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Georgetown High School Guidance and Counseling

Georgetown High School Guidance and Counseling. Pre-Registration Classroom Presentation. Georgetown Guidance Counselors for 2011-2012. Registration Materials. Registration Packet Transcript. Your transcript is the official record of the course credits and grades you earned in high school.

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Georgetown High School Guidance and Counseling

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  1. Georgetown High School Guidance and Counseling Pre-Registration Classroom Presentation

  2. Georgetown Guidance Counselors for 2011-2012

  3. Registration Materials • Registration Packet • Transcript

  4. Your transcript isthe official record of the course credits and grades you earnedin high school.

  5. Reading Transcript • Check accuracy of personal information • Check accuracy of courses, grades and credits earned • Something wrong? See Registrar in Guidance Office

  6. Boring Definitions • Rank – Class standing based on core classes (Weighted) • GPA – Grade Point Average on 4.0 or 100 point scale (Not Weighted) • Quartile- Quarter of class you are in

  7. So…how are you progressing towards graduation? • Review your transcript to be sure you have credit for the courses you have taken and passed • List the courses you need to take next year on the 4 Year Planning and Registration form

  8. High school is morethan just meeting therequirementsfor graduation. It is also about setting yourself up for more successful future.

  9. Let’s Define Post-Secondary Education • Certificate/License programs • Apprenticeship/ OJT • Military • Technical/Trade Schools • 2 year college • 4 year college or University

  10. Pair Share • If college is defined as any post secondary educational endeavor, are you planning on attending college? Remember: You don’t want to live with your parents forever and they don’t want to feed you forever!

  11. How is a student supposed to know what a college requires to gain entrance? Glad you asked! • Access schools profiles in careercruising.com • Access the official website of the school(s) you are considering • Speak with admissions representatives at a college fair

  12. You canget a head start on your post-secondary education by earningvocational certifications and/or earningcollege credit while you are still in high school

  13. Certifications/Licenses GHS offers

  14. Avenues for earning College Credit while in High School • ACC Early College Start • Advanced Placement • Articulated/Tech Prep Courses See course catalog

  15. Proving you are college ready! • Meet exemption requirements through, PSAT, ACT, SAT or TAKS • THEA • ASSET • COMPASS

  16. Why choose Rigor? The academic intensity of a student’s high school curriculum still counts more than anything else in pre-collegiate history in providing momentum toward completing a bachelor’s degree.

  17. 95% of HS Graduates with the following courses earned bachelor’s degrees • Math beyond Algebra II • More than 2.0 credits of Foreign Language • 1.0 or more credits of Computer Science • More than one Advanced Placement course • No remedial English or Math Source: www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/toolboxrevisit/toolbox.pdf

  18. HS Graduation Requirements(Recommended Plan)

  19. You will be selecting your high school courses using Course Planner inCareerCruising.com

  20. Wrapping it up! • Course choices need to be ready by: • 11th by February 4th • 10th by February 13th • 9th by March 21st • Your counselor will meet with you individually

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