Top ten things for college-bound student-athletes..2 English 3 Math 4 Social Science.5 Natural/Physical Sciences...7 Additional core courses..8 1
1. Take NCAA approved courses Take NCAA approved courses beginning freshman year; 16 core classes needed. Refer to the AD's NCAA website for approved courses; math must all be Algebra I or higher; note that Survey of Algebra and Informal Geometry are NOT approved. 2. Maintain a high GPA all four years. Minimum 2.0 for high school eligibility but 2.3 core grade point average for enrollment on or after 8/1/2016. The higher your GPA, the more schools you may be admitted to; more coaches interested in you; more scholarship; a greater likelihood of con 3. Take the SAT/ACT early and with maximum preparation. Take tests junior year to assist in realistic school research. Do something to prepare for the test (i.e. PSAT); don t just show up and hope to do well. Statistics show the more often you take the SAT/ACT the higher your score rises each time. Don t be satisfied with a score; a raised score may increase your scholarship award. 4. Research college teams for college, not for sport. You are going to college to create opportunities for your future, choose wisely. Athletes who choose a school simply for a team are more likely to drop out as they discover the school is not a good fit for them. Understand the differences between collegiate divisions and benefits/drawbacks of each. SAT/ACT the higher your score rises each time. Don t be satisfied with a score; a raised score may increase your scholarship award. 5. Search and apply for scholarships and financial aid outside of athletics Most scholarship offers are not solely based on athletics but a package. Consider WUE schools. Complete the FAFSA form in January of senior year. 6. Begin the college recruitment process before senior year. Many coaches already have their teams set well before senior year starts. Unprepared seniors are overwhelmed with the many steps in admissions and recruiting. 7. Actively market yourself to coaches at schools of interest. Don t rely on coaches finding you: sell yourself to coaches at (realistic) schools that fit you. Be seen, attend camps, create and send a player profile, create and post a video. 8. Register with the NCAA Eligibility Center, www.eligibilitycenter.org 9. Visit campuses and meet with coaches and players. Make sure the school is where you want to be, coaches are people you want to work with, and teammates are people you want to be around. 10. Finish strong academically and train harder than you ever have. Don t lose your opportunity by not doing well senior year, not preparing yourself to do well in college courses, and staying eligible while in college. A spot on a team is not guaranteed even with a scholarship; don t slack thinking all is set. 2
