Sophomore

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Please read this information and these take steps this year to move along the path to prepare yourself for career and college options.

Sophomore Career & College Preparation List

Tenth Grade College Preparation List

2019-2020

  • Meet with your school counselor and mentor to discuss colleges and their requirements.
  • Sign up SAT Practice Question of the Day
  • Sign up SAT Practice Test
  • Explore career possibilities in CIS, Naviance or College Navigator Explore Oregon
  • Research colleges/universities/career-technical schools and their majors and fields of training.
  • Attend college/career fairs
  • Attend college visitation events at your school
  • Research colleges/universities/career-technical schools and their majors and fields of training.
  • Attend college/career fairs
  • Review high school transcript: Are you on track for graduation?
  • Look at college or training school admissions requirements to get an idea of what kinds of classes need to be taken now.
  • Start exploring the differences in schools to determine what might be a good fit after high school graduation: career-technical, community college, or 4-year college
  • Find information on federal financial aid at: StudentAid.ed.gov
  • Volunteer in a field you may enjoy or in a career field that is of interest to you.
  • Consider taking an SAT or ACT prep course
  • Attend college/career fairs
  • Review high school transcript: Are you on track for graduation?
  • Get a summer job
  • Continue to add to your resume or portfolio any new activities, honors, or achievements.
  • Apply for at least 20 scholarships
  • Continue to add your resume or portfolio any new activities, honors, or achievements.

McKay High School

2440 Lancaster Drive NE, Salem, OR 97305  |  Attendance: 503-399-3043  |  Office: 503-399-3080 | FAX: 503-375-7807

Office Hours 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.  | Bookkeeper Hours 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

McKay High School and Salem-Keizer Public Schools promote equal opportunity for all individuals without regard to age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion or creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, or veteran status. For more information, view Salem-Keizer's Nondiscrimination / Title IX policy here.
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