Tustin High School Junior Counseling Workshops

2017 - 2018

Presented by your THS Counselors

YOU MIGHT HAVE A

NEW COUNSELOR!Counselors are assigned by your alpha last name regardless of

grade level

Bledsoe: A - Corona Pysher: Coronel - Hermanson Park: Hernandez - Mora

Hagstrom: Morales - Romualdo Swanson: Ros - Z

Today’s Agenda

● Quick graduation credit check and transcript review

● A-G check

● Junior Timeline

● College Entrance Tests (SAT/ACT)

● College Systems

● CCR - Naviance

Are you on track for

graduation?● Must earn 230 credits in specific subject areas

● You should have completed at least 120 credits to

be a good standing junior

● Good standing juniors should have completed:

○ Two years of English

○ One year of Algebra

○ One year of Geometry

○ Two years of Science

○ One year of World History

○ Two years of World Language or VPA

○ Two years of PE

○ One year of an Elective

● If you ever repeated the same class or attended

summer school to remediate a D grade, you may

be short credits towards graduation

Are you on track with your A-G requirements?*All courses must be passed with a minimum C grade and above

**Must have completed 11 out of 15 A-G classes by end of junior year

Not on track to graduate or for A-G?

● Summer School○ One last summer school before senior year to fix A-G courses

● PLATO at THS○ Online independent recovery course currently offered during zero period

○ NO Lab Science, NO Foreign Language, No Honors/AP courses

○ Credits ARE approved for A-G

● TUSD Adult School○ Only minimum graduation courses available - NO Lab Science, NO Foreign Language, No

Honors/AP courses

○ Credits are NOT approved for A-G

○ Courses are taken on computer (PLATO)

Please speak with your counselor for referrals.

Junior College Planning Timeline

October

✓ Take the PSAT

✓ Start visiting local colleges to get an idea of what you would

be interested in...large/small, private/public, UC/CSU

✓ Sign up for extracurricular activities: Clubs, athletics,

leadership, community service

Junior College Planning Timeline

November/December

✓ Counselor meetings to discuss courses, credits, college admission

✓ Start developing a resume of your accomplishments, activities, and

work experiences

✓ Start planning your college entrance testing calendar for spring:

consider signing up for ACT Boot Camp in January

✓ Register for ACT or SAT exams for spring

Junior College Planning Timeline

January/February

✓ Review PSAT results and begin test prep for SAT through

Khan Academy and CollegeBoard

✓ Participate in ACT Boot Camp

✓ Sign up to take AP Exams if you are taking an AP course

Junior College Planning Timeline

March/April

✓ Take your SAT or ACT exams

✓ Consider visiting colleges during spring break

✓ Continue to have discussions with your family about

college: Where? How? Why?

Junior College Planning Timeline

May/June/Summer

✓ Take any appropriate SAT Subject Exams if required/encouraged

by specific college

✓ Take AP Exams

✓ Consider who will write your letters of recommendation

(if required) for your college applications

✓ Start drafting your college essays and personal insight questions

✓ Narrow down your college list

SAT vs. ACT

Registering for SAT exam

Visit the

Collegeboard

website

Click

here to

register

for the

exam

Print your

Admission

ticket

before test

day

View upcoming

test dates

Registering for ACT exam

Visit the ACT website

Click here to

register for exam

Everything you

need when you

register

College Systems...so many choices!

Public vs. Private

In-State vs. Out of

State

CSU vs. UC

4 year vs. 2 year

Students should

follow the A-G

requirements

regardless of what

path you choose to

increase as many

college options

California State

Universities

● 23 total

● Eligibility Index from calculated

GPA from A - G courses and

SAT/ACT test scores

● Minimum 2.0 GPA from A - G

10th and 11th grade courses

only

● Majority of CSU’s are

impacted

Universities of California

9 Total

Minimum weighted GPA of 3.0

from A - G 10th and 11th

grade courses only

Requires SAT or ACT plus

writing

Only 8 semester H/AP courses

are accepted

CCR and Naviance: Major Tools tailored for YOU

Use Naviance to:

● Sign up for College Visits

● Research colleges

● Identify careers, interests, and majors

CCR will cover:

● CSU vs. UC colleges

● Out of state colleges

● Private Universities

● College Entrance Exams

● EAP and MORE!

Place your screenshot hereNaviance

✓ Research colleges✓ Sign up for College Visits✓ Organize deadlines of applications✓ One stop shop for all links you will need to apply or

research the college/university✓ Find out admissions requirements for specific schools✓ DATA! It is really important that you place accurate

information regarding where you applied and admissions decisions to contribute to THS data

Naviance

LOG IN AND CLICK SIGN

UP. IT’S THAT SIMPLE.