=ENGLISH 9-12 1,2 =ENGLISH 9-12 3,4 =ENGLISH 9-12 5,6 =ENGLISH 9-12 7,8 =SPEECH 9-12 ADVANCED COMPOSITION AMERICAN LITERATURE AP LANG & COMP 1 AP LANG & COMP 2 AP LANG & COMP ONLINE AP LIT & COMP 1 AP LIT & COMP 2 AP LIT & COMP ONLINE BIBLE AS LIT 0395 CLASSICAL MYTH COMP I COMP II CONTEMP LIT CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LIT CREATIVE WRITING DEBATE 0520 DRAMATIC LITERATURE 0480 ENGLISH 10 HONORS GIFTED ENGLISH 10 ONLINE ENGLISH 10-1 0115 ENGLISH 10-2 0116 ENGLISH 11 0140 ENGLISH 11 HONORS GIFTED ENGLISH 11 ONLINE ENGLISH 11-1 ENGLISH 11-2 ENGLISH I ENGLISH I HONORS ENGLISH I HONORS GIFTED ENGLISH I ONLINE ENGLISH I- 1 ENGLISH I- 1 ONLINE ENGLISH I- 2 ENGLISH I- 2 ONLINE ENGLISH II ENGLISH II HONORS ENGLISH II HONORS/GIFTED ENGLISH II- 1 ENGLISH II- 1 ONLINE ENGLISH II- 2 ENGLISH II- 2 ONLINE ENGLISH III ENGLISH III- 1 ENGLISH III- 1 ONLINE ENGLISH III- 2 ENGLISH III- 2 ONLINE ENGLISH IV ENGLISH IV ONLINE ESSAY COMPOSITION FRONTIER LITERATURE 0355 GOTHIC LITERATURE ONLINE HONOR ENG 10-1 HONOR ENG 10-2 HUMANITIES 0415 IB LANGUAGE A LITERATURE I IB LANGUAGE A LITERATURE II IB LITERATURE AND PERFORMANCE I IB LITERATURE AND PERFORMANCE II INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION JOURNALISM LANGUAGE ARTS SEMINAR I LANGUAGE ARTS SEMINAR II LANGUAGE ARTS SEMINAR III LANGUAGE ARTS SEMINAR IV LITERATURE OF WAR MOD AMERICAN NOVEL MULTICULTURAL LIT 0354 MYST & SPT LIT MYTHOLOGY 0435 NON- FICTION LIT 0440 POETRY 0430 ROMANTICISM 0445 SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY ONLINE SCIENCE FICTION 0455 SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY SHAKESPEARE 0460 SPEECH 0560 WOMEN'S LIT WORLD LIT 0410 WORLD MYTHOLOGY WORLD MYTHOLOGY ONLINE 3
ADVANCED ALGEBRA STATISTICS AND TRIGONOMETRY ALGEBRA A ONLINE ALGEBRA A- 1 (.25 CU/MAX) ALGEBRA A- 2 (.25 CU/MAX) ALGEBRA B ONLINE ALGEBRA B- 1 (.25 CU/MAX) ALGEBRA B- 2 (.25 CU/MAX) ALGEBRA I ALGEBRA I ONLINE ALGEBRA II ALGEBRA II ONLINE AP CALCULUS AB AP CALCULUS AB ONLINE AP CALCULUS BC AP CALCULUS BC ONLINE AP COMPUTER SCIENCE ONLINE AP STATISTICS 1 AP STATISTICS 2 AP STATISTICS ONLINE CALCULUS I CALCULUS II GEOMETRY GEOMETRY ONLINE GEOMETRY/H IB FURTHER MATH IB MATH HL IB MATH SL IB MATH STUDIES I IB MATH STUDIES II PRE- CALCULUS WITH TRIGONOMETRY ONLINE PRECAL W/TRIG 1 PRECAL W/TRIG 2 NONAPPROVED WATCH LIST: ANYTHING NOT ALGEBRA I OR HIGHER INFORMAL GEOMETRY INTEGRATED MATH SURVEY OF ALGEBRA 4
20TH CENTURY AMERICAN ERAS 3020 ANTHROPOLOGY 3025 ECONOMICS 3030 GLOBAL GEOGRAPHY 3060 WESTERN CIVILIZATION 3075 US GOVERNMENT 3092 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 3110 ALASKA STUDIES 3230 US MILITARY HISTORY 3235 WESTWARD MOVEMENT 3320 WORLD HISTORY/H 3470 ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS 3525 BLACK HISTORY/CULTURE 3615 CRIMINOLOGY 3625 LAW STUDIES 3630 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 3655 CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS & EVENTS 3690 PSYCHOLOGY 2 =ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS 9-12 =CONTP PROB 9-12 =GLOBAL GEOGRAPHY 9-12 =SOCIOLOGY 9-12 =US GOVERNMENT 9-12 =US GOVT 9-12 =US HIST 1 9-12 =US HIST 2 9-12 =US HISTORY 9-12 1,2 =WORLD HISTORY 9-12 1,2 ALASKA STUDIES HONORS ALASKA STUDIES HONORS GIFTED ALASKA STUDIES ONLINE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS HONORS GIFTED ANTHROPOLOGY ONLINE AP COMP GOV & POL AP ECON MACRO ONLINE AP ECON MICRO ONLINE AP ECON- MACRO AP ECON- MICRO AP EURO HIST 1 AP EURO HIST 2 AP PSYCH 1 AP PSYCH 2 AP PSYCHOLOGY ONLINE AP US GOVERNMENT ONLINE AP US GOVT & POL AP US HIST 1 AP US HIST 2 AP US HISTORY ONLINE AP WORLD HISTORY BOOM & BUST 20-3 COMP GOV/EC SY CONST & B OF R CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS ONLINE CRIMINOLOGY ONLINE DIGNITY IN DIVERSITY DIGNITY IN DIVERSITY 2 ECONOMICS ONLINE ECONOMICS/TSS ESL AREA STUDIES ESL ECONOMICS ESL HISTORY 10-1 ESL HISTORY 10-2 ESL HISTORY 9-1 ESL HISTORY 9-2 ESL SOCIAL STUDIES ESL US GOVERNMENT FACE HIST & SLF GEOGRAPHY AFRICA STUDIES GEOGRAPHY AREA STUDIES GEOGRAPHY ASIA STUDIES GEOGRAPHY EUROPEAN STUDIES GEOGRAPHY LATIN AMERICA STUDIES GEOGRAPHY MIDDLE EAST STUDIES GEOGRAPHY NORTH AMERICA STUDIES GEOGRAPHY PACIFIC RIM STUDIES GEOGRAPHY RUSSIA STUDIES GEOGRAPHY US REGIONAL STUDIES GLOBAL GEOGRAPHY HONORS GIFTED HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS I IB HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS II IB HLCST & HUMAN BEHAVIOR HONORS ALASKA STUDIES HONORS ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS HONORS GLOBAL GEOGRAPHY HUMANITIES OF WC IB HISTORY OF EUROPE IB HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS ISLAMIC NATIONS LAW SEMINAR/TSS LAW STUDIES ONLINE 5
LAW STUDIES/TSS MINORITY GROUPS/ETH CL PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY I- 1 PSYCHOLOGY I- 1 ONLINE PSYCHOLOGY I- 2 PSYCHOLOGY I- 2 ONLINE PSYCHOLOGY II PSYCHOLOGY/TSS SOC STUDIES IND STUDY SOCIOLOGY SOCIOLOGY ONLINE UNITED NATIONS US GOVERNMENT ONLINE US GOVERNMENT/TSS US HISTORY 1 US HISTORY 2 US HISTORY HONORS US HISTORY HONORS GIFTED US HISTORY ONLINE US HISTORY/TSS WOMEN'S HISTORY WORLD HIST 1 WORLD HIST 2 WORLD HISTORY HONORS GIFTED WORLD HISTORY ONLINE WORLD HISTORY/TSS 6
2280 ECOLOGY 2360 INTRO TO NAT RES 2615 PHYSICAL SCIENCE 2620 ASTRONOMY =EARTH SCIENCE 9-12 =LIFE SCIENCE 9-12 1,2 ADV BIO LAB 1 ADV BIO LAB 2 ADV CHEM LAB 1 ADV CHEM LAB 2 AP BIOLOGY 1 AP BIOLOGY 2 AP CHEMISTRY 1 AP CHEMISTRY 2 AP ENVIRONMENT STUDIES AP PHYSICS 1 AP PHYSICS 2 APPLIED BIO/CHEM 1 APPLIED BIO/CHEM 2 APPLIED BIO/CHEM 3 APPLIED BIO/CHEM 4 ASTRONOMY UNIVERSE ASTRONOMY:S SY ASTRONOMY:UNIV BIOLOG I HONORS GIFTED BIOLOGICAL SCI BIOLOGY I ONLINE BIOLOGY I- 1 BIOLOGY I- 2 BIOLOGY II- 1 BIOLOGY II- 2 BIOLOGY MICRO BIOLOGY OF ALASKA BIOTECHNOLOGY BOTANY CHEMISTRY I ONLINE CHEMISTRY I- 1 CHEMISTRY I- 2 CHEMISTRY II- 1 CHEMISTRY II- 2 CONCEPT CHEM 1 CONCEPT CHEM 2 CONCEPT PHYS 1 CONCEPT PHYS 2 EARTH SCIENCES ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE FORENSIC SCIENCE I FORENSIC SCIENCE I ONLINE FORENSIC