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Junior College Night Seminar: Community College

Junior College Night Seminar: Community College. October 16, 2013. What are we going to learn?. Who is my son/daughter’s counselor? Boosting the resume Career/Technical School information Community College Information Testing Questions. Meet the Staff. Sophomore-Senior

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Junior College Night Seminar: Community College

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  1. Junior College Night Seminar:Community College October 16, 2013

  2. What are we going to learn? • Who is my son/daughter’s counselor? • Boosting the resume • Career/Technical School information • Community College Information • Testing • Questions

  3. Meet the Staff Sophomore-Senior • Angie Daurer: A-D • Patty Zacharias: E-K • Wayne Russell: L-Mc (& Hi-Cohort) • Toni Klein (Amy Sharp): Me-Sa • Tanya Thomas: Sc-Z Freshman Counselor: • Karen Miller

  4. Student Services Welcome to Student Services http://www.district158.org/hhsstudentservices/index.html

  5. Boost Your Resume • Get involved now! • If your son/daughter’s grades aren’t what you were hoping, there are still scholarships available. • Two examples: • Horatio Alger Association Scholarship: This scholarship provides financial assistance to students throughout the nation who have financial need and have exhibited integrity and perseverance in overcoming personal adversity. • Prudential Spirit of Community Award: This award/scholarship recognizes those students who have distinguished themselves through volunteer work.

  6. Boost Your Resume • Remember what you’ve done in the past • Start a notebook (digital or handwritten) of “stuff” • Freshman through senior year • Unless you can show long term commitment. i.e., instruments, boy scouts/girl scouts, dance, etc. • https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-started/video-transcription/is-participating-in-a-lot-of-activities-important • https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-started/video-transcription/do-colleges-want-quality-or-a-quantity-of-activities

  7. Boost Your Resume • What types of activities should go on my resume? • Summer workshops • Volunteering • Class trips • Lessons • Tutoring • Internships • Anything exemplary • Clubs • Sports

  8. Career/Technical • Includes majors such as health field, culinary, manufacturing, automotive, fire science, electronics, electricity • Can attend career schools as well as community college • May pay a total cost and attend until finishedor pay per term with typical college-type breaks • Military: Contact a recruiter now • ASVAB: Take it! It’s free (regardless of entering military or not). • It’s NOT an aptitude test

  9. Community College One of two options: • Earn certificate or degree Work! • Attend and transfer to 4 year college • Can transfer before 2 year associates or with associates degree • Research with the community college where you want to transfer. • Work with academic advisor to help you choose classes that will transfer to your chosen university.

  10. Community College • Grades • 2 year attendance = college grades • >2 year attendance = high school and college • ACT • Only important for placement tests • Universities do not look at ACT score with associates • Application is senior year—see our school counselor

  11. Community College Advantages Disadvantages • Cheaper • Designed to explore options • Not ready to live on own • Higher rate of success at 4 year school as a transfer. • More individualized teaching • Improve chances of attending four year college of choice • Degree programs are designed to get you working • Seen as an extension of high school with same peers attending • Friends not attending might be distraction • Able to transfer credit? • If working, job demands may interfere with college performance. • Less commitment possible

  12. Testing **Can take up to 6 times per year 36 max score 21 average score 22.4 Huntley’s average score 3.5 hours –it is an endurance test Recommend students take 2+ times ACT: Test Date Registration Deadline Late Deadline Practice ACT: October 29, 2013 Periods 1-5 All juniors will take this test! ASVAB: February 2014

  13. ACT/PSAE ACT/PSAE: April 23 and 24th Day 1: ACT with writing Day 2: Work Keys- State tests Why take this seriously? • Your scores follow you around (transcripts, employers want to know) • It can balance a low GPA • Show consistency • It is an APTITUDE test. What do you know? What did you learn? • 1 specific criterion used to compare all students.

  14. Questions?

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