Stay on track:
- Meet with your counselor to be sure you are on track to complete CPS requirements for promotion and graduation.
- Review your course plan and academic progress with your counselor
or college advisor to be sure you are taking the right courses to get into the college you want to attend.
- Enroll in ACT and/or SAT prep classes.
- Register for and take the ACT and/or SAT.
- Practice writing and take AP, Honors or College Bridge
classes.
- Read a lot! Try to read 75 pages a day, including homework and leisure reading.
- Write a lot! In school you will need to complete a 10-page research paper.
- Stay involved in extracurricular activities.
- Be a leader in Service-Learning projects. By the end of Junior year you should have completed 30 Service-Learning hours.
- Ask for help if you are having a hard time with classes or if you are having problems in or out of school.
Follow your plan:
- Use Choices Planner to explore different types of schools. Save your favorite schools to your portfolio.
- Look at the entrance requirements for colleges you like. How do these match up against your courses and plan?
- Continue to research colleges and contact them for information you cant find or questions you want answered.
- Participate in job shadowing.
