High School Testing and Transcripts
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High School Testing
Baseline PSAT/ NMSQT 9th or 10th grade
- Sign up at local high school in September
- One test nation-wide mid-October
PSAT/ NMSQT 11th grade
- Top ½ percentile Commended
College entrance exams in 11th and 12th grade
- Take multiple times
- SAT vs ACT or both
High School Transcripts
- Keep it simple
- Use class names that colleges expect to see
- “English I” rather than “Lost Tools of Writing”
- Not all extra-curricular activities
- Use crediting that colleges expect to see
- 120+ hours = 1 credit
- 60-100 hours = ½ credit
- Avg 6-7 credits per year
- Supplement with Resume/ Curriculum Vitae
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