1. 2.01:7 What’s the Point of all this STUFF I’m doing in High School anyway?

2. COURSE PERFORMANCE AVERAGE WEIGHTED GPAS: – UNC- Wilmington: 3.80-4.33 – UNC Chapel Hill: 3.9 “Some students with 4.0 GPAs and high test scores still get rejected from Chapel Hill”- UNC Admissions – ECU: 3.60 – MILITARY: 2.50 (UNWEIGHTED) ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES: – A=6 points/ B=5/ C=4 HONORS COURSES: – A=5 points/B=4/ C=3 STANDARD COURSES: – A=4 points/B=3/ C=2 WHAT COURSES ARE YOU ENROLLED IN?

3. Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Entrance into the MILITARY High score improves chance to get specialty/job Reasoning, Literacy, Paragraph Comprehension and Math

4. SAT/ACT EXAMS SAT: – College admission test – Tests WHAT you know and how well you can apply it – Reading, writing and math – WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST SCORES FOR THE SAT? ACT – College admission test – Tests WHAT you know – Reading, Math, Science and English – WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST SCORES FOR THE ACT?

5. WORKKEYS Measures CAREER READINESS Recognized as an INDUSTRY CREDENTIAL Can earn Platinum (highest), Gold or Silver Taken by: – CTE concentrators – Completed four-courses in CTE – High School Seniors WHAT CTE CONCENTRATOR will YOU be IN?

6. ASK CERTIFICATION EXAM INDUSTRY-VALIDATED skills and knowledge CERTIFICATION(S) Offers ADDED VALUE to completion of BUSINESS /MARKETING course work ONLINE EXAM – Through MBA Research WHAT IS THE WEBSITE FOR THE ASK INSTITUTE?

7. CERTIFICATIONS DIGITAL BADGING: DEFINE – MBA RESEARCH (NEW!) MICROSOFT OFFICE – Can take courses in Microsoft Academy!

8. STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS WORKING WITH A PARTNER, develop at MINIMUM 2 STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS for the following. EACH person must record them in their notebooks! Course Performance ASVAB Exam SAT/ACT Exams WorkKeys Exam ASK Exam Certifications