UWSP
Upward Bound:
The Friendly Horizon
Special Edition: ACT Helpful Hints!
Check your mail for the hard copy of these hints! In the Spring 2013
Friendly Horizon issue!
Quotable
Quote:
Necessary Reminders!
“It’s your right to be
uncommon if you
can…You desire to
take the calculated
risk, to dream, to
build, yes, even to fail,
and to succeed.”
Ewing Kauffman
It’s hard to believe we’re getting ready for the Spring Workshop and Summer Session! Time goes by so
fast that it’s important to recap some issues:
1) March 1, 2013 is the deadline for the required signature forms: Authorization to Provide Grade
Report form; Parent/Student contract form; UWSP Camp Health form (make sure both sides are
completed, as necessary); Photograph, Video, Audio, and Swimming General Release form; and, the
Agreement for Assumption of Risk, Indemnification, Release, and Consent for Emergency Treatment form.
2) Make sure you’re working on your Monthly Activity Reports, the next one is due April 5,
2013. If you fill it out every week, you won’t be scrambling to get it done at the last minute...
Freshman
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Inside this issue:
Necessary Re-minders
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UB Famous Grads!
3
Test Anxiety Tips
ACT Test Prep Tips
Birthdays
Sophomores
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ACT Challenge
Have you been thinking about what you want to go to school for? If you don’t have a single idea,
or many...now’s the time to start researching how long it will take to get a degree, which schools
offer the program/s, etc.
Take the PLAN (pre-Act) Test if you haven’t done so already! The pre-test will give you an idea of
what areas you need to improve on (if any), the format of the ACT and the length.
Juniors
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Start studying for the ACT and register for it!
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Start to request information from three (or more) colleges of your choice. Because the more
information you have from a variety of schools, the better prepared you are for choosing.
Seniors
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Take Placement Tests in March! The university you have been admitted to will send you information on where and when to take placement tests, if your enrollment deposit has been paid.
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Keep your grades up! Your admission is ALWAYS tentative until
your final high school transcript is sent to your college.
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Upward Bound Famous Graduates!
Did you know there are
famous graduates of the UB
program? In each online
edition, you can read a brief
summary of someone
famous.
Wil Haygood is an Upward Bound graduate of
Dominican College in Ohio, and Miami University. He’s
well known for his writing, and has worked at newspapers
across the east coast including Boston Globe and Washington Post. He’s also known for his biographies and nonfiction books which include Two on the River and Black
and White (a biography of Sammy Davis Jr.).
Picture taken from Famous TRiO Participants on February 4, 2013. www.cnm.edu
3 Steps for Planning Your Career
Reducing Test Anxiety
Creating short and long-term career goals can be useful in planning for the future.
Following three easy
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Take a look at your strengths, weaknesses, and interests.
Be well prepared for the test – it’s the best way to reduce test taking anxiety.
What can help you achieve your goals and what obstacles could get in your way?
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Stay relaxed by taking several deep breaths slowly before, during and after the test to relax yourself
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Read the directions carefully. Some teachers give points for trying to solve a questions (math).
Job shadow, volunteer, or work in a job that you might like.
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Skim through the test so you have a good idea of how to pace yourself.
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your career and educational plans with others (parents, school counselor, etc.).
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Write down important formulas, facts, definitions, key facts in the margins of the test so you won’t worry about forgetting them.
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Focus on one question at a time, don’t let your mind wander.
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If you’re still experiencing test anxiety, go to your counselor for help.
How will you pay for school?
Do you need to search for a job?
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How will you manage family or relationship commitments?
Taken from ACT Public Relations web page on Monday February 4, 2013
Answers for Rebus: Problem1, Tongue in cheek; Problem 2, Painless Operation ; Problem 3, Backward Glance.
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Answers for ACT: Question 1, C: change there to their; Question2,B: 50, Explanation of answer: Let X = the number of oranges that
Sara ate. Thus, X + .4X = 1.4X (the number of oranges Sara sold). Then 1.4X = 70/1.4 = 50. Question3, C: ferns.
Test Preparation Tips for the ACT
ACT English Test:
75 Items, 45 Minutes
Pace yourself
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If you use a calculator, use it carefully
passage
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Solve the problem
Note the differences in the answer choic-
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Locate your solution in the answer choices
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Make sure you answer the question
Reread the sentences, using your select-
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Make sure your answer is reasonable
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Check your work
Pace Yourself
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60 Items, 60 Minutes
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ACT Math Test:
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ACT Science Reasoning Test:
ACT Reading Test:
40 Items, 35 Minutes
40 Items, 35 Minutes
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Pace Yourself
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Pace yourself
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Read the passage carefully
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Read the passage carefully
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Note different viewpoints in passages
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Refer to the passage when answering questions
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Pace yourself
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Read the directions for each test carefully
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Read each question carefully
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Answer the easy questions first
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Use logic in the more difficult questions
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Review your work
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Answer EVERY question...There’s NO PENALTY for guessing
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Be precise in marking your answer sheet
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Erase completely
Taken from ACT Public Relations web page on Monday February 4,
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