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What to do

FIRST Year

  • Study, study, study! Your grades now contribute to your overall GPA used for college admissions. 

  • Practice strong time management and organizational skills to help be successful in the classroom

  • Get involved! Participate in extracurricular activities: sports, clubs and community service (required for Bright Futures Scholarships). Be sure to log service and work hours and turn into School Counseling Office.   

  • Visit the Wolfson College Resource Center and Wolfson College Resource Center Website. 

  • Explore career and college opportunities on www.bigfuture.collegeboard.org 

  • Start building your high school resume of your accomplishments, activities and work experience. See Wolfson College Resource Center Website for tips for how to create a resume

  • Become familiar with Florida scholarship and grant opportunities including Bright Futures

  • Students with 504/IEP requiring accommodation need to check in with the school counselor. 

  • Take the PSAT in October. 

  • Review your PSAT score report with your parents (Dec/Jan) and synch the results with Khan Academy for an individualized practice schedule to improve scores. 

  • Sign on to My College Quick Start for personalized college and career planning based on PSAT scores.   

  • Meet with your counselor to develop next year’s schedule, review your 4-year academic plan and talk about your college goals.    

  • Look for summer job, internship or volunteer position to help you learn about your field of interest. 

  • Put aside money for college or other post-secondary plans. 

  • Take advantage of summer vacations as an opportunity to tour college campuses.

  • own records. 

  • Look for summer job, internship or volunteer position to help you learn about your field of interest. 

  • Put aside money for college or other post-secondary plans. 

  • Take advantage of summer vacations as an opportunity to tour college campuses.  

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