Getting ready for college
1. Select your high school courses WISELY
College preparatory courses include English, social studies, mathematics, sciences, and foreign languages as a basis. Depending on your planned major, other courses are necessary or helpful, i.e. mechanical drawing for an engineering major.
2. Develop good disciplined study habits
3. Work HARD!
A strong high school academic record is the best single evidence of the potential to handle college level work. Your high school grade point average (GPA) is CUMULATIVE beginning in the ninth grade.
4. Get involved
Develop hobbies and special interests.
5. Test your career ideas
Get a summer part-time job or do volunteer work.
6. READ! READ! READ!
Develop your vocabulary; develop your interests. Read for pleasure and information during your leisure time.
7. Develop personal characteristics
Develop personal characteristics that you feel will make you a better person, e.g. honesty, responsibility, etc.
8. Start talking to a variety of individuals
Have candid discussions with your parents about college options and opportunities. Be honest and open with them and explain your reasons for wanting to pursue a college education, regardless of where that college may be.
