Make Your Future Happen

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Make Your Future Happen

• What You Can Do in 8th Grade

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Your Future
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College Is Importantfor Your Goals

• Whatever your goals changing the world or
  simply earning a good living to support a family
  you will need to go to college.
• Jobs that require a bachelors degree will grow
  the fastest nearly twice as fast as the
  national average.
• More than two-thirds of new jobs will require
  some postsecondary education or training
  apprenticeships, two-year college, four-year
  college and beyond.

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The More You Learn, the More You Earn
Source College Board, Education Pays 2004 The
Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and
Society.
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The More You Learn, the More You Earn
Source College Board, Education Pays 2004 The
Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and
Society.
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4 Steps You Need To Take To Get to College

• Push yourself
• Find the right fit
• Put your hands on some cash
• Find a caring adult to help

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4 Steps You Need To Take To Get to College

• Push yourself
• Find the right fit
• Put your hands on some cash
• Find a caring adult to help

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Push Yourself

• Take the right courses Core 40
• Set of courses you need to take to graduate from
  high school in Indiana
• Completing Core 40 gives you
• Solid preparation for college and work
• Career options
• Opportunities for scholarshipsand financial aid

You can do it!
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What Is Core 40?
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SampleFour-Year Schedule
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Push YourselfGo Beyond Core 40

• Your high school schedule allows you to make a
  lot of choices
• Take courses to explore Career Academic
  Sequence.
• Take courses that challenge you.
• Advanced Placement (AP)
• Dual credit classes
• International Baccalaureate (IB), if offered
• Earn distinguished high school diplomas.
• Core 40 with Academic Honors
• Core 40 with Technical Honors

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Push Yourself To Achieve More

• Core 40 with Academic Honors

See www.learnmoreindiana.org or your school
counselor for more specifics.
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Push Yourself To Achieve More

• Core 40 with Technical Honors

See www.learnmoreindiana.org or your school
counselor for more specifics.
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Keeping It All Straight Career and Course Planner

• Plan and track your information on
• Career interests
• The courses you need for graduation
• Your postsecondary education goals
• Checklists of things you need to do each year to
  prepare
• Available in print and online versions.
• Complete yours now and revisit it each year.

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Stay in School

• Graduating from high school most likely will
  determine how well you live for the rest of your
  life.
• High school dropouts
• Are four times more likely than college graduates
  to be unemployed.
• Earn 300,000 less than high school graduates
  over their lifetime.
• Earn 1 million less than college graduates over
  their lifetime.

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4 Steps You Need To Take To Get to College

• Push yourself
• Find the right fit
• Put your hands on some cash
• Find a caring adult to help

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Find the Right Fit

• Start thinking about your future and careers.
• Different ways you can explore interests and
  match them with possible careers
• Web sites
• www.learnmoreindiana.org
• www.driveofyourlife.org
• Job shadowing
• Volunteering
• Clubs
• Electives (career/tech)

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Start Thinking about College Now

• Check out college Web sites.
• Talk to your parents.
• Talk to friends.
• Talk to your school counselor.
• Visit college campuses.

• Public college
• Private college

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4 Steps You Need To Take To Get to College

• Push yourself
• Find the right fit
• Put your hands on some cash
• Find a caring adult to help

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Put Your Hands on Some Cash

• You can afford college.
• There are lots of resources to help you.
• Between now and senior year, you will get more
  information.

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What You Can Do Now

• Read mini-magazines for information on paying
  for college.
• Attend programs in your community on how to pay
  for college. Take your parents.
• Apply for 21st Century Scholars.

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21st Century Scholars

• Students who are income eligible, stay in school
  and fulfill a pledge of good citizenship
• Receive a tuition scholarship at participating
  Indiana colleges and universities.
• Also can get tutoring, mentoring and support to
  finish college.
• Must apply by end of 8th grade.

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Consider Other Scholarships

• Many other scholarship programs as well.
• Increase your chances of getting a scholarship
  by
• Joining a club
• Playing a sport
• Exploring the arts
• Volunteering

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4 Steps You Need To Take To Get to College

• Push yourself
• Find the right fit
• Put your hands on some cash
• Find a caring adult to help

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Find a Caring AdultTo Help

• Everybody needs some help.
• Speak up. Be a pain, in a good way.
• Talk to a parent, schoolcounselor, teachers,
  friendof the family, minister, youth group
  leader.
• Tell them you want to go to college and ask
  them to help.

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Checklist of Activities8th Grade
Keep it all straight
Begin your Career and Course Planner now!
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More Resources

• Learn More Indiana
• Web site (www.learnmoreindiana.org)
• E-mail (info_at_learnmore.org)
• Help line (1-800-992-2076)
• Know How 2 Go Indiana
• Web site (www.KnowHow2GOIndiana.org)