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What’s the Point of all this STUFF I’m doing in High School anyway?

COURSE PERFORMANCE• AVERAGE WEIGHTED GPAS:

– UNC- Wilmington: 3.80-4.33– UNC Chapel Hill: 3.9

• “Some students with 4.0 GPAs and high test scores still get rejected from Chapel Hill”- UNC Admissions

– ECU: 3.60

– MILITARY: 2.50 (UNWEIGHTED)

• ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES:– A=6 points/ B=5/ C=4

• HONORS COURSES:– A=5 points/B=4/ C=3

• STANDARD COURSES:– A=4 points/B=3/ C=2

WHAT COURSES ARE YOU ENROLLED IN?

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)

• Entrance into the MILITARY

• High score improves chance to get specialty/job

• Reasoning, Literacy, Paragraph Comprehension and

Math

SAT/ACT EXAMS

• SAT: – College admission test – Tests WHAT you know and how well you can apply it– Reading, writing and math– WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST SCORES FOR THE SAT?

• ACT– College admission test – Tests WHAT you know– Reading, Math, Science and English– WHAT ARE THE HIGHEST SCORES FOR THE ACT?

WORKKEYS

• Measures CAREER READINESS • Recognized as an INDUSTRY CREDENTIAL• Can earn Platinum (highest), Gold or Silver• Taken by:– CTE concentrators– Completed four-courses in CTE– High School Seniors

• WHAT CTE CONCENTRATOR will YOU be IN?

ASK CERTIFICATION EXAM

• INDUSTRY-VALIDATED skills and knowledge

• CERTIFICATION(S)

• Offers ADDED VALUE to completion of

BUSINESS /MARKETING course work

• ONLINE EXAM

– Through MBA Research

• WHAT IS THE WEBSITE FOR THE ASK INSTITUTE?

CERTIFICATIONS

• DIGITAL BADGING: DEFINE– MBA RESEARCH (NEW!)

• MICROSOFT OFFICE– Can take courses in Microsoft Academy!

STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS

WORKING WITH A PARTNER, develop at MINIMUM 2 STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS for the following. EACH person must record them in

their notebooks!• Course Performance• ASVAB Exam• SAT/ACT Exams• WorkKeys Exam• ASK Exam• Certifications