GAcollege411 update [Oct. 2007]

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My 411 Accts 648,349 Site Visits 5,647,155

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My 411 Accts 104,071 Site Visits 833,164

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Applications Submitted through GAcollege411

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USG College & Universities - 24,203
Dept. of Technical & Adult Education Colleges - 6,196
Independent Colleges & Univ 1,073

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GAcollege411 Highlights

October 2007

High Schools now have the ability to send transcripts for their current students electronically through the GAcollege411 Counselor Center, and Post Secondary Schools can download the .PDF in the same manner that applications are downloaded. We are phasing in High Schools and Post Secondary schools through the end of 2007. USG schools should contact Cori Loftis, DTAE schools should contact Sandra Kinney, and Private Colleges and High Schools should contact Janine Robinson Combre for further information. You can find further information on the process for High School uploads, and student transcript requests in our Transcript Exchange Document Library.
GSFC held the 2008 Transcript Exchange and HOPE Grade Point Average Calculation sessions on Tuesday October 23rd, 9:00-2:00 at Valdosta Technical College, Thursday October 25th, 9:00-2:00 at North Metro Technical College and Tuesday November 6th 9:00-2:00 at Central Georgia Technical College. An overview of the transcript exchange project and review of last years calculation process were done by David Lee; Extract/upload/release procedures were covered by Demi Fogle; Electronic transcript exchange was covered by Janine Robinson Combre; New report features on STARS and updates were covered by Bob Lahl, and Caylee French reviewed prior year graduates HOPE calculations. You can download the PowerPoint presentation from the sessions from our Document Library.

Enhancements to the GAcollege411 website

The Spanish translation of our "Paying for College" tab is now live on the site. By clicking on the

"En Espaol" link on each page;

The application for the Governor's Incentive Scholarship is live on the GAcollege411 website.

Students can find the application under "Latest News

and Announcement" on our homepage. Specific

questions about the program should be directed to the Georgia Department of Education;

"Ask an Expert" emails of the month:

The homepage survey concluded on October 26th.

"Hi! I am very interested in going to Albany

Thanks to all of our respondents. Your input is valuable to us and is assisting us in our homepage redesign.

State. What are the requirements and what do I need to get in?"
colleges@help.gacollege411.org

GSFC on the move:
Regina Venson has joined GSFC as the Default Prevention Specialist. Regina will assist institutions with various products and services, such as entrance/exit loan counseling, debt management and other default prevention services. Contact Regina to schedule a visit to your school at reginav@gsfc.org.

"I'm a junior in high school, what are some things that I can do now to prepare myself to be a hardware engineer?" careerinfo@gacollege411