College Plan: Freshman Year in High School Fall-Winter-Spring-Summer Seasonal Checklist

Fall-Plan for Your Year Talk to Mrs. Akeo in the CCC building Use www.CollegeBoard.com to research colleges What are the courses you’ll need to take? What are the test & scores needed? Do they offer your major? Start a calendar with important dates & deadlines PSAT, SAT, ACT College Fairs/Presentations March 1st is usually the application deadline for most colleges/universities Get involved with extracurricular activities Go to college fairs

Winter-Learn about Colleges Learn about college costs and how financial aid works Go to Collegeboard.com to calculate how much money you will need for college See how much you need to start saving now Talk to your family about college financing If given the opportunity, visit colleges while they are in session Even if it’s not the one you’re interested in Talk to family or friends who are coming home from college for winter break Go to college fairs

Winter-Prepare for Test Look online to take practice PSAT/SAT tests PSAT or Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test Ask if you qualify to take the test for free Usually taken 10th grade year Practice for the SAT test which is usually used by colleges/universities Scholastic Assessment Test-SAT ACT-American College Testing-the other test

SAT/ACT Scores University of Hawaii-Mānoa ONLY 67% of people who apply GET IN ◦SAT Critical Reading: 480 / 580 ◦SAT Math: 510 / 620 ◦SAT Writing: 480 / 570 ◦ACT Composite: 21 / 25 ◦ACT English: 20 / 25 ◦ACT Math: 20 / 26

SAT/ACT Scores University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) 22% of people who apply GET IN ◦SAT Critical Reading: 560 / 680 ◦SAT Math: 590 / 720 ◦SAT Writing: 580 / 700 ◦ACT Composite: 24 / 31 ◦ACT English: 24 / 32 ◦ACT Math: 25 / 33

SAT/ACT Scores Lousiana State University (LSU) 69% of people who apply GET IN ◦SAT Critical Reading: 510 / 630 ◦SAT Math: 540 / 650 ◦SAT Writing: - / - ◦ACT Composite: 23 / 28 ◦ACT English: 23 / 29 ◦ACT Math: 22 / 27

SAT/ACT Scores Notre Dame 29% of people who apply GET IN ◦SAT Critical Reading: 650 / 740 ◦SAT Math: 670 / 770 ◦SAT Writing: - / - ◦ACT Composite: 31 / 34 ◦ACT English: - / - ◦ACT Math: - / -

SAT/ACT Scores Harvard University ONLY 7% of people who apply GET IN ◦SAT Critical Reading: 690 / 800 ◦SAT Math: 700 / 790 ◦SAT Writing: 710 / 800 ◦ACT Composite: 31 / 34 ◦ACT English: 32 / 35 ◦ACT Math: 31 / 35 ◦ACT Writing: 8 / 10

Spring-Stay Focused & Explore Summer Opportunities Keep your grade point average up!!! Check what you can do to keep yourself at a 3.0+ Don’t get lazy!!! Look for summer opportunities-job, internship or volunteer position Check the CCC for summer programs

Summer-Make the Most of Your Break Start your summer reading list Ask Mr. Cordeiro Check out the top 101 classics Visits colleges if you can