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Maryland Scholars

Discover your path to success! Find information on jobs, college, and careers of the future at www.BeWhatIWantToBe.com. Learn how to win prizes and explore what's important to you.

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Maryland Scholars

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  1. Maryland Scholars School Name Date Speaker’s Name

  2. Your Future… • What’s important to you? • In what do you excel? • What do you love to do?

  3. www.BeWhatIWantToBe.com • Find information on: • Jobs • College • How to win prizes • Careers of the future!

  4. What do you want to be?

  5. Life After High School:What does it cost to live? Apartment Car Payment Car Insurance/Gas/Maintenance Gas/Electricity Phone/Internet/Cable Food Entertainment Total $800 $300 $450 $150 $150 $350 $200 $2,400 A MONTH!!! Pg 8

  6. Will you be able to afford it? Sample salaries (based on 40 hours/week) Minimum wage is $7.25/hour Pg 8

  7. Will you be able to afford it? Pay Check Pay to the order of Jane Eyre Four-Hundred Six Dollars and Zero Cents Earnings Rate Hours This period Regular $15.00 40 $600.00 Gross Pay $600.00 Deductions Statutory Federal Income Tax -$102.00 State/Local Income Tax -$36.00 Social Security Tax -$36.00 Other Health Insurance -$20.00 Net Pay $406.00 Almost $800 over budget! Per Month Gross Wages (x4 weeks) $2,400.00 Taxes Withheld -$408.00 -$144.00 -$144.00 Other Deductions -$80.00 Total Expenses : $2,400 !!! Net Pay $1,624.00 Pg9

  8. What some Maryland jobs pay… Pg9

  9. What are YOUdoing to PREPARE yourself to earn a GOOD SALARY???

  10. Your Personal Information Pg4

  11. Your Grades andAttendanceBy Year Pg4

  12. A Summary of Your Gradesand Your Service Learning Hours Pg4

  13. Other Information: *Activities, *Awards, *Grade Point Average (GPA) Pg4

  14. Who would you hire? Pg5

  15. Who would you hire? Pg5

  16. Your transcript can tells others: • I will show up for class or work! • I am dependable and reliable!

  17. Your transcript can tells others: • I can take on a challenge! AND

  18. Your transcript can tells others: • I am prepared for college work! • I have the skills needed to be successful!

  19. So now what? Maryland Scholars Course of Study Pg6

  20. With these courses, you will be more likely to: • Get into college or get a job with benefits • Qualify for scholarships • Graduate from college • Earn more money in salaries (whether you go to college or not)

  21. You have options - Preserve them by taking the right courses in high school!

  22. 3 things you can do now! • Talk with your counselor and parents about being a Maryland Scholar • Go to www.BeWhatIWantToBe.com and create an account – stay with it! • Work hard, have fun and CREATE YOURSELF!

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