presents

SAT/ACTPrepWorkshop

5500 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd, Suite 5A Dunwoody, GA 30338 (770) 394.2626 http://www.huntingtonhelps.com

WhatAreStudentsUpAgainst?

1.  LATimeshttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/01/college-admission-may-get-easier-as-the-ranks-of-high-school-graduates-drop.html

2.  USDepartmentofEducation.NationalCenterforEducationStatistics3.  NACAC:2011StateofCollegeAdmissions

• Anestimated3.2millionstudentsgraduatedfromAmericanhighschoolsin2014.1

Studentpopulationisgrowing

•  Thepercentofstudentsenrollingdirectlytodegree-grantinginstitutionscontinuestorise.In2016,projectedenrollmentindegree-grantinginstitutionswillexceed21millionstudents.2

Enrollmentisgrowing

Today,25%ofstudentssubmit7applicationsor

more.3

• Thenumberofavailableseatshasnotkeptupwiththeincreaseinenrollees.

Seatsremainstagnant

ACollegeDegreeisImportant

4TheGeorgetownUniversityCenterOnEducationAndTheWorkforce

Betterjobsmeanbetterpay

*Over a 40 year career based on 2009 data.

NoHighSchoolEduca/on

WithaHighSchoolDiploma

WithaBachelor’sDegree

AverageHourlyWage

$11.70 $15.67 $27.26

MedianAnnualEarnings

$24,000 $32,600 56,700

“Medianlifetimeearningsrisesteadilyforworkerswithincreasingeducationalattainment.”4• Onaveragecollegegraduatesearnapproximately42%moreinhourlywagesandannualearningoverhighschoolgraduates*.

Admissions:JustHowCompetitiveIsIt?

6.USNewsandWorldReportBestColleges2013

Look on college websites for acceptance rates for colleges you are interested in.

HowDoTheyChoose?FactorsinXluencingcollegeadmissions

•  Gradepointaverage•  SAT/ACTscores•  Coursestaken•  Extra-curricularactivities/communityservice

•  Essay/personalstatement•  Recommendations•  Interview

HowaretheSATandACTScoresUsed?

•  Comparestudentswithacommonyardstick•  Determinehowwellastudentwillhandlecollege-levelwork

•  Selectthebestcandidatesfromthousandsofcollegeapplicants

•  DetermineeligibilitytoparticipateinNCAAsports•  DetermineXinancialaidandscholarships•  Admissionsdecisions•  Determineacceptancetocollegeprograms(Honorsprogram,acceptanceinmajor)

•  Courseplacement

CollegeisaBIGInvestment•  AverageTuition,Fees,RoomandBoard(2014-2015)7–  Four-yearpubliccollege:$18,943peryear(instate)

–  Four-yearpubliccollege:$32,762peryear(outofstate)

–  Fouryear,privatecollege:$42,419peryear

•  BetterperformanceontheACT/SATcanbringthesecostsdown

7.CollegeBoard:TrendsinCollegePricing2011

ACloserLookatthe

NewSATandACT

TheNEWSATasofMarch2016

•  Chartsandgraphsthroughoutthetest

CURRENT VERSION OLD VERSION

WhatYouShouldKnowAbout

theSATandACT

SAT ACTType of Test Assessment Achievement Focus •  Critical thinking

•  Mathematics conceptualization

•  Reading ability

•  Reading ability •  Knowledge of high

school core curriculum

Highest Mathematics Level

Algebra II (graphing functions)

Trigonometry

Vocabulary Important Unimportant Science Knowledge

Unimportant Important

Essay Now Optional Optional Difficulty Predictable order of

difficulty Random order of difficulty

Traps Many Few Wrong Answers No Longer Penalized Not penalized Question Types Mostly multiple choice All multiple choice Paths to Success Reasoning and strategy Academic knowledge Composite Scale 400-1600 1-36 Average Score TBD 21

•  Most colleges will accept either the SAT or ACT. •  It is unclear how schools will incorporate the NEW

SAT into the admission process

Understandingthetest…And,thepressureoftime!

