HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT HIGH SCHOOL COURSEWORK

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The much ballyhooed junior year is often touted as being the most important year from a college admissions standpoint. This is entirely true in the sense that junior year is given the most weight in the eyes of admissions officers and an upward trajectory over your four years of high school is looked upon favorably. Yet, in an ideal world, your goal is not to have an upward trajectory but a flat line of excellence across all four years.

#Freshman year counts toward #cumulative #GPA calculations and impacts class rank (with some exceptions—mostly schools in the University of California system), two factors that will play a major role in selective college admissions. Trying to recover from a 2.3 GPA as a 9th grader is, from a purely mathematical standpoint, an uphill battle. If you are aiming for the top 10% of your class, even a 3.3 GPA puts you in a hole. A stellar freshman GPA, on the other hand, will alleviate a great deal of stress as you progress through high school.

If success in the college admissions process is important, then your student needs to choose the right classes.
The high school transcript is almost always the most important document in a student’s application. While there’s no 100% guaranteed future college admissions formula, there are some strong patterns for success.

1. Meet the high school requirements. High schools have a list of required credits that must be taken in order to graduate.
2. Take a balanced set of classes. Typically, a student should try to take courses each year in English, science, math, the social sciences, and foreign language.
3. Choose a smart range of college-prep courses. A student doesn’t need to take AP Everything to get into college, but course choice depends on the selectivity of the colleges a #students wants to attend. Demanding and challenging honors, accelerated, AP, International Baccalaureate (IB), and Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) courses make a student more desirable to a school. However, colleges recognize a student can only take advantage of accelerated courses if her high school provides them. If AP courses or International Baccalaureate programs are not offered at a high school, colleges understand and only expect that a student will excel in the opportunities to which there is access. Colleges also understand different schools have different requirements that may restrict what courses a student can take.
4. Colleges like to see rigor and success throughout a student’s high school years. This includes the senior year. Have you heard this famous question: “Is it better to take a course where I know I can get an ‘A’ or should I take a harder course and risk getting a lower grade?” The answer is: “It’s best to get an ‘A’ in a harder course.”
5. Know the admissions guidelines for top choice colleges. Many colleges, especially the selective ones, have specific admissions requirements.
6. Pursue intellectual interests. It’s OK to take courses of a personal interest like filmmaking or fashion, just make sure it is not at the expense of a schedule’s overall rigor. Honesty is very important when a student is deciding between different courses. Is he or she choosing drama because of a real excitement about it and the challenge it presents, or is the motivation powered by a desire to avoid a different (and perhaps difficult) academic subject?
7. Consider online and dual enrollment options. Are you very interested in physics but your school does not offer Physics C? Prior to taking an online or dual enrollment class to confirm credit will be accepted.

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