1. Junior Parent Information Night

2. Contact Information

3. Overview
Junior Year
Testing
Post-High School Planning

4. Junior Year
Increased Workload - tends to be the most challenging academic year
Additional Testing – PSAT, SAT and/or ACT w/writing, SAT Subject Tests, and AP Exams
College/Career/Major Search
Extracurricular Participation

5. Priorities for Junior Year
Pass Classes Required for Graduation
Fulfill College Subject Eligibility Requirements (a-g)
Earn the Best Possible Grades
Nurture Good Study Habits for Future
Stay Involved

6. Strong Academic Program
History years
English years
Math – 4 years
Science 2 – 4 years
Foreign Language 2 – 4 years
VPA year

7. College Entrance Tests
PSAT
Practice for SAT
National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
CSU
SAT or ACT w/writing
UC and Private Colleges/Universities

8. A-G subject requirements
History / social science ("a") 2yrs
English ("b") 4yrs
Mathematics ("c") 3yrs(4)
Laboratory science ("d") yrs(3)
Language other than English ("e") 2yrs(3)
Visual & performing arts ("f") 1yr
College-preparatory elective ("g") 1yr

9. SAT vs. ACT Handout

10. https://wwwkhanacademy.org/sat
Overview
Link your College Board and Khan Academy accounts to get automatic personalized recommendations based on your PSAT performance.
Next, we'll recommend practice to you based on your results. You can practice skills any time you'd like to work on them, even if we didn't recommend them to you.
You'll find video and text explanations to help you understand how the test is structured and to learn the skills covered on the test.
Take some full-length practice exams, too. We recommend taking them without interruption to give you a sense of what to expect on test day.

11. What Colleges Look For Courses taken (strength of academic program)
Grades received
Strength of Senior year (min 4 academics)
Test Scores
Essay
Teacher/Counselor Recommendations

12. CSU System 23 universities Largest university system in the nation
Top 33% of HS Graduates
Requirements:
a-g requirements
Grades of C or better
Minimum GPA of 2.0
SAT or ACT w/Writing

13. UC system -Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC) Top 9%
 9 UC campuses
-Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC) Top 9%
-UC GPA also limits AP extra points to 4 classes
- Academic grade point average (GPA), calculated using 10th and 11th grade UC– approved courses only.
- Performance on standardized tests: the ACT Assessment Plus Writing or the SAT Reasoning Test.
- The strength of your senior year program
Requirements:
a-g Requirements
Minimum GPA to apply 3.0
Courses can be repeated 1 time for “D or F”
Make – ups for “C” grades are not accepted
SAT or ACT w/Writing

14. Private Colleges and Conservatories
Requirements vary by school
SAT or ACT
Most require letters of recommendation

15. Territory (size/location/rural/urban) Cost
What YOU look for
Major
Academic Program
Territory (size/location/rural/urban)
Cost
Help (student support)

16. College RESEARCH
CollegeBoard – College Planning Step by Step
Peterson’s guide to Colleges -
FAIR OPPORTUNITY PROJECT –
The Application Process
Attend College Fairs
LACHSA College Fair –
Friday, Oct 27th – 1:00-4:00pm
UCLA Visual & Performing Arts Fair
Sunday, Oct 29th – 1:00-4:00pm
Virtual Tours – College website
Talk with your Counselor
Talk to your Arts Chairs

17. THE COLLEGE VISIT Plan in advance Tour only a few schools at a time
Take the guided tour
Take lots of pictures
Parents should attend whenever possible
Examine:
Classes / Library / Commons / Depts of interest / Student life
Ask Questions:
How hard is it to get 1st choice classes?
What is the graduation rate?

18. What to do NEXT Summer Visit colleges
Begin writing essays prompts/personal statement
Make a list of the qualities you desire in a college
Develop your personal interests
Test Prep - SAT and /or ACT for Fall
Take a summer class at a local college
Volunteer/Internship/Job
Complete the counselor ‘brag sheet’

19. Tips for Parents Look for the right fit
Do not direct – let your child take
ownership of this process
Stay on top of deadlines
Join your child for college campus visits

20. FINANCIAL AID Federal / State / Institutional
Grants / Loans / Work-Study
Merit based scholarships – begin searching next summer
Need based scholarships – begin searching next summer
Essay contests – start looking at the end of the year
Scholarship websites:
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21. QUESTIONS