•  75quesDons/45minutes•  LargestrawnumberofquesDonsonthetest

– 75outofatotal215quesDons•  Brokenintotwocategories:

– Usage/Mechanics•  Fundamentalsofgrammar

– RhetoricalSkills• WriDngstrategyandorganizaDon

English

Mathematics•  60quesDons/60minutes•  Brokenintothreecategories:

– Pre-Algebra/ElementaryAlgebra•  NumberproperDes,percent,averages

–  IntermediateAlgebra/CoordinateGeometry•  LinearequaDons,exponents,polynomials

– PlaneGeometry/Trigonometry•  Lines,angles,quadrilaterals,sine,tangents

CriticalReading•  40quesDons/35minutes•  Brokenintofourpassages:

– ProseFicDonandHumaniDes– SocialStudiesandNaturalScience– Meanttoberead– QuesDonschallengeastudentsabilityto:

•  Understandmainidea•  Infer•  Determineauthor’spointofview•  Demonstratecollegelevelvocabulary•  Getthefacts

Science•  40quesDons/35minutes•  QuesDonsarebasedon:

– Biology,chemistry,earth/spacescience,physics

•  Measuresstudentsabilitytoread,digestandanalyzescienDficdata– Containscharts,tables,graphsandscienDfichypotheses

Writing(Optional)

•  Your essay will be evaluated based on the evidence that it provides of your ability to:

•  analyze and evaluate multiple perspectives on a complex issue

•  state and develop your own perspective on the issue •  explain and support your ideas with logical reasoning

and detailed examples •  clearly and logically organize your ideas in an essay

•  Scale of 1-36 and four writing domain scores (Ideas and Analysis, Development and Support, Organization, and Language Use and Conventions), each scored on a scale of 2-12.

HowDoYouGetaLegUp?

• Strategicguessing• Omitting• Analyzethequestion• Timemanagement

Strategiestoimproveyourscore

KnowtheTest

KnowYourselfAsaTestTaker

KnowtheTest

KnowYourselfAsaTestTaker

KnowtheTest

KnowYourselfAsaTestTaker

KnowtheTest

KnowYourselfAsaTestTaker

HowDoYouPrepare?

• Workhardinschool•  Developthelearningskillsneededtosucceed

•  Readregularly•  Preparewithatestprepprogram

Theroadtosuccess

•  Eatagoodbreakfast• Wearcomfortableclothing•  Bringthecorrectkindofcalculator•  Bringseveralsharpenedpencils•  Staycalm

Whentestdayarrives

•  September–  ContinuePSATprep–  RegisterforthePSAT–  Studyandgetgoodgrades–  SignupforAdvancedPlacement

courses–  Stayinvolvedincommunityand

schoolactivities–  Applyforleadershiprolesin

schoolactivities–  Meetwithyourguidance

counselor

•  October/November–  TakethePSAT–  Determinewhetheryouwilltake

theSATortheACT•  December

–  Begintestpreparation

•  Spring–  Askteacherstowrite

recommendations–  TaketheSATorACTexam–  Visitcolleges–  PlantotaketheSATSubjectTests–  Researchscholarshipopportunities–  Attendcollegefairs

IfyouareaJUNIOR

•  Summerafterjunioryear–  Beginwritingcollegeessays–  IfyouarenotsatisXiedwithyour

score,preparetoretaketheexam–  Completeapplicationsforearly

admission–  Volunteer,workortakeacourse

TheCollegeAdmissionTimeline

•  September–  Continuetovisitcolleges–  Narrowlistofcollegeselections–  Continuetestprepifyouwillbe

takingtheexamagain–  Determinewhich,ifany,SAT

SubjectTestsyouwilltake–  Studyandgetgoodgrades–  Takeleadershippositionsinschool

activities–  Meetwithyourguidancecounselor–  Askteacherstowrite

recommendations

•  November–  Finalizeyouressay–  Earlyactionapplicationdeadlines

•  December–  EarlydecisionnotiXication

•  January/March–  Regulardeadlinesforcollege

applications–  Financialaiddeadline

IfyouareaSENIOR

•  Summeraftersenioryear–  Packyourbagsandheadofftothe

collegeofyourchoice!

•  April–  Acceptancesarrive–  Makeyourcollegedecision

TheCollegeAdmissionTimeline

QUESTIONS?!!

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