What are Your Options After High School?

1. What are Your Options After High School?

2. What are your options after HS? • You can choose to: • Go Straight into the Workforce • Go into the Military • Go to Vocational school • Go to College

4. Workforce • Why choose the workforce? • Tired of school • Do not know what you want to do with your life • You know what you want to do with your life • Get on the job training • Need money

5. Some jobs you can apply for: • Cashier • Office Clerk • Waitress • Truck Driver • Restaurant Cooks • Maintenance • Farm Labor

6. Military-What You Should Do • Why choose Military? (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard) • Not ready for college or vocational training • Need money to pay for college • Enlist-active duty/can receive military grants and subsidies for education • Desire/passion to serve/make a career out of it

7. Why go to College?

8. Why go to College? • Income • Career • Gain Knowledge • Responsibility-Independence • New Experiences

9. Levels of Education Grad School-Ed.D or Ph.D(3-5 years) $90,000 Grad School-Cred or MA(2-3 years) $65,000 BA (4-5 years) $55,000 HS (4 years) $22,000 HS (Dropout) $18,000

11. 100 Source: US Census Bureau, Current Population -2008

12. 61 Source: US Census Bureau, Current Population -2008

13. 31 Source: US Census Bureau, Current Population -2008

14. 10 Source: US Census Bureau, Current Population -2008

15. Obstacles • Lack of Information • Classes • Grades • Money • Fear

16. Higher Education after High School

17. Technical and Vocational Schools

18. Vocational School • Why choose vocational training? • It is career-oriented training • It makes the transition from training quickly to the career you want/often a year or less • It is a good choice if you have a specific plan and you know what job position you want • It provides hands on training • Many programs/courses are offered online/work

19. Some programs offered: • Plumber • Carpenter • Legal assistant • Dental assistant • Nursing assistant • IT specialist • Administrative assistant • Culinary Arts • Cosmetology • Interior Design • Automotive

20. Higher Education after High School

21. University 12 11 10 9 8 7 IMPORTANT! 12 11 10 9 CLASSES THAT ARE ACADEMICALLY LESS RIGOROUS CLASSES THAT ARE ACADEMICALLY MORE RIGOROUS 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 K Pre-K

22. Community College

24. California Community College (CCC) • 110 campuses in CA • Must be 18 years old or have a high school diploma (or equivalent) • No minimum GPA • No SAT/ACT Requirement • “Open Admission”: There is no application deadline • www.cccco.edu

26. California State University (CSU) • 23 campuses in CA • Target upper 33% of graduating high school seniors • Minimum GPA is 2.0 • Require SAT and/or ACT exam www.csumentor.edu

27. University of California (UC)

28. University of California (UC) • 10 campuses in CA • Target upper 9% of graduating high school seniors • Minimum GPA is 3.0 • Require SAT and/or ACT exam www.universityofcalifornia.edu

29. Private and Independent Colleges and Universities

30. Private and Independent Colleges and Universities • 70+ accredited campuses throughout California • Usually include a specialized emphasis: Gender Technology Religion Computer Science Ethnicity Nursing • Minimum GPA varies • SAT/ACT Requirement varies • www.aiccu.edu

31. Compare Admission Criteria

32. Higher Education and Grades • A • B • C • D • F • Get you $$ to go to college • Get you into the college of your choice • Get you into college • Get you to Graduate from High school • Get you no where

33. Decisions

34. Thank You!