College: KnowHow2Go

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College KnowHow2Go

• What you can do, every step of the way.

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Your Future
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College Is Importantfor Your Goals

• Whatever your goals changing the world or
  simply earning a good living to support a family
  you will need to go to college.
• Jobs that require a bachelors degree will grow
  the fastest nearly twice as fast as the
  national average.
• More than two-thirds of new jobs will require
  some postsecondary education or training
  apprenticeships, two-year college, four-year
  college and beyond.

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The More You Learn, the More You Earn
Source College Board, Education Pays 2004 The
Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and
Society.
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The More You Learn, the More You Earn
Source College Board, Education Pays 2004 The
Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and
Society.
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4 Steps You Need To Take To Get to College

• Push yourself
• Find the right fit
• Put your hands on some cash
• Find a caring adult to help

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4 Steps You Need To Take To Get to College

• Push yourself
• Find the right fit
• Put your hands on some cash
• Find a caring adult to help

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Push Yourself

• Take the right courses Core 40
• Set of courses you need to take to graduate from
  high school in Indiana
• Completing Core 40 gives you
• Solid preparation for college and work
• Career options
• Opportunities for scholarshipsand financial aid

You can do it!
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What Is Core 40?
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SampleFour-Year Schedule
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Push YourselfGo Beyond Core 40

• Your high school schedule allows you to make a
  lot of choices
• Take courses to explore Career Academic
  Sequence.
• Take courses that challenge you.
• Advanced Placement (AP)
• Dual credit classes
• International Baccalaureate (IB), if offered
• Earn distinguished high school diplomas.
• Core 40 with Academic Honors
• Core 40 with Technical Honors

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Push Yourself To Achieve More

• Core 40 with Academic Honors

See www.learnmoreindiana.org or your school
counselor for more specifics.
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Push Yourself To Achieve More

• Core 40 with Technical Honors

See www.learnmoreindiana.org or your school
counselor for more specifics.
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Keeping It All Straight Career and Course Planner

• Plan and track your information on
• Career interests
• The courses you need for graduation
• Your postsecondary education goals
• Checklists of things you need to do each year to
  prepare
• Available in print and online versions.
• Complete yours now and revisit it each year.

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Stay in School

• Graduating from high school most likely will
  determine how well you live for the rest of your
  life.
• High school dropouts
• Are four times more likely than college graduates
  to be unemployed.
• Earn 300,000 less than high school graduates
  over their lifetime.
• Earn 1 million less than college graduates over
  their lifetime.

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4 Steps You Need To Take To Get to College

• Push yourself
• Find the right fit
• Put your hands on some cash
• Find a caring adult to help

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Find the Right Fit

• Start thinking about your future and careers.
• Different ways you can explore interests and
  match them with possible careers
• Web sites
• www.learnmoreindiana.org
• www.driveofyourlife.org
• Job shadowing
• Volunteering
• Clubs
• Electives (career/tech)

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Start Thinking about College Now

• Check out college Web sites.
• Talk to your parents.
• Talk to friends.
• Talk to your school counselor.
• Visit college campuses.

• Public college
• Private college

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4 Steps You Need To Take To Get to College

• Push yourself
• Find the right fit
• Put your hands on some cash
• Find a caring adult to help

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Put Your Hands on Some Cash

• You can afford college.
• There are lots of resources to help you.
• Be on the lookout for information from your
  school counselorshare it with your parents.

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What You Can Do Now

• Read mini-magazines for information on paying
  for college.
• Attend programs in your community on how to pay
  for college. Take your parents.

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21st Century Scholars

• Students who are income eligible, stay in school
  and fulfill a pledge of good citizenship
• Receive a tuition scholarship at participating
  Indiana colleges and universities.
• Also can get tutoring, mentoring and support to
  finish college.
• Must apply by end of 8th grade.

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If youre a 21st Century Scholar

• Keep up with the pledge. Make sure youre on
  track to graduate with everything completed.
• Take advantage of your local Scholars support
  site.
• Mentoring opportunities
• Job shadowing
• Campus Visits
• Programming for you and your family.

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Consider Other Scholarships

• Many other scholarship programs as well.
• Increase your chances of getting a scholarship
  by
• Joining a club
• Playing a sport
• Exploring the arts
• Volunteering

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4 Steps You Need To Take To Get to College

• Push yourself
• Find the right fit
• Put your hands on some cash
• Find a caring adult to help

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Find a Caring AdultTo Help

• Everybody needs some help.
• Speak up. Be a pain, in a good way.
• Talk to a parent, schoolcounselor, teachers,
  friendof the family, minister, youth group
  leader.
• Tell them you want to go to college and ask
  them to help.

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Checklist of Activities8th Grade
Keep it all straightuse your career and course
planner now!
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Checklist of Activities9th Grade
Keep it all straightuse your career and course
planner now!
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Checklist of Activities10th Grade
Keep it all straightuse your career and course
planner now!
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The Graduation Qualifying Exam (GQE)

• Whats the GQE?
• Based on Indianas Academic Standards, the GQE
  covers
• English/Language Arts through Grade 9
• Mathematics through Grade 8, plus Algebra I.
• Visit www.IndianaGQE.com for more information,
  including sample questions.

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Checklist of Activities11th Grade
Keep it all straightuse your career and course
planner now!
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College Admissions Tests

• SAT
• Possible score of 2400
• Takes off points for wrong answer.
• Tests
• Mathematics
• Writing
• Reading
• English

• ACT
• Possible score of 36
• No penalty for guessing.
• Tests
• Mathematics
• Writing
• Reading
• English
• Science

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Checklist of Activities12th Grade
Keep it all straightuse your career and course
planner now!
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• Indiana e-Transcript sends transcripts
  electronically to colleges, universities, and
  scholarship funds
• Click on the e-Transcript link on your high
  schools website to sign up or ask your school
  counselor how to sign up.
• Free service provided to Indiana students and
  families by ISM Education Loans, in partnership
  with the Indiana Commission for Higher Education
  and the Department of Education.

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Your Future
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More Resources

• Learn More Indiana
• Web site (www.learnmoreindiana.org)
• E-mail (info_at_learnmore.org)
• Help line (1-800-992-2076)
• Know How 2 Go Indiana
• Web site (www.KnowHow2GOIndiana.org)