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Juniors - Are You Ready?

Juniors - Are You Ready?. CCHS Guidance Department. What Should You Be Doing Now?. Consider Future Career Options. In order to choose a career that’s going to be right for you, you need to consider: Your Abilities (What you are good at) Your Interests (What you like to do)

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Juniors - Are You Ready?

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  1. Juniors - Are You Ready? CCHS Guidance Department

  2. What Should You Be Doing Now?

  3. Consider Future Career Options In order to choose a career that’s going to be right for you, you need to consider: • Your Abilities (What you are good at) • Your Interests (What you like to do) • Your Aptitudes (What you have natural talent for) • What’s Important to You (Money, work environment, travel, job security, etc.)

  4. Six Ways to Prepare for a Great Career • High School Career and Technology Programs • Four Year College • Two-Year Community or Technical College • Career or Trade School • Military • Apprenticeship

  5. Junior Year Your junior year is when you should be: • Taking college tests • Making college visits • Searching for scholarships

  6. October • 10/16/13 - PSAT/NMSQT • 10/3/13 - ASVAB

  7. March to June If your are planning to attend a four year college, take the ACT and/or the SAT. To get information and to register for the ACT, go to www.actstudent.org. To get information and register for the SAT, go to www.collegeboard.org.

  8. What Colleges are Looking For • Course Selection • GPA • SAT/ACT Scores • Essay • Extracurricular Activities • Recommendation Letters • Awards • Independence

  9. Course Selection • Colleges want to see what your interests are. • Did you take courses in high school that relate to what you will study in college? • Did you take the most rigorous courses offered?

  10. GPA - Grade Point Average • Colleges will look at your GPA along with your course selection to determine how well you will perform in college. • The higher your GPA is the greater chance you have of getting accepted into the college of your choice.

  11. SAT/ACT • Colleges use your SAT/ACT score(s) as a determining factor in whether or not you will be able to perform at the college level.

  12. Essay • Write,write, write and get better at writing. • Colleges are interested in reading what you have to say.

  13. Extracurricular Activities • Colleges want to know how you spend your time outside of school. • Are you able to handle the course load while participating in other activities? • Do you work well with groups?

  14. Recommendation Letters • College admission counselors read those recommendation letters because they are interested in what others have to say about you. • Normally, your recommendation will be requested of your Guidance Counselor or by a teacher.

  15. Awards • Colleges want to know what awards you have received for all of your hard earned efforts. • Keep a list of all of your accomplishments. • Keep a portfolio!

  16. INDEPENDENCE! • Colleges believe that this should be student initiated, not parent initiated. • Parents should be informed, but this should be an independent process by the student. • Colleges want to know if the student is applying because they want to be there or are they applying because their parents want them there.

  17. ACT/SAT What’s the Difference?

  18. Test Length • ACT • 3 hours, 25 minutes (including the 30-minute optional Writing Test • SAT • 3 hours, 45 minutes

  19. Test Structure • ACT • 4 Test Sections (5 with the optional Writing Test): English, Math, Reading, Science, Writing (Optional), Experimental Test (sometimes added and clearly labeled) • SAT • 10 Sections: 3 Critical Reading, 3 Math, 3 Writing (Including the Essay), 1 Experimental (unscored but included as a regular section)

  20. Reading • ACT • Reading Comprehension - 4 passages with 10 questions per passage. • SAT • Reading Comprehension - short and long passages with questions sentence completion

  21. Math • ACT • Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, algebra II, and trigonometry • SAT • Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and algebra II

  22. Science • ACT • Analysis • Interpretation • Evaluation, • Basic Content • Problem Solving • SAT • Science is not included

  23. Essay • ACT • Last thing you do (optional): 30 minutes • Not included in composite score • Topic of importance to high school students • SAT • First thing you do: 25 minutes • Factored into overall score • More abstract topic (vs.. ACT)

  24. Scoring • ACT • Composite score of 1 - 36, based on average score of 4 tests • 4 scores of 1-36 for each test • Plus optional Writing Test Score of 0 - 12 • SAT • Total score of 600 - 2400, based on adding scores from 3 subjects • 3 scores of 200 - 800 for each subject • Score of 0 - 12 for the Essay

  25. Wrong Answer Penalty • ACT • No penalty for wrong answers. • SAT • 1/4 point subtracted for each wrong answer (except for Math Grid-In questions)

  26. Sending Score History • ACT • You decide which score is sent • SAT • Your entire score history will be sent automatically. • New - Beginning with the class of 2010, you decide which score is sent.

  27. Test Contact Information • ACT, Inc. • 1-319-337-1000 • actstudent.org • SAT • The College Board • 1-866-756-7346 • collegeboard.org

  28. Upcoming Test Dates ACT Reg. Deadline Test Date 9/27/13 10/26/13 11/8/13 12/14/13 1/10/14 2/8/14 3/7/14 4/12/14 5/9/14 6/14/14 SAT Reg. Deadline Test Date 9/6/13 10/5/13 10/3/123 11/2/13 11/8/13 12/7/13 12/27/13 1/25/14 2/7/14 3/8/14 4/4/14 5/3/14 5/9/14 6/7/14

  29. Testing Fee Waivers • Students may qualify for a testing fee waiver if they receive free or reduced lunch. • Students may receive a total of 2 fee waivers. (1 in the Junior Year and 1 in the Senior Year or 2 in the Senior Year)

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