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Career and College

YouScience

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KMHS Vision Statement: All Kennesaw Mountain High School students will be career or college ready 

 

YouScience is an exciting tool to assist students discover their unique set of talents through the revolutionary intersection of aptitudes, interests, and personality. It is another way to understand where they may succeed and allows KMHS to deliver even more effective and accurate guidance. We recommend this assessment for juniors and seniors, and believe this will help students make more informed decisions when it comes to major and career-related choices. 

 

Learn more about how the program works and watch video demonstrations at YouScience.com. This program is a complement to the assessments and college and career exploration tools already available to students through their Naviance account.

 

Students will complete “brain games” to identify their aptitudes (natural abilities) and an interest profiler. The program will pull careers that match their natural strengths, abilities, and interests. the results include a review of the student’s strengths, suggested environments where they will succeed, detailed information on possible careers that match those skills and interests, majors that map to those careers, and much more.

 

To take advantage of this free tool, please email your counselor for your activation code.

College Application Process

  • Plan ahead - Be aware of application deadlines and requirements!  If you will need a letter of recommendation, complete your student profile sheet ASAP and turn it in to your counselor.  You must submit your request for a counselor letter of recommendation or school report a minimum of 2 school weeks in advance.

  • Complete application (online version is preferred by colleges).

  • Click here for how to request transcripts and letters of recommendation: How to request transcripts, recommendations, etc. (current seniors)

  • Teacher recommendations also require a minimum of 2 school weeks.  Check with the teacher for their policy for requesting recommendations, and if they will write one for you. Remember to provide him/her a copy of your Student Profile Sheet.

  • We will send requested information directly to the college/organization.  

  • Remember to have your SAT and/or ACT test scores sent to each college.  Colleges require official scores sent directly from the College Board or ACT.  You are responsible to register, take, and submit the appropriate test scores for each school that you apply. Most colleges will accept either the SAT or ACT; some selective colleges require additional SAT Subject Test scores.  Technical schools usually require the ACCUPLACER test.

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Additional information to help you when applying to college:

  • Narrow down your college/technical school selection by utilizing a variety of resources:
    - Internet college search programs, such as Naviance, www.bigfuture.collegeboard.org, www.gafutures.org 
    - College visitations and college fairs.  Download Choosing a College handout.

  •  Apply early in the fall of your senior year.  Most institutional scholarships have deadlines fall semester.
    - Important application deadline terms to know: Early Action - nonbinding early application deadline.  Early Decision - BINDING early application deadline; if accepted, you agree to attend and withdraw all other applications.  Regular Decision - nonbinding; decisions are made after the deadline. Rolling Decision - decisions are made as applications are received until they are full.

  • Do not wait until the deadline to submit your application, as you may experience technical difficulties!

  • Check admission requirements to make sure you fall within their range

  • Consider submitting three applications to:
    - your first choice (target)
    - your second choice
    - to a school that you are SURE of being accepted

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Prospective college student athletes:  For requirements, additional information, and to register with the clearinghouse, click here:  http://eligibilitycenter.org

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*Important information:

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  • NCAA has ruled that students who graduate from a Georgia high school who have only successfully completed the Mathematics I, II, and Mathematics I, II Support sequence of courses will not be eligible for a Division I athletic scholarship (partial or full). NCAA will NOT accept math support classes as math credits. Seniors who have successfully completed the four units of mathematics required to graduate must have at least three (3) NCAA Eligibility Center approved core courses in Mathematics to be considered eligible for athletic financial aid at a Division I institution.

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  • Non-traditional credit recovery course work that allows students to reduce the length and content of the original course will not be accepted for NCAA eligibility.  This restriction will include NovaNet courses as well as courses taken at Ombudsman.  This new rule applies to courses completed on or after August 1, 2010, for students entering an NCAA Division I college or university on or after August 1, 2010. Non-traditional courses completed prior to August 1, 2010, will be reviewed under current NCAA standards. 

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