SCIENCE II FORENSIC SCIENCE II ONLINE GENETICS GEOLOGY I- 1 GEOLOGY I- 2 GEOLOGY II- 1 GEOLOGY II- 2 HUM ANAT PHYS 1 HUM ANAT PHYS 2 IB BIOLOGY IB CHEMISTRY IB ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS IB PHYSICS INTEGRATED SCI 9-1 INTEGRATED SCI 9-2 INTEGRATED SCIENCES 9 ONLINE INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL RESOURCES MARINE SCI BIO MARINE SCIENCE BIOLOGY ONLINE MARINE SCIENCE OCEANOGRAPHY METEOROLOGY NATURAL SCIENCE OF ALASKA PHYSICS I- 1 PHYSICS I- 2 PLTW BIOMEDICAL INNOVATIONS PLTW DIGITAL ELECTRONICS PLTW ENGINEERING DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PLTW HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS PLTW MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS PLTW PRINCIPLES OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE PLTW PRINCIPLES OF ENGINEERING PRINC OF TECH/INTRO TO ENGINEERING SCIENCE IND STUDY SCIENCE SEMINAR 1-2/TSS ZOOLOGY 7
3040 PHILOSOPHY (ADD'L) AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE III AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IV AP CHINESE AP JAPANESE LANGUAGE & CULTURE AP LATIN AP SPANISH LANG AP SPANISH LANGUAGE S1 OL AP SPANISH LITERATURE OL COMP WORLD RELIGIONS ONLINE COMP WORLD RELIGIONS COMPARATIVE WORLD RELIGIONS/TSS ESTUDIOS LATINOAMERICANOS FRENCH AP FRENCH AP ONLINE FRENCH I- 1 FRENCH I- 2 FRENCH II- 1 FRENCH II- 2 FRENCH III- 1 FRENCH III- 2 FRENCH IV- 1 FRENCH IV- 2 FRENCH V- 1 FRENCH V- 2 GERMAN AP GERMAN I- 1 GERMAN I- 2 GERMAN II- 1 GERMAN II- 2 GERMAN III- 1 GERMAN III- 2 GERMAN IV- 1 GERMAN IV- 2 GERMAN V- 1 GERMAN V- 2 IB FRENCH AB INITIO IB FRENCH B IB GERMAN AB INITIO IB GERMAN B IB LANGUAGE A2 IB RUSSIAN AB INITIO IB RUSSIAN B IB SPANISH AB INITIO IB SPANISH B IB THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE JAPANESE FOR FLUENT SPEAKERS I JAPANESE FOR FLUENT SPEAKERS II JAPANESE FOR FLUENT SPEAKERS III JAPANESE FOR FLUENT SPEAKERS IV JAPANESE I- 1 JAPANESE I- 2 JAPANESE II- 1 JAPANESE II- 2 JAPANESE III- 1 JAPANESE III- 2 JAPANESE IV JAPANESE V LATIN I- 1 LATIN I- 2 LATIN II- 1 LATIN II- 2 LATIN III LATIN IV MAN CHINESE III- 2 MAN CHINESE IV- 1 MAN CHINESE IV- 2 MAN CHINESE V- 1 MAN CHINESE V- 2 MANDARIN CHINESE I MANDARIN CHINESE II PERSPECTIVAS LITERARIAS PHILOSOPHY ONLINE PHILOSOPHY/TSS RUSSIA CONTEMPORARY YOUTH AND CULTURE RUSSIAN I- 1 RUSSIAN I- 2 RUSSIAN II- 1 RUSSIAN II- 2 RUSSIAN III- 1 RUSSIAN III- 2 RUSSIAN IV- 1 RUSSIAN IV- 2 RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND MEDIA RUSSIAN V- 1 RUSSIAN V- 2 SPAN FOR FL SPEAKERS SPANISH 1/AP SPANISH 1/PACESETTER SPANISH 2/AP SPANISH 2/PACESETTER 8
SPANISH FOR FLUENT SPEAKERS II SPANISH I ONLINE SPANISH I- 1 SPANISH I- 2 SPANISH II ONLINE SPANISH II- 1 SPANISH II- 2 SPANISH III ONLINE SPANISH III- 1 SPANISH III- 2 SPANISH IV- 1 SPANISH IV- 2 SPANISH LANGUAGE AP SPANISH LITERATURE 1/AP SPANISH LITERATURE 2/AP SPANISH V- 1 SPANISH V- 2 TLINGIT VISTAS JUVENILES DEL MUN HISP YUPIK I