Timeline - Freshman Year

TIMELINE FOR THE COLLEGE BOUND
Freshman Year

Please use this timeline to help guide you through the college preparation/selection process. Be sure to refer to the more detailed college selection materials that are available from the guidance office, and to tap into your counselor's knowledge/experience with this process.


1. Take as rigorous an academic program as you can handle.
2. Your GPA (grade point average) and class rank begin with your ninth grade classes. Resolve to get the best grades possible.
3. Create a list of all the activities, clubs and community services in which you are involved. Add to this "Brag List" throughout high school.
4. Start exploring your career interests.
5. Discuss your career/college intentions and interests with your parents and counselor.
6. Make a list of reasons why you should go to college.
7. Be sure to map out a plan for four years of course work in high school. Remember to include a minimum of 16 academic units necessary for college placement.
8. Begin to visit some college campuses for exploration and to get a "feel" for the college life.
9. Your counselor has career and college information. o.f value to you. These include catalogs, videos, and internet web sites.