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We have high # of free/reduced lunch seniors who miss taking sat's in jr year. We then find out too late that they missed Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec sat exams. They have the grades to attend a 4 yr college. Any ideas on what our school can do to help prepare them so that this doesn"t occur? It's so frustrating..........Thanks.
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sondra On 12/14/09, sondra wrote:I'm not sure that i explained myself well enough. I guess our problem is twofold: first, what can we do to convince our juniors the importance of taking their sat's in the spring of their junior year and second, now that they are seniors, they do register for the exams. That's not the problem that we face with them but rat...See More
Dec 14, 2009
vet counselor On 12/13/09, Sondra wrote: > We have high # of free/reduced lunch seniors who miss > taking sat's in jr year. We then find out too late that > they missed Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec sat exams. They have the > grades to attend a 4 yr college. Any ideas on what our > school can do to help prepare them so that this doesn"t > occur? It's so ...See More
Dec 21, 2009
Betty Ann If transportation is an issue, can you provide a bus to the testing center?

Can you have your school be a testing center?

Can you have graduates of your high school come to talk with the juniors and seniors about their experiences applying for college and attending?

Can you have posters, announcements, etc. reminding stud...See More
Jan 2, 2010
princess It seems to be that they don't really want to go to college. If it is important to them, they will be there. If you have to do all this hand holding and "helping" how do you expect themto be successful in college when they are on there own
Jan 3, 2010
Miss_Texas You need to develop a timeline of what to do and when to do it with each grade level. There are fee waivers for students on free lunch. This exempts them from paying fees. The [link removed]!
Jan 29, 2010


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