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Unless you have permission from your advisor, plan on having no more than one study hall per day.

Don’t make your schedule fit your friends’ choices. This is about you.

Make your schedule reflect your career or educational needs.

You need permission to take some classes. It’s likely you have already received an invitation from the instructor for this.

General guidelinesGeneral guidelines

Some courses have requirements you may need to meet--usually courses you need to be ready

Includes all AP, PSEO, honors level, Chem, Physics, Anatomy, Fr. Languages

(note mistake in catalog for HP PE… no prereq for Human Preformance, however HP PE is prereq for Peak Performance)

Prereq’sPrereq’s

Take 2 or 3* years of a foreign language. Take 4 years of science; work to include lab

sciences Take 4 years* of math. Take additional English classes if you can.*

*Why? Two reasons!1. It will help you be more successful in

college courses you take. 2.You may be able to earn college credit in

high school or test out of college courses.

If you are preparing for If you are preparing for college. . . college. . .

Dual credit is…Benefits: May save you money in college tuition May allow you to finish college sooner May allow you to double major more easily Gets you ready for college level classes

College credits earned by passing an exam at the end of the course (AP)

orThe course is a college course already and

automatically awards credits if you pass (PSEO)

Dual CreditDual Credit

 AP Rigorous course Credits vary- one

sem. to a year Test scores of 4 and

5 are accepted nearly everywhere; 3’s are accepted at public colleges

Given as credit; probably does not affect college GPA

PSEO Rigorous course 4 credits Accepted at many

colleges; some colleges (more elite ones) may refuse to accept the credits

Becomes your first scores of college GPA; (may affect you in a competitive program)

Things to remember about Things to remember about dual creditdual credit

new for next year…new for next year…GPA bump for honors & dual GPA bump for honors & dual credit credit

All Honors classes: 0.33 added to GPA

e.g. A “B+” would normally be given a 3.33 and averaged into your accumulated score…now it would be added in as a 3.67 (the same as if it had been an A-)

Dual credit courses: 0.67 bump

(AP & PSEO)

e.g.: the B+ 3.33 is now 4.0 (as if it were an A)

(scores of “C” or higher)

It’s good to be well-rounded, so consider fine arts, business and PE offerings

Remember that your course choices will be made with guidance from your advisor; some courses need instructor permission or prerequisites. Watch for those.

Other Things to RememberOther Things to Remember

Some opportunities for courses not found in our catalog

Some available through PSEO programs

Others through online high schools, though for a charge

MLC opportunities

Online LearningOnline Learning

Human relations – (a.k.a. Intro to Psych) new course taught by Mr. Merten – one semester

Peak Performance/Human Performance – watch for prereq's

Honors English – you will be prepared for a CLEP test after taking this course

Microsoft Apps – you may be able to be Microsoft Certified after taking this class

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