Preparing for College
Name 2 activities or classes that will look good on college applications?
Volunteering
Club Leadership
AP/Honors Classes
Name three colleges in the Bay Area
SFSU,
UCB,
UCD
Ohlone
Saint Marys,
Chabot etc
True or False: My hobbies can earn me scholarships
True
What are two ways to earn money in college?
Job, work study, internship, scholarship, grants, FAFSA
What are the two kinds of colleges?
Public or Private
True or False: You can pick your classes
True, yet you should pick the classes that will help you graduate
What is the minimum GPA needed to apply to a State College in California?
2.0, but most school recommend you have a 3.0 higher
What is the difference between UC and State College?
Tuition, courses, classes size, amount of government funding, prestige, etc
True or False: Attendance always counts towards your grade
False, some classes don’t take attendance for a grade, but you should still attend because you can miss a lot of information by not attending
Name the two kinds of public universities in California
California State University (CSU)
University of California (UC)
Name a college outside of California
Drexel University
New York University
Penn State
UPenn
True or False: High school grades only count from sophomore year
False, the GPA you use from High School to apply to college is cumulative from every grade
What are the A-G requirements?
College Entrance Requirements are a sequence of high school courses that students must complete (with a grade of C or better) to be minimally eligible for admission to the University of California (UC. These courses will make you eligible for other universities but are not required at all universities.
(A) History/Social Science 2 Two years,
(B) English 4 Four years of college preparatory
(C) Mathematics 3 Three years of college preparatory mathematics
(D) Laboratory Science 2 Two years
(E) Language Other than English 2 Two years
(F) Visual & Performing Arts 1 One year, i
(G) College Preparatory Elective 1 One year (two semesters),
What's the highest ranked public college in California?
UC Berkeley
True or False: You must know what you want to do with the rest of your life.
False: You figure things out along the way, many people graduate in a different major then the one they started in