Getting into college will require that you begin your
planning as early as possible.
Students who enter the 9th grade “Planning” to
go to college will have a very different senior
prom experience.
You have to know where you are going before you can
adequately prepare for the race that you will have to
run.
What are you planning to do after
high school?
Percentage of Students Passing 2008
Georgia High School Graduation Tests
Group
English
Lang Arts
Math
Social
Studies
Science
Students will have to pass high school
graduation
tests in Georgia.
Asian
90
96
87
91
will that guarantee that you will graduate
Black
84
82
72
76
from high school?
Hispanic
80
87
72
77
White
94
95
90
93
Less than 50%
Less than 35%
Lets do the math:
•400 ninth graders
•225 (56.3%) are projected to graduate from
high school
•Based on last year’s ACT performance, only
23%, or 52 will actually be prepared to attend a
4-year college or university.
•Only 25 (49%) of those students will graduate
from college in 6 years!
Self Assessment
1. List 5 obstacles that you will have to
overcome.
2. List 5 academic strengths.
3. List 5 academic weaknesses.
4. List 5 people who support you.
5. List 5 high school goals.
6. List 5 life goals.
Begin Your Research
College
4/6-year Grad
Rate
Percent
Admitted
Percent A-A
Cost
Emory
Harvard
79/87
87/98
38.6
8.9
8.7
7.9
$49,204
$50,250
Georgia
YaleTech
34/77
88/96
67.5
9.9
7.1
8.1
$13,105
$49,000
UGA
Amherst
45/75
88/96
61.8
18.7
5.3
9.4
$8,091
$51,000
Georgia
Southern
13/43
54.2
22.1
$6,039
Georgia
College and
State
23/41
60.4
6.9
$7,927
http://www.collegeresults.org/
Top 10
Top 10
Major Universities
Georgia HBCUs
Liberal Arts
1.Princeton (9/40)
Colleges
2.Harvard
Top 5(MA)
HBCUs
•
Albany State 1.Wiliams
Top
5
GA
Colleges
3.Yale
•
Clark Atlanta 2.Amherst (MA)
4.Stanford
•Spelman
(GA) (PA)
3.Swarthmore
•
Fort
Valley
State
•Emory
5.Penn
4.Wellesley
•Howard
(DC)(MA)
•
Interdenominational
•Georgia
Tech
6.Cal Tech
5.Carleton
(MN)
•Hampton
(VA)
•UGA
Seminary
7.MIT
6.Middlebury
(VT)(18/48)
•Morehouse
(GA)
•Agnes
Scott
•Morehouse
8.Duke
7.Pomona
(CA)
•Fisk
(TN)
•Spelman
9.Columbia•Morris Brown 8.Bowdoin (ME)
•Paine
9.Davidson (NC)
10.University
of Chicago
www.Ivysuccess.com
•Savannah State10.Haverford (PA)
www.collegedata.com
What
colleges
would you like to attend?
•Spelman
29
p.
How High Are Your Academic Goals?
1. Write down the highest level of math you want to
take in high school.
2. Write down the highest level of science you want to
take in high school.
3. Write down if you want most of your classes to be
on-level, honors, or AP?
4. Write down the most important extracurricular
activities that you want to be involved in throughout
high school.
5. Are there any conflicts between #4 and #5?
Develop your 4-year course
schedule
(example
Self Assessment:
1.What grades have
you received for your
current year classes?
2.how hard are you
willing to work to
pursue your dreams?
3.identify the classes
that you will need
tutoring?
Honors and AP classes increases
your GPA and provides more
college choices
Math, Science, and Language Arts best
prepare you for the SAT and ACT
Choose clubs and organizations that
are consistent with your college
aspirations
The more competitive the college, the more
“FREE” financial aid that is avalable!
Go To Our Foundation Web Site for Information
on Scholarships, Summer Programs, Internships,
and Links to Other College Planning Web Sites:
www.accessandequity.org
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