleges, the Georgia Student Finance Commission, Communities in Schools, the Technical College System of Georgia and the University System of Georgia (USG), and endorsed by the Georgia Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. The event is receiving funding from the College Access Challenge Grant, a federal program that fosters partnerships among federal, state, and local governments and philanthropic organizations through matching challenge grants that are aimed at increasing the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.

For more information, please visit www.usg.edu/apply-to-college .

Participating schools and the dates of their participation are:

School Name, City, County, Selected Date

Albany High School, Albany, Dougherty, November 9

Baconton Community Charter School, Baconton, Mitchell, November 10

Baker County Schools, Newton, Baker, November 13

Bleckley County High School, Cochran, Bleckley, November 11

Bowdon High School, Bowdon, Carroll, November 12

Bryan County High School, Pembroke, Bryan, November 12

Campbell High School, Smyrna, Cobb, November 13

Cedar Grove High School, Ellenwood, Dekalb, November 12

Chattahoochee County High School, Cusseta, Chattahoochee, November 13

Chestatee High School, Gainesville, Hall, November 10

Columbia High School, Decatur, DeKalb, November 10

Coosa High School, Rome, Floyd, November 10

Crisp County High School, Cordele, Crisp, November 10

East Hall High School, Gainesville, Hall, November 13

Frank McClarin High School, College Park, Fulton, November 12

Gainesville High School, Gainesville, Hall, November 11

Gordon Lee High School, Chicamauga, Walker, November 10

Griffin High School, Griffin, Spalding, November 11

Hawkinsville High School, Hawkinsville, Pulaski, November 13

Jackson High School, Jackson, Butts, November 10

Jasper County High School, Monticello, Jasper, November 11

Jefferson County High School, Louisville, Jefferson, November 10

Kendrick High School, Columbus, Muscogee, November 10

Lamar County High School, Barnesville, Lamar, November 9

Lincoln County High School, Lincolnton, Lincoln, November 9

Lithia Springs High School, Lithia Springs, Douglas, November 13

Loganville Christian Academy, Loganville, Walton, November 11

Lumpkin County High School, Dahlonega, Lumpkin, November 12

Macon County High School, Montezuma, Macon, November 12

Marion County High School, Buena Vista, Marion, November 12

Morrow High School, Morrow, Clayton, November 13

Mountain Education Center High School, Blairsville, Union, November 10

Mt. Zion High School, Mt. Zion, Carroll, November 11

Ridgeland High School, Rossville, Walker, November 13

Ronald E. McNair Senior High School, Atlanta, DeKalb, November 11

Sonoraville High School, Calhoun, Gordon, November 13

South Cobb High School, Austell, Cobb, November 11

Spalding High School, Griffin, Spalding, November 12

Terrell Middle High School, Dawson, Terrell, November 11

Thomson High School, Thomson, McDuffie, November 12 and Novemer 13

Treutlen High School, Soperton, Treutlen, November 13

Ware County High School, Waycross, Ware, November 12

Westside High School, Macon, Bibb, November 13

Whitfield Career Academy, Dalton, Whitfield, November 12

 

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