The path to higher education and training can be confusing and full of pitfalls for students and the adults who want to help them. While it doesn't show every detail necessary for preparation, this "road map" can serve as a guide to help you navigate through the many options available.Today's section has been designed as a "pull-away" page, easy for students to save and to consult for information and reminders as they progress along the path.
Those first days and weeks on a high school campus can be intimidating for a ninth-grader. The campuses can seem sprawling, schedules confusing, and some students are grown up enough to grow mustaches.
Aside from keeping up their grades and completing all graduation requirements, high school students need to pass specific courses required to transfer to a four-year university after graduation.
From getting a good night's sleep to taking practice tests, the key to performing well on college entrance exams is largely based on all the big and little things students do to prepare, educators say.
Transfer agreements now common in community colleges guarantee admission into four-year California universities. Lower tuition costs, smaller classes, and individual teacher attention are also good reasons to consider starting at a smaller school before merging into the big-university fast lane.
As the World Wide Web grows in depth and accessibility, options for students seeking financial assistance or admission to a particular university continue to add up.
NEW YORK ---- It sounds like instructions you'd give preschoolers but it's what college adviser Katherine Cohen tells wannabe Ivy Leaguers: Follow directions, be good listeners, leave plenty of time to get the task accomplished.
Kezhen "Kate" Feng, a Mt. Carmel High School graduate, was one of the North County Times 2005 Students of Merit. She checked back in from UC Berkeley, where she is studying prelaw, to offer some advice for future collegians:
There's one overwhelmingly good reason to earn a college degree -- you will make a lot more money during the course of your life if you do than you will if you don't, said educator Jack Tierney, recently retired from the San Diego County Office of Education after 27 years of service.
If you're reading this, then you have at least one of the most important skills necessary to prepare for college. But there are others, perhaps less obvious, that could be crucial to success in high school, college and life.
When the time comes for students to meet with a counselor to form a strategic plan for the academic future, here's some advice to the wise -- go prepared.
Increasing numbers of students with disabilities are joining the ranks of those planning the transition from high school to colleges, universities, career and vocational schools. Their road to college is the same as everyone else's, with one difference: how they make the trip.
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