College Readiness

What tests are the most important for college entrance?

• ASVAB

• PRAXIS

• ACT-SAT

• CCP

___________ must be submitted along with your completed application when applying for college.

• completed doctor's form

• letter of recommendation

• copies of final exams

• none of the above

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A _____ is a compilation of all earned high school grades averaged together.

• grade list

• semester grades

• exams

• grade-point average (GPA)

ACT or SAT tests are typically taken during ____ year of high school.

• 8th

• 9th

• 10th

• 11th

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What types of courses do colleges recommend students take during throughout high school?

• Business courses

• Honors or AP courses

• General education courses

• Fine arts electives

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When you write your _________, you may include your desires, your goals and/or special events in your life.

• Personal statement/essay

• Memoir

• Obituary

• Personal Advertisement

Being involved in a club, organization, volunteering for a local organization and/or playing on a sports team are all examples of a ________________ that colleges look at, rather than just grades.

• social butterfly

• well-rounded student

• nerd

• top scholar

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Including this in your personal statement/essay can provide excellent essay material to showcase your maturity, initiative, work ethic and time-management skills.

• work experience

• tutoring

• participating in a new start-up business

• all of the above

Some of the important factors that play a role in your admission to a college include

• students from places from outside the college community

• students whose parents, grandparents or other family who have attended

• ethnic heritage

• first in family to go to college

• all of the above

Academics, test scores, course rigor, letters of recommendation, personal statement/essay, extracurricular activities and other factors are all what colleges refer to as

• options for enrollment

• requirements to apply to college

• the "total package"

• none of the above