High School Classes for College
Your grades and test scores provide admissions committees with some clues about whether you have the preparation needed to succeed academically at the college level.Getting reasonably good grades and test scores is a minimum condition of getting into college. No college wants to admit a student who could end up failing and having to leave. Both the student and college lose in that scenario.Unfortunately, it is not easy to navigate the world of academics and tests to determine exactly what you must do and when to do it.
Getting reasonably good grades and test scores is a minimum condition of getting into college.
In Lesson 3, you will learn more about tests that are part of the college admissions process, from the PSAT to the ACT.
My Academics is the worksheet for Lesson 3. It is designed to help you to organize information about your grades and standardized test scores.
As a future college applicant, it is important to choose the right courses over your high school career. There are certain foundational areas of coursework [...]
Your high school might offer AP classes. Students generally take these while they are in 11th and/or 12th grade. There are currently more than 30 [...]
Electives will carry less weight in the admissions process that courses from the foundational areas. For one thing, your elective grades are generally not as [...]
Colleges are first and foremost academic institutions, and they aim to admit students who they believe can meet their academic challenges. Your coursework and grades [...]
