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Gridley High School

9-12

CCGI, A-G List, & Dual Enrollment

What is California Colleges Guidance INITIATIVE (CCGI)?

What is California Colleges Guidance INITIATIVE (CCGI)?

  • CaliforniaColleges.edu is the State of California’s official college and career planning platform.
  • CaliforniaColleges.edu empowers students by providing them with the tools they need to set goals for life after high school and make plans to achieve them.
  • It also empowers parents to take an active role in their child’s college and career planning.
How CCGI Helps Students

How CCGI Helps Students

CaliforniaColleges.edu Helps Students:
  • Discover their strengths and interests, learn how they connect to fulfilling careers, and understand the steps they’ll need to realize their goals.
  • Plan their high school coursework, college searches, major searches, and career exploration.
  • Launch and track their California public college, federal, and state financial aid applications in one place.
  • Share transcript data with colleges by using CCGI to launch their applications: Parents must NOT opt out of this feature on their GHS data update each year for CCGI to pull transcripts into college applications. By not opting out, courses, grades, and college GPA are automatically uploaded on the CSU and UC applications high school courses section of these applications saving students time, less confusion, and causing fewer mistakes when adding high school courses and grades to the college application.
  • Share transcript data with colleges by using CCGI to launch their applications. Parents must NOT opt out of this feature on their GHS data update each year for CCGI to pull transcripts into college applications. By not opting out, courses, grades, and college GPA are automatically uploaded on the CSU and UC applications' high school courses section of these applications. This saves students time, less confusion, and causes fewer mistakes when adding high school courses and grades to the college application.  
How CCGI Helps Parents

How CCGI Helps Parents

CaliforniaColleges.edu Helps Parents:
  • View and monitor their child’s progress through their financial aid lessons.
  • Learn valuable information about their child’s career interests, college and financial aid planning, and application processes.
  • Access easy-to-understand information on career planning, college options and applications, and financial aid.
How to Create a CCGI Parent/Guardian Account to Track Your GHS Student's Progress

How to Create a CCGI Parent/Guardian Account to Track Your GHS Student's Progress

  1. Make sure your child has registered their account. You won’t be able to register your Parent Account otherwise. (Every student at GHS has registered their accounts with their high school counselor during their counselor class visits).
  2. Go to CaliforniaColleges.edu: CCGI Registration
  3. Click Register Your Account in the top-right corner of the screen. 
  4. Select “I am a Parent/Guardian,” and enter the names of your child’s school district and school, then click Next. 
  5. Enter your child’s name, student ID number, and date of birth. For the student ID number, you can enter your child’s Statewide Student Identifier (SSID), which is located on your child’s transcript (All GHS students received a hard copy of their transcript during the counselor class visits).
  6. Click on the checkbox, then click Next. 
  7. Enter your name and email address, then create a password. 
  8. Click Register. 

For Tutorials on how to register your parent account, click District Lookup Tool
How to Pay for College

How to Pay for College

Where Can I Start?

A big part of planning for college is figuring out how to pay for it. A term you might see a lot is Cost of Attendance (COA). That’s the total amount it costs to go to a college for one year.

The COA includes:
    • Tuition and fees.
    • Books and supplies.
    • Housing.
    • Meals.
    • Transportation.
    • Some personal expenses. 

Most students don’t have to pay the total COA because they get financial aid! 

 

What is Net Price?

Net Price is the amount it’ll cost you to go to college for one year after free money. In other words, it’s the amount you actually have to pay. You might pay for the Net Price with savings, student loans, income from a job, or money from your parents. 
 
Colleges decide how much free money you can get in different ways.

Your Net Price will depend on:
  • Your personal circumstances.
  • The college’s financial aid policies.  
 
A college with a high COA could still be affordable if it can offer you more free money than other colleges. 

Remember! When comparing colleges, look at Net Price—not COA.  

  • Find Your Net Price
  • Compare your Net Price for the colleges on your list to see which ones will be the most affordable. 
  • If you’re thinking about going to college outside of California, visit the college’s website and search for “Net Price Calculator.” Every college should have one.