GRADUATION & POST-SECONDARY PLANNINGSEQUOIA HIGH SCHOOLCLASS OF 2021

Preparing For Your Future

GUIDANCE COUNSELING DEPARTMENTCounselors:

*Ms. Castaneda

*Ms. Pérez

*Mr. Rebello

*Ms. Vlahakos

*Ms. Wilde

*Ms. Flores

*Ms. Carpio Garcia- Intern & Substitute

Registrar & Guidance Information Specialists:

Mayra Melchor Sanchez, Giulia Solari, & Jerri Port

College & Career Center:

Ms. Ignaitis- Advisor & Rees Kamp- Assistant

TWO OBJECTIVES● Preparing for college and career:

■ Review Graduation & A-G Requirements ■ Additional College Eligibility Requirements■ Transcript & GPA Review■ Additional Post-Secondary Options■ Student Interest Survey

● Career Interest Profiler■ College & Career exploration using your

career interest profiler results from Naviance

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION?

Consider:

How will it help you personally?

How will it help your family?

How will it help your community?

➢ Think, Pair, Share

■ Turn to your partner and share your reasons

Education Pays 2013 For detailed data, see: trends.collegeboard.org.

Real life skills that employers are looking for in recent college graduates:

GRADUATION & A-G REQUIREMENTSSubject Sequoia Graduation UC & CSU College

Required A-G List*UC & CSU

College Recommended

Social Studies3 ½ Years(35 credits) 2 Years 2 Years

English4

(40 credits) 4 4

Math2

(Alg. & Geom.)(20 credits)

3Alg 1, Geom, Alg II 4

Science2

1 Lab Science(20 credits)

22 Lab: Biological & Physical

Science3

World Language 0 2 3 to 4

Visual/Performing Art1

(10 credits) 1 1

Career Technical Ed.1

(10 credits) 0

Physical Education2

(20 credits) 0

Life Skills1/4 Year(2.5 credits) 0

Elective 62.5 Credits 1

Additional Eligibility Requirements● Testing: SAT and/or ACT

■ PSAT (opportunities for Mock ACT)● College Board: Khan Academy SAT test prep● National Merit Scholarship Program:

Approximately top 0.5% PSAT scores ■ Smarter Balanced Testing (CAASPP)

● College Course Placement

● A-G Requirements: Minimum courses required for eligibility to UC/CSU and most 4 year universities

● GPA: Maintain C-’s or higher! 3.0 or higher GPA, gives you more options!

TRANSCRIPTUnderstanding your transcript is part of

preparing.

TRANSCRIPT1) Go to Quicklinks on sequoiahs.org2) Click on Infinite Campus (IC)3) Log-in

username - student ID

password - first initial, last initial, 6 digit birthday

4) Click on REPORTS5) Click on Unofficial Transcript

TRANSCRIPT SAMPLE

GPA’saim for 3.0 or better for each one

Cumulative Weighted: Includes all courses.

● Honors (AS/AP/IB) courses calculated w/ 5.0 scale.

● Regular courses calculated w/ 4.0 scale.

Cumulative Unweighted: Includes all courses.

● All courses calculated using 4.0 scale

CA Cal Grant GPA: 10th & 11th grade

● Unweighted ● Excludes PE, remedial, & support courses● Students must apply for FAFSA or Dream Act

Weighted 10-12 A-G GPA: Includes only 10th-12th grade courses with a -P or -HP next to the title. Used for UC/CSU applications.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR GPAs

Credit RecoveryCyber High forms are provided to students by their counselor

○ D grade in a required A-G course must be repeated for 4 year college eligibility

○ F grade in required High School course must be repeated for graduation and/or A-G eligibility

○ Pick-up a cyber high application today from your counselor

What other options are there for credit recovery?

Extra-Curricular Activities & Involvement

● Remember that test scores, GPA, and grades are not everything that colleges & scholarship organizations are considering when reviewing your applications.

● What other things can you be doing to stand out in the college admissions process?

● Keep track of all your activities, involvement, work experience, etc. on your Naviance résumé.

MORE POST-SECONDARY OPTIONS● CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES

○ EARN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND/OR CERTIFICATE ○ PROMISE SCHOLARS/PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP○ TRANSFER AGREEMENTS TO 4 YEAR COLLEGES

● TRADE SCHOOLS, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, OR APPRENTICESHIPS

● JOBTRAIN

● AMERICORPS, YEAR UP, CITY YEAR

● MILITARY

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Student Interest Survey

College/Career Exploration Worksheet

Go to the Sequoia HS website: sequoiahs.org

sequoiahs.org

Click on quick Lin

Naviance Login: Student ID & Initials + 6 digit Birthdate

This what your home screen looks like when you log-on

Click on “My Assessments”, then CAREER INTEREST PROFILER

If you completed the Career Interest Profiler, your results look like this:

What careers are best matches for you?

Click on a career for a job description, related occupations, and related majors.

Click on a Career [careers are organized by level of preparation]

Explore Related Majors

Click on these tabs to learn more about the career you chose to explore

Exploring colleges using Naviance “SuperMatch”Step 1: Click on Colleges tab

Step 2: Click on Find Your Fit

Step 3: Click on SuperMatch

Think about what you are looking for in colleges. For example, majors, location, student life, diversity, etc.

To find college matches, click on Select Criteria to Start

More Resources for Researching Colleges & Careers

● O*Net● College Board: Big Future● California Career Zone● collegedata.com● University & College websites● Naviance: College Search & SuperMatch

Before you leave, please turn in your College/Career Exploration

Worksheet.

Thank you!