QISS January 2016 PEP Talk

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QISS PEP Talks
Parent Education Program
Thursday, January 28th, 2015
TOPIC Preparing for University Admissions
Understanding GPA and College Credits
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Presenters
Mr. Seal QISS Guidance Counselor
Mr. Matthews QCIE Program Coordinator
Dr. Teston QISS Director
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Outline

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What Universities are looking for
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Many students want to go to college.
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If a college is famous, then they will have
thousands of applicants.
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A university may only accept 2000 news students a
year.
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But maybe 5000 applicants will apply!
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So how does the admissions office choose the best
students?
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There are many things that the admissions office
will look at to choose the best students for
their school.
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1. They will look at your SAT, TOEFL, IELTS and
other test scores
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2. They will look at all of the extra activities
that you do.

• Sports
• MUN
• Band
• Theatre
• Student Council
• Art
• Student News
• Yearbook
• And more!

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3. They may want to see clubs or other volunteer
services that you have done

• Red Cross
• Working with children as a tutor
• Volunteering at a hospital
• Working at the orphanage
• Running a club for the school
• Cleaning up the city
• And more

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4. They will look at the classes that you have
taken to see if the classes match what they are
looking for

• Do you have AP and Advanced classes?
• If you want to be an Engineer, do you have a lot
  of math classes?
• If you want to be an Artist or a Designer, do you
  have a lot of art and design classes?

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They will look at your transcript to find your GPA

• Transcript- a record of every class and the grade
  that you received starting from Grade 9 to Grade
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• GPA- (Grade Point Average) all of your grades
  averaged together
• 4.0A (Perfect Score)
• 3.5 lower A
• 3.0 B
• 2.5 C
• 1.5 D

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Your grades matter!
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All of these things will be considered when you
apply to college.
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Famous universities will require a certain test
score and a certain GPA

• New York University
• SAT score- minimum of a 2000
• GPA score- minimum of a 3.6
• Must have at least 4 AP classes
• Most have TOEFL score of ___
• And so on

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What if your scores are too low?

• If you have a GPA of 3.4 and New York University
  wants a 3.6, it will be very difficult to get in,
  because there are thousands of applicants all
  with high GPA scores.

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This is why your grades matter. Starting in grade
9 to grade 12.
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Now lets look at a Sample Transcript
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Parent Education Program
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