1. Cary High School Class of 2015!!

2. Do you know the Student Services Staff? College Application Week: 2012

3. Do you know the Student Services Staff? 9 th -10 th Grade Counselor A-L Ms. Bowers

4. Do you know the Student Services Staff? 9 th -10 th Grade Counselor M-Z Ms. Bryant

5. Do you know the Student Services Staff? Counseling Intern from UNC-CH Mr. Brown

6. Do you know the Student Services Staff? SAP Counselor Ms. Jankowsky

7. Do you know the Student Services Staff? PEP, 9 th & 10 th Grade Repeaters,& Intervention Counselor Ms. DeBinder

8. Do you know the Student Services Staff? Dean of Student Services, 11 th & 12 th V-Z Ms. O’Riordan

9. Do you know the Student Services Staff? 11 th -12 th Grade Counselor A-J Ms. Strader

10. Do you know the Student Services Staff? 11 th -12 th Grade Counselor K-U Ms. Kennedy

11. GPA ACTIVITY! Where do you stand with your GPA?

12. College/Career Planning-- In the 10 th Grade! College Admission Offices pay careful attention to the following: Grade Point Average (GPA) Difficulty of course load SAT/ACT scores Class rank High school and community activities Recommendations Essays

13. Looking Ahead Fast forward 2 years… What are you getting ready to do?

14. Class of 2015 What do I have to do to graduate in June of 2015???

15. Specific Graduation Requirements for Future Ready Core (FRC) English I, II, III, IV4 Math4 Science (Earth, Biology, Physical) 3 Social Studies (World History, Civics & Economics, US History) 3 Healthful Living1 Electives 11 TOTAL26 ******These are minimum graduation requirements.******

16. Electives: 2 elective credits needed from: Career and Technical Education Arts Education Second Languages You can choose to concentrate in one of the following areas: Career and Technical Education (CTE) Arts Education any other subject area (Math, Science, Social Studies, English)

17. Honors & AP Classes Please take your teacher’s recommendation into consideration when registering for next year’s courses. If you are unsure whether or not you can handle the rigor of an honors or AP class, please talk to your teacher, as they best know the curriculum and study time/homework time.

18. University of North Carolina System Admission (Minimum) Requirements By satisfying FRC graduation requirements you will meet minimum requirements for UNC System Schools, except that you will need to take 2 consecutive levels of a foreign language. By the year 2013, the minimum requirements for admission will be a 2.5 GPA and 800 SAT (Critical Reading & Mathematics) or 17 ACT.

19. NC Scholars This is not a monetary scholarship, but a seal that will appear on your high school diploma designating that you are a NC Scholar. Qualifications needed to be a NC Scholar: Unweighted 3.5 G.P.A. English IEarth/Environmental English IIChemistry/Physics English IIIArts course English IVForeign Language 1 Algebra IForeign Language 2 GeometryAdvanced Elective Algebra IIAdvanced Elective Higher MathCTE course Biology

20. Schedule Change Requests Students are expected to take courses which they registered for (primary and/or alternate selections) If there is a scheduling error, a schedule change request can be made via the student’s SPAN account. You will receive an ―accepted, denied, or need more information--response from your school counselor. Check the email address you use for SPAN regularly.

21. Athletic Eligibility 85% Attendance required during the semester prior. Under 19 on or before October 16th Must have passed 3 courses during the previous semester Must maintain overall 1.5 GPA Must not be convicted of a felony Must live in the school district and enroll no later than the15th day of the present semester

22. Transcripts This is PERSONAL INFORMATION… keep it private! We will go over the different parts together… Save general questions for the end.

23. College Planning Resources Collegeboard.org: 2 Main purposes: 1) PSAT, SAT, AP testing information/practice 2) search for colleges & majors ACT.org Main purposes: ACT, PLAN testing information/practice

24. CFNC.org Must create an account on this site to send transcripts to schools within NC. Site can also be used to apply to many schools in NC. Search for colleges by region or major. Search for careers & take interest inventories.