Transitioning to High School
This system in high school tracks the grades you earn in all your classes and is important for college admissions.
What is a GPA?
Regularly attending this after-school time with teachers can help you get extra help with difficult subjects.
What are tutoring sessions or tutorials?
Colleges like to see students involved in these activities outside the classroom such as sports, clubs, or band.
What are extracurricular activities?
This document lists all the classes you have taken in high school and the grades you earned.
What is a transcript?
This is where you list all of your extracurricular activities, leadership roles, community service, work experience
What is the college resume?
High School classes that are more challenging and can sometimes give you extra points in your GPA?
What are AP, Honors, or Dual Credit classes?
Doing this each day instead of waiting until the last minute helps reduce stress and improves grades
What is completing homework or studying consistently?
Helping your community without being paid is called this and can strengthen a college application.
What is volunteering or community service?
This number on your transcript represents the average of all of your high school grades.
What is GPA?
These are things you can do during the summer to both learn and build your resume?
This habit - writing down assignments, tests, and deadlines - help students stay organized and avoid missing work.
What is using a planner or calendar?
This skill involves balancing school, activities, and personal time effectively.
What is time management?
Being a caption on a team or president of a club shows this quality on a resume.
What is leadership?
What is weighted GPA?
These are advanced classes you can take that shows colleges your determination, while also increasing your GPA