| | Pre-High School
- Start saving for college if you haven't already. Look into college savings plans that your state may offer.
- Take classes that challenge you.
- Do your best in school. If you are having difficulty, don't give up - get help from a teacher, tutor or mentor.
- Investigate which high schools or special programs will most benefit your future interests.
- Become
involved in school- or community-based extracurricular activities that
enable you to explore your interests, meet new people and learn new
things.
Every Year in High School
- Continue to save for college.
- Take challenging classes
in core academic subjects: most colleges require four years of English,
at least three years of social studies (history, civics, geography,
economics, etc.), three years of mathematics, and three years of
science, and many require two years of a foreign language. Round out
your course load with classes in computer science and the arts.
- Stay
involved in school- or community-based extracurricular activities that
interest you or enable you to explore career interests. Consider
working or volunteering. Remember - it's quality (not quantity) that
counts.
- Save copies of your report cards, awards, honors and best work for your academic portfolio.
- Athletes,
artists, scholars and others should start collecting items for their
portfolios (such as game tapes, newspaper clippings, stats, awards,
artwork, photographs, school papers, etc.).
| | - Columbia Basin College
- Washington State Univerity Tri-Cities
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