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Welcome To Your PCCR Plan for College and Career Readiness

Discover why post-secondary education is crucial for success in today's job market and learn how to prepare for college. Find out about scholarships, ACT preparation, and creating a plan for your senior year.

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Welcome To Your PCCR Plan for College and Career Readiness

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  1. Welcome To Your PCCR Plan for College and Career Readiness $ What is YOUR PLAN?

  2. Job Market is changing • Out of the 11.6 million jobs created in the post recessioneconomy, 11.5 million went to workers with at least some college education. • Graduate degree holders gained 3.8 million jobs, • Bachelor's degree holders gained 4.6 million jobs • Associate’s degree holders gained 3.1 million. • Employment of workers with a high school diploma or less only grew by 80,000 jobs.

  3. Workers with a Bachelor’s degree or higherare taking almost all the jobs inhigh- and middle-skill occupations

  4. You need to plan on post-secondary Education to be competitive in this Job market 77777 • Workers with at least some postsecondary education now make up 65 percent of the total employment. • Bachelor’s degree holders now earn 57 percent of all wages. • Workers with a high school diploma or less must earn postsecondary credentials in order to compete effectively in growing high-skill career fields.

  5. Education Pays

  6. ? The “Pathways to Prosperity” study by the Harvard Graduate School of Education shows that only 56% of college students complete four-year degrees within six years and only 29% of those who start two-year degrees finish them within three years!! WHY?

  7. ] [ real the real problem . . . most students lack d i r e c t i o n & p r e p a r a t i o n

  8. Direction Why are you going to college? to learn more about things that interest me to be able to get a better job to get training for a specific career Source: The American Freshman National Norms for Fall 2002

  9. Career Event or Process • Pathways - Classes • JATC • Internships • Talk to people • Interest Inventories (utahfutures.org) • Counselor • What are your career interests?

  10. What Are You Doing to Prepare?

  11. College Success These three things can predict your college success # 1 High School Academic Rigor # 2 GPA # 3 ACT

  12. College Success Average successful College freshmen study for 40 hours each week. Homework MattersTeaches content, time management, and discipline. High School students doing 10 hours homework a week, are 3 times more likely to get a Bachelor’s Degree. Senior Year Matters!!

  13. TAKE THE RIGHT CLASSES Be Prepared for college! Regents Scholarship Maintain a 3.5 GPA , maintain a B in core courses, & 26 ACT composite score

  14. Challenge Yourself

  15. Grade Point Average Most colleges require Transcripts and ACT scores for admission because these two items are great predictors of how you will do in college Study after study finds that GPA is the best predictor of college success, even more so than ACT or SAT -hard work, discipline and curiosity in high school will continue in college

  16. ACT • Colleges use the ACT for 3 things • Admission • Class Placement • Scholarships • All Juniors will take the ACT February 28th • Free opportunities for ACT Prep • Every Thursday mini-lesson during MAP • Every Thursday 3:00 – 5:00pm • Online preparation • Recommend that you take the ACT twice • Sign up at actstudent.org to take future exams

  17. How do I choose a college?

  18. Program/Major

  19. $$ COST $$

  20. Profile

  21. Campus visit

  22. Where do I find all this information?

  23. Scholarships FAFSA – Federal Financial Aid -- $ 97 Billion 70% of all college students qualify Private Scholarships -Companies and Individuals : Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, etc., -Look on www.counseling.herrimanhigh.org -Search Engine Sites College Scholarships State Scholarships -Alumni -Centennial -Academic -Leadership -Regents -Diversity -Athletic (NCAA) -Service -New Century

  24. Scholarships

  25. NCAA • Applies to students that are wanting to be able to play college level sports and be eligible for athletic scholarships (Specifically Division I or II) • It is the student and parent’s responsibility to make sure the student is eligible. What does this mean? • Read through the NCAA Eligibility Center Quick Reference Guide • Take College Athletic Prep class • Look at your classes – Are they NCAA approved? • If you have classes that you need to make up get it done before the end of this year and make sure it is through a NCAA approved source • Do you have the 16 core class requirements (10 completed by end of semester 1 senior year) • 2.3 GPA Requirement • Register with NCAA at www.eligibilitycenter.org • Counselors can assist you IF you let us know you are a college bound athlete

  26. Make your PLAN • Transcript • PCCR Form • Plan your senior year! • Complete needs assessment while you wait. • Arena will open for YOU April 18th and 19th • Arena for JATC March 27th and 28th Make your senior year count!!

  27. ask for help

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