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Senior Slide
How to Finish Strong During
Your Last Year of High School
Senior year: Its here!
PRIORITIZE
what you need to do before graduation
DECIDE
whats the best path for you
THINK BIG
about your life after high school
a flame, not
keep learning. The key to that
is focus.
the filling of Instead of focusing on the end of high school,
focus on the beginning of life after high school.
4 years of English
3 years of social studies
3 years of math
(including algebra, geometry, and algebra II)
3 years of science
(including biology, chemistry, and physics)
GET INVOLVED!
(OR STAY INVOLVED)
TYPES OF SCHOOLS
COLLEGES offer academic programs leading UNIVERSITIES offer four-year and graduate
to four-year bachelors degrees programs in liberal arts, business, engineering,
education, medicine, and other fields
COMMUNITY and TECHNICAL COLLEGES
offer two-year programs leading to an VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL schools offer
associates degree and transfer programs career-oriented programs that can last from
that are similar to freshman and sophomore a few months to a few years, awarding a
offerings at four-year colleges and universities certification or license in a specific field
Doctoral $1,664
Professional $1,745
Masters $1,380
Bachelors $1,156
Associates $819
Some college,
$756
no degree
High school
$692
diploma
LARGER COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES
may offer: PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE COLLEGES
More areas of specialized study If you choose the four-year college route, youll
need to decide between a publicly or privately
More courses in each area
funded college or university. Private colleges
More anonymity
are often smaller, with fewer students, more
Greater range of extracurricular activities access to faculty, and better chances of getting
Larger libraries into programs and classes. Theyre also typically
More laboratory facilities more expensive than public colleges, although
Graduate programs financial aid can offset those costs.
College websites
College fairs
College visits
APPRENTICESHIPS
Becoming an apprentice allows you to earn
money while learning about a specialized,
highly skilled career, like carpentry, plumbing,
electrical work, and even types of engineering.
Check www.dol.gov/featured/apprenticeship
for examples.
INTERNSHIPS AND
JOB SHADOWING
Consider contacting local employers during
your senior year and ask if they offer internship
positions for hands-on experience or
opportunities to shadow an employee and
learn more about day-to-day work. You might
even be able to participate in these before
graduating high school.
MILITARY PROGRAMS
The branches of the Armed Services offer
specialized training in many fields and teach
skills applicable to careers. Serving in the
military can not only help you earn money for
college, it can offer job and career training.
Source: collegesimply.com
HERE ARE TWO THINGS TO CHECK: Whether additional financial aid is available
Whether the colleges or universities at for scores higher than the one you earned.
which youre applying have a cut score, or
minimum score requirement, and how they
use subject area scores.
Senior Year Guidebook
Page 15 Avoiding the Senior Slide
How college admissions
tests are used
Your GPA
eight weeks after the test date. multiple-choice test scores. You can check this score
against those needed for certain colleges.
The report is full of information. Subject test scores (math, science, English, reading, and
writing (optional)) measure your college readiness in each
Heres how to use it. area. Use these scores to determine which subjects need
more focus before you graduate.
ELA score (if you took the writing test) is the average of
ANN C TAYLOR (ACT ID: -54116290)
WHEAT RIDGE SR HIGH SCHOOL (061-450)
your English, reading, and writing scores. These scores help
TEST DATE: APRIL 2017 | NATIONAL
Student Report
students
Sending Your Scores pursue degrees or get accepted to institutions,
21 19 18 19 24 23 08 24
Your Score
majors, orwasprograms with
school will a
use heavy
A score report (including your photo) was automatically sent to the high school you
reported when registration completed for the test. Your this language arts focus.
1 UNIVERSITY OF OMEGA
www.universityofomega.edu
COMPOSITE MATH SCIENCE STEM ENGLISH READING WRITING ELA Your Score
information for counseling, evaluating the effectiveness of instruction, and planning
2 ALPHA UNIVERSITY
At your direction, your scores from this test date are also being reported to the colleges 3 BETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
11 of 25
33%
44%
Key Ideas & Details
Craft & Structure
18 of 24
6 of 11
75%
55%
on the ACT Interest Inventory.
Low Medium High
Your interests are fairly similar to the interests of college students in the major you plan to
Modeling 41% 21%
Interest-major fit indicates if your interests match 57% the
9 of 22 Integration of 3 of 5 60%
enter. Students in majors that fit their interests are often more satisfied with their major. No change
Knowledge & Ideas
SCIENCE 18 Increased
ACT Composite Score: ACT math, science, English, and reading test scores and the
Ideas & Analysis 8
scored on a scale of 1 to 6 by two raters in each
of the four writing domains. These domains
represent essential skills and abilities that are
Progress toward the ACT WorkKeysGoNational Career
is an assessment-based credential that documents foundational work skills important for job
to www.act.org/the-act/retaking
success across industries and occupations. Visit workforce.act.org/credential to learn more.
for more information.
certificate at www.act.org/certificate.
Typical Composite score on a retest can help you decide
whether to take the ACT test again and get a higher score,
which can improve access to colleges and financial aid.
Heres a link to an infographic, and more explanation that
will help you further use your score report:
http://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/
the-act/scores/understanding your scores.html
ACT
More information from ACT on financial aid and
where to find it.
http://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-
and-services/act-profile/college-planning/
financial-aid.html
FAFSA
More about the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid.
https://fafsa.ed.gov/
FINAID
Features a free scholarship search function and
information on loans, savings programs, and
military aid.
http://www.finaid.org/
After youve taken stock of Ask your counselor or administrators office for
all the forms you need, such as:
your future plans and goals; Transcripts
explored and narrowed your Records
time to take the next big step: identify people who know you well, and get
their permission before sharing their contact
applying for college. information. These people could include:
Teachers
Hopefully, you were able to gather some good
Counselors
information about applying for colleges during
Principals
campus visits. If not, ask your school counselor for
Employers
help, or look online for application procedures for
Community leaders
each college youre considering.
Likelihood of admission
Forgotten signatures
SUMMER OCTOBER-FEBRUARY
WHAT TO DO: Make your summer count. It can WHAT TO DO: Apply for financial aid. Have you
be a real growth and planning opportunity, and investigated all possible sources of aid? When
it can help focus the planning youll need to do should you apply?
your senior year.
HOW TO DO IT: Talk to your counselor or your top
HOW TO DO IT: Pursue a summer job that matches colleges financial aid offices. Get all the financial
your career interests, and earn and save for college. aid application forms and watch for deadlines.
Or look for volunteer or job-shadowing opportunities Complete the FAFSA as soon as possible after
so you can see your dream career up close or explore October 1.
ideas of what you might want to do.
FEBRUARY-MAY
AUGUST WHAT TO DO: Make your final decisions. What
WHAT TO DO: Compare the colleges on your list. additional preparation would be helpful? Should
Have you weighed pros and cons carefully? Which you consider summer school? Do you feel
colleges meet your needs? comfortable with your final choice?
HOW TO DO IT: Continue visiting colleges and HOW TO DO IT: Check with parents, counselors,
college websites. Organize your college choices and mentors and ask them to help confirm your
into a detailed pro/con list. Pay special attention decision. Then contact your chosen college to
to colleges with the longest pro list. confirm and decline other admission offers. Take
control of your future!
SEPTEMBER
WHAT TO DO: Apply for admission to your top- MAY-JUNE
choice colleges. Do you have all the necessary CONGRATS, GRADUATE!
forms? Be sure to check application deadlines,
and put them on your calendar.
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