Preparing For Your Future GRADUATION & POST-SECONDARY PLANNING SEQUOIA HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2021
GUIDANCE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT Counselors: *Ms. Castaneda *Ms. Pérez *Mr. Rebello *Ms. Vlahakos *Ms. Wilde *Ms. Flores *Ms. Carpio Garcia- Intern & Substitute Registrar & Guidance Information Specialists: Mayra Melchor Sanchez, Giulia Solari, & Jerri Port College & Career Center: Ms. Ignaitis- Advisor & Rees Kamp- Assistant
TWO OBJECTIVES ● Preparing for college and career: ■ Review Graduation & A-G Requirements ■ Additional College Eligibility Requirements ■ Transcript & GPA Review ■ Additional Post-Secondary Options ■ Student Interest Survey ● Career Interest Profiler ■ College & Career exploration using your career interest profiler results from Naviance
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION? Consider: How will it help you personally? How will it help your family? How will it help your community? ➢ Think, Pair, Share ■ Turn to your partner and share your reasons
For detailed data, see: trends.collegeboard.org. Education Pays 2013
Real life skills that employers are looking for in recent college graduates:
GRADUATION & A-G REQUIREMENTS Subject Sequoia Graduation UC & CSU College UC & CSU Required A-G List* College Recommended 3 ½ Years Social Studies 2 Years 2 Years (35 credits) 4 English 4 4 (40 credits) 2 3 (Alg. & Geom.) Math 4 Alg 1, Geom, Alg II (20 credits) 2 2 1 Lab Science Science 2 Lab: Biological & Physical 3 (20 credits) Science World Language 0 2 3 to 4 1 Visual/Performing Art 1 1 (10 credits) 1 Career Technical Ed. 0 (10 credits) 2 Physical Education 0 (20 credits) 1/4 Year Life Skills 0 (2.5 credits) Elective 62.5 Credits 1
Additional Eligibility Requirements ● Testing: SAT and/or ACT ■ PSAT (opportunities for Mock ACT) ● College Board: Khan Academy SAT test prep ● National Merit Scholarship Program: Approximately top 0.5% PSAT scores ■ Smarter Balanced Testing (CAASPP) ● College Course Placement ● A-G Requirements: Minimum courses required for eligibility to UC/CSU and most 4 year universities ● GPA: Maintain C-’s or higher! 3.0 or higher GPA, gives you more options!
TRANSCRIPT Understanding your transcript is part of preparing.
TRANSCRIPT 1) Go to Quicklinks on sequoiahs.org 2) Click on Infinite Campus (IC) 3) Log-in username - student ID password - first initial, last initial, 6 digit birthday 4) Click on REPORTS 5) Click on Unofficial Transcript
TRANSCRIPT SAMPLE GPA’s aim for 3.0 or better for each one
UNDERSTANDING YOUR GPAs Cumulative Weighted: Includes all courses. Honors (AS/AP/IB) courses calculated w/ 5.0 ● scale. Regular courses calculated w/ 4.0 scale. ● Cumulative Unweighted: Includes all courses. All courses calculated using 4.0 scale ● CA Cal Grant GPA: 10th & 11th grade Unweighted ● Excludes PE, remedial, & support courses ● Students must apply for FAFSA or Dream Act ● Weighted 10-12 A-G GPA: Includes only 10th-12th grade courses with a -P or -HP next to the title. Used for UC/CSU applications.
Credit Recovery Cyber High forms are provided to students by their counselor ○ D grade in a required A-G course must be repeated for 4 year college eligibility ○ F grade in required High School course must be repeated for graduation and/or A-G eligibility ○ Pick-up a cyber high application today from your counselor What other options are there for credit recovery?
Extra-Curricular Activities & Involvement ● Remember that test scores, GPA, and grades are not everything that colleges & scholarship organizations are considering when reviewing your applications. ● What other things can you be doing to stand out in the college admissions process? ● Keep track of all your activities, involvement, work experience, etc. on your Naviance résumé.
MORE POST-SECONDARY OPTIONS CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES ● EARN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND/OR CERTIFICATE ○ PROMISE SCHOLARS/PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP ○ TRANSFER AGREEMENTS TO 4 YEAR COLLEGES ○ TRADE SCHOOLS, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, OR APPRENTICESHIPS ● JOBTRAIN ● AMERICORPS, YEAR UP, CITY YEAR ● MILITARY ●
Student Interest Survey bit.ly/30NDwFT
College/Career Exploration Worksheet
Go to the Sequoia HS website: sequoiahs.org Naviance Login: Student ID & Initials + 6 digit Birthdate sequoiahs.org Click on quick Lin
This what your home screen looks like when you log-on Click on “My Assessments”, then CAREER INTEREST PROFILER
If you completed the Career Interest Profiler, your results look like this:
What careers are best matches for you? Click on a Career Click on a career for [careers are organized by level of preparation] a job description, related occupations, and related majors.
Click on these tabs to learn more about the career you chose to explore Explore Related Majors
Exploring colleges using Naviance “SuperMatch” Step 1: Click on Colleges tab Step 2: Click on Find Your Fit Step 3: Click on SuperMatch
Think about what you are looking for in colleges. For example, majors, location, student life, diversity, etc. To find college matches, click on Select Criteria to Start
More Resources for Researching Colleges & Careers ● O*Net ● College Board: Big Future ● California Career Zone ● collegedata.com ● University & College websites ● Naviance: College Search & SuperMatch
Before you leave, please turn in your College/Career Exploration Worksheet. Thank you!
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