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Something to Think About! Author: Joshua Middleton What makes you ready for college? Have you done the best you can on the ACT? What about scholarships, grants and college applications? Every one of these things passes through my mind every time I think about leaving high school. So, the million dollar question is, “What makes you „college ready?‟” As students, we always get these prep talks and lectures about entering college, so are you taking notes and listening? Or are you that student who can‟t wait until it‟s over? I‟m going to tell you now, you better start recording and taking notes; there isn‟t anything worse than trying to get admitted into college unprepared. We all know the statistics! Some students will become high school dropouts, some may graduate high school and never enter college, and many may enter college but become a dropout. So that leaves a small percentage of us actually from graduating college; we‟re all going to become a statistic but where will you fall? Grades are the first thing that should be in order, especially if you don‟t get a great ACT score, your GPA could definitely be a factor that gets you into the college of your choice. Another factor that almost ALL colleges look at is your ACT score. Almost every college puts a LOT of pressure on this one test which makes a student panic if they don‟t get a certain score. There are certain guidelines a student has to meet in order for him/her to avoid taking remedial classes, but to also earn a scholarships. The higher your ACT and GPA, the more money you will receive when entering college! So try to do the best you can! Yes, you have to get a certain score to enter your desired college and get a scholarship, but if you don‟t do so well, there are many different ways you can earn money other than the test. The next thing I would advise is to get started on your college application. Get a head start! The last thing you want to do is begin your college application at the last minute, because everyone will be trying to get one at the same time and that affects the time it will take to receive yours, diminishing the time you‟ll have to complete it. Colleges are not waiting on you! People around the country are competing to get into that college! You have to get some recommendations, fill out a bunch of forms, and write an essay, so the best thing to do is to get started with it as soon as possible! The next thing to focus on is MONEY! MONEY! MONEY! A quote by J..Cole comes to mind when I think about how much college costs. “One year costs about the same as a Mercedes, four years costs as much as a wife, kid, and a baby.” It literally costs an arm and both your legs to attend college, so getting scholarships is the key factor for entering college. I learned that you could make an appointment with the Louisville Urban League for assistance in finding scholarship money. I plan on doing it, so call and ask for an appointment! You want to enter college with most of your expenses paid for. My worst fear is to sit back and later think about what I COULD have done in my life; no, I‟m going to do everything I need to in order for me to succeed, and I‟d advise you to do the same. College is another world, and if we don‟t prepare ourselves, then we are bound to fail college. There are no teachers pushing us to complete our work, no parents trying to give us advice to do better, no one checking over our work for corrections; it‟s up to us to do well. If we don‟t prepare ourselves in high school, then it‟s going to be mighty hard for us to make it when we leave for the real world. Click here for a great Resource for scholarship Information
High School Dropouts By: Viet Tran http://www.all4ed.org/files/DF_01_1.jpg pic Have you ever awakened one morning to get ready for school but just didn’t feel like getting up? Were you feeling tired and lazy so you went back to sleep and as soon as your alarm clock rang to wake you up, you just turned it off? Over time, those people start doing the same thing over and over. Eventually, that will lead to a bad habit. Many kids hate school because they have to wake up so early in the morning. That’s why kids sleep in all of their classes and fail miserably. The other big reason kids dislike school is because of all the homework they get assigned. Teens drop out of school for many reasons. Some drop out of school because of academic struggles. Other teens say they are bored and frustrated with classes that don't seem relevant to their life. Many teens have fallen so far behind that they eventually gave up hope. They often think the teachers don’t care about them, so they just call it quits. Unfortunately, teens that drop out, usually get nowhere in life. They can’t get a job because they don’t have a diploma. Statistics show that 8% of high school kids drop out and never graduate. I interviewed a couple of high school dropouts and they asked me to keep their name anonymous. They told me they were just tired of school and tired of all the work involved with school. They also told me they thought it was a waste of their time and all the work was pointless. But each of them said the same thing, they regret dropping out because now they don’t have anything to do and they miss making new friends. Everybody told me their high school years were really fun and exciting, but they just gave up and called it quits. They told me if they could go back in time, they would make a different choice and stay in school. The dropout rate has improved over the years, but even one student lost is too many. Status dropout rates of 16- through 24-year-olds in the civilian, noninstitutionalized population, by race/ethnicity: Selected years, 1980-2009 Year Total 1 Race/ethnicity White Black Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander American Indian/Alaska Native 1980 14.1 11.4 19.1 35.2 — — 1985 12.6 10.4 15.2 27.6 — — 1990 12.1 9.0 13.2 32.4 4.9! 16.4! 1995 12.0 8.6 12.1 30.0 3.9 13.4! 1998 11.8 7.7 13.8 29.5 4.1 11.8 1999 11.2 7.3 12.6 28.6 4.3 ‡ 2000 10.9 6.9 13.1 27.8 3.8 14.0 2001 10.7 7.3 10.9 27.0 3.6 13.1 2002 10.5 6.5 11.3 25.7 3.9 16.8 2003 9.9 6.3 10.9 23.5 3.9 15.0 2004 10.3 6.8 11.8 23.8 3.6 17.0 2005 9.4 6.0 10.4 22.4 2.9 14.0 2006 9.3 5.8 10.7 22.1 3.6 14.7 2007 8.7 5.3 8.4 21.4 6.1 19.3 2008 8.0 4.8 9.9 18.3 4.4 14.6 2009 8.1 5.2 9.3 17.6 3.4 13.2 SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2011). The Condition of Education 2011 (NCES 2011-033), Indicator 20.
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