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AGENDA:
• Provide information for students to prepare
for the college admissions process.
• Hear from College Admissions Officers
regarding the four-year public, four-year
private, and two-year community college
pathways.
• Question and answer with our college
admissions panel.
11th Grade: Expand courses to possibly
include AP, Look for leadership roles,
Take the SAT and/or ACT
10th Grade: Continue academic
success and involvement, PSAT
and PLAN testing
12th Grade:
College
Applications 11th grade:
Visit colleges
that you are
interested in
9th Grade: Keep your grades up
and get involved.
College
Getting Involved!
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Where you spend your free time says a lot about you, in ways that
grades and test scores can’t. Your accomplishments outside the
classroom show what you’re passionate about and that you have
qualities valued by colleges.
Here are a few examples:
• Serving in student government shows that you have leadership skills.
• Being on the track team through high school shows that you’re able to
make a long-term commitment.
• Doing volunteer work at a hospital shows that you are dedicated to
helping others.
• Working a part-time job while keeping your grades up shows that you are
responsible and can manage your time.
Colleges want to know who you are and what you can do…be genuine about
your interests! Your activities help you show them.
PROGRESSION OF ACTIVITIES
Freshman year: Explore different activities/clubs.
Sophomore year: Focus your activities to several areas of
interest that you enjoy and may relate to future goals.
Junior year: Settle in to your favorite activities. Look for ways to
make a difference…become an officer or leader of a group, go
beyond just being a member. If you still haven’t found
activities it is never too late to get involved.
Senior year: Since going through the college application process
will take up a lot of free time, be sure that your extracurricular
involvements are those that you really enjoy and are
meaningful to you.
Summers: A great time for enrichment activities, college visits, or
travel. Look for camps that might lead to college or career
exploration, job shadowing or work opportunities, or take time
for some community service.
A one page document that lists your
education, work experience, activities,
interests, personal qualities, and skills.
Highlights your abilities, strengths, ad
accomplishments.
Students who get into highly selective
colleges have a resume of interesting
activities in and outside school. They tend to
have high energy and accomplish a great deal
during high school.
DEVELOPING YOUR HIGH SCHOOL RESUME
PARTS OF A RESUME
• Personal Data
• Objective
• Education
• Work Experience
• Activities and
Interests
• Personal Qualities
• Skills
11th Grade: Expand courses to possibly
include AP, Look for leadership roles,
Take the SAT and/or ACT
10th Grade: Continue academic
success and involvement, PSAT
and PLAN testing
12th Grade:
College
Applications 11th grade:
Visit colleges
that you are
interested in
9th Grade: Keep your grades up
and get involved.
College
Admissions Tests
SOPHOMORES/JUNIORS
(Redesigned) PSAT/NMSQT (PSAT 10) on October 14
Reading
Math
Writing
PLAN on October 21
Reading
Math
Science
Writing
PLAN FOR THE ACT
WWW.ACT.ORG/PLANSTUDENT
Your Score Report and test booklet will be delivered in January
Use your score report to:
Check your college readiness in each content area
Review suggestions for improving your skills
Sign up for the ACT question of the day and take practice tests
www.actstudent.org
CHANGES TO THE ACT
Starting in September 2015, ACT has introduced a number of enhancements to the ACT writing test.
Key differences between the former and the enhanced designs:
OLD NEW
http://www.actstudent.org/writing/enhancements/
• Presents controversies around
school-themed issues;
• Gives positions for/against the
issue;
• Asks students to take a position on
the issue;
• 30 minutes to plan and compose.
• Presents conversations around
contemporary issues;
• Offers three diverse perspectives
that encourage critical engagement
with the issue;
• Asks students to develop an
argument that puts their own
perspective in dialogue with others;
• 40 minutes to plan and compose.
PSAT FOR SAT
WWW.COLLEGEBOARD.ORG
Your PSAT Score Report and test booklet will delivered in January
2 months after the test, an email containing an access code will be sent
(provide email when taking the test)
Personalized summaries of individual students’ performance on each test
New for 2015! Links students to Khan Academy for SAT test prep based on their PSAT scores!
Focus on the areas needing the most improvement!
THE REDESIGNED SAT
• First administration: March 5, 2016
• Five key changes (see handout)
• Old test and redesigned test cannot be “super
scored”
• Juniors, c/o 2017 and beyond, should focus
on redesigned assessment
THE REDESIGNED SAT
• CollegeBoard & Khan Academy partnership
• SAT Question of the Day app
• collegereadiness.collegeboard.org
HANDOUT CONTENTS
• Student Activity Log
• Info on new SAT
• Info on NC Colleges and Universities
• Scholarship Searching
• Campus Visit Checklist
COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PANEL Q&A
• Wesley Clifton, Recruitment and Outreach Officer, Wake Technical
Community College
• Rebecca Harris, Associate Director of Admissions and Recruitment,
Meredith College
• Andrew Parrish, Senior Assistant Director of Admissions, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Aaron Weathers, Office of Admissions, North Carolina A&T State
University
Please write any questions on the provided
note card and pass to the nearest counselor.
QUESTIONS?
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Counselor Contact Information:
Tara Gillespie, Dean, [email protected]
David Ruggiero, A-Co, [email protected]
Amy Gregorio, Cr-He, [email protected]
Mina Bozman, Hi-Me, [email protected]
David Minion, Mi-R, [email protected]
Nicole Bates-Leto, [email protected]
Sharon Smith, CDC, [email protected]
Tori Sharpe, Financial Aid, [email protected]