College Admissions: All You Need to Know. What Are Colleges Looking For? Rigor of Curriculum Grades Earned SAT/SAT Subject Test/ACT Extra-curricular Activities.

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Presentation transcript:

College Admissions: All You Need to Know

What Are Colleges Looking For? Rigor of Curriculum Grades Earned SAT/SAT Subject Test/ACT Extra-curricular Activities Essay Letters of Recommendation

How to find the right college? Research – Family Connection Campus visits Juniors have 3 Excused Absences to visit schools 9 th & 10 th schedule campus visits during our school breaks 10 th & 11 th Belen College Tour

Quick Fact Sheet

Family Connection Contact our office for Registration Codes

College Admission Checklists

Dual Enrollment St. Thomas University 11 th and 12 th Grades only January 2016: Open enrollment period and registration online

11 th grade course offerings: Pre-Calculus Spanish for Professionals British Literature (either fall or spring semester) Business & Entrepreneurship (ONLY Spring semester)

Coalition Application

Testing Timeline 9 th Grade: World History Subject Test 10 th Grade: US History Subject Test Spanish Subject Test

Testing Timeline 11th Grade: Subject Tests -Physics-Biology-Chemistry -Math 1 (Pre-cal) -Math 2 (Honors Pre-cal) -Literature (Honors BL) SAT and/or ACT - spring semester

Other Subject Tests German French Latin Italian

Mock SAT and ACT For Juniors Only Mock SAT – Nov. 7 th Mock ACT – Nov. 14th

Private College Counselors

Essay Writing Coaches

How Our Office Works? 9 th and 10 th Grade: -Homeroom sessions -Appointments upon request after Nov. 15

How Our Office Works? 11th Grade: -Assigned a College Counselor -Meet with College Counselor after Nov. 15 -Homeroom Sessions

GPA Game

QUESTIONS?