Shorecrest Information

All applications, whether completed on paper on submitted on-line, will ask for information about Shorecrest. You must provide the following:

Shorecrest Preparatory School
5101 First Street Northeast
St. Petersburg, FL 33713

Office phone: (727) 522 2111
College Center Extension: 158
Fax phone: (727) 521 4821

College Counselor: Betty Cortina Huck
Director of College Counseling

CEEB Code: 1 0 2 0 2 6

Application: General Information

You will be asked to provide your full name, your birth date, and your social security number. If you prefer, you may omit your social security number.

Often colleges will request that you give your parents full name, profession, education history including degrees earned and at what level. It is important to have this information at hand when you begin to complete application forms.

Another piece of information that is often requested is your test history. Dates (month and year) and scores for SAT Reasoning and SAT Subject test as well as ACT composite and sub scores are important information to know before you begin to prepare your application. If you are uncertain of your scores, the easiest place to retrieve your scores is at the registration site for either SAT or ACT. You will need your access code.

Applications require your signature in several places. You will sign your application at the completion of the form. It important to note that on many applications your signature affirms that all information that you provide is correct and all essays you submit are your original work.

Early Decision/Early Action

Early Decision: Students who have a sound academic record and solid test scores and have identified one college or university as their first and often only choice may choose to apply to that one school. Applications for Early Decision are most often due November 1st or November 15th. It is prudent to check all deadline dates. If a student is accepted in the Early Decision process, the student is obligated to attend that school and must withdraw all other application. Early Decision Applications require the student and often a parent to sign a statement that assures that all parties understand the terms of Early Decision.

Early Action: The reasons to select Early Action are very much like those for Early Decision, a sense of commitment to the college. The deadlines are the same as Early Decision, November 1st or November 15th, depending on the college. Students accepted in Early Action have the option to submit additional applications and to wait until May 1st to notify the college if they will attend. Applications may require a signature to be considered for Early Action.

Single Choice, Early Action: This option is a recent addition to the list. Selective colleges have adopted this option. Single Choice Early Action has the same feature as Early Action; students may wait until spring to decide whether they will accept admission. The major difference is that, just as with Early Decision, a student may apply to only one SCEA school.

Always go over the application form carefully to be certain that you sign the proper spaces and check the correct boxes so that the admissions committee is aware of your intentions.

Application Processing

Students send applications on-line or by mail (registered mail, or FedX). On-line applications require the same information and the same careful attention to detail as one that is completed on paper. Many college strongly suggest that student use the on-line option, but currently, the way you complete and send your application is your choice.

Shorecrest is responsible for sending many parts of your application: your transcript, the school Profile, the secondary school report, counselor recommendation, and teacher recommendations. If you apply on-line all of the above materials will be mailed in a single envelope to meet the deadline required. You may also include additional materials that you could not add to an on-line application.

If you submit a paper application Shorecrest will mail all pieces of the application in a single envelope. It is the student’s responsibility to have all materials complete and ready to include with the materials that the school will send.

Sending a complete and comprehensive application to each college is the first and most important goal in this process. Meeting the deadlines set by each college is equally important. It is the ultimate responsibility of the student to complete an application by the required deadline.

Application Options

Students have many options available to complete applications. Colleges and universities provide paper applications upon request. These same applications can be downloaded from the college website. Colleges also give a student the opportunity to apply directly on-line and send their applications electronically. Students may elect to use the Common Application, a form that more that 255 colleges accept.

The Common Application is available in paper form in the College Center or on-line. If you use the Common Application, you may also be required to submit a supplement. Supplements are easily accessed by links from the Common Application website.

On-line applications may be accessed from the colleges’ websites. A quick way to reach college websites is the link, All About College or University of Texas: Education. Both of these links will take you directly to any college/university. In addition to these sources, you may also use services where you can fill out key information only once while completing numerous applications. See Princeton Review and College Board.