College
Planning Calendar
If you're in 9th or 10th grade...
- Visit the College & Career
Center. Meet your counselor! The School Counseling Department
and the College and Career Center are here to assist you..
- Make suitable decisions about your life
- Assess your strengths and limitations
- Choose courses that are right for you
- Discover talents and abilities
- Develop positive attitudes
- Solve personal problems
- Learn time management
- Begin to look for leadership roles is clubs
and actitivies
- Plan your education
- Decide on a career
- Discuss tests that are appropriate for your
grade
level.
- Learn how to use the College & Career
Center. Start
exploring career areas that are of interest to you. Find out what
courses you will need to help you toward your career goal.
- Start taking self-assessments on-line or in
the College
& Career Center if you don't know what you want to do.
- Develop good study habits and work hard at
getting good
grades. Your 9th and 10th grade record is part of your college
application and should be treated seriously.
- Explore school activities and get involved
in those that
interest you.
- Build strong academic, mathematical and
critical thinking
skills by taking challenging courses.
- Make a tentative four-year plan. (see your
Guidance
Counsleor)
- Gain an understanding of high school
graduation
requirements and college entrance requirements (in the El Molino
Student and Parent Handbook sent home each year) and on this website
- Begin to document activities and
involvements for a resume
- Obtain a social security card if you do not
already have
one. Everyone should have a Social Security Number in order to apply
for jobs, colleges, and financial aid, and to register for national
tests.
- If you are a sophomore, consider a summer
course or
pre-college program. These can give you a good preview of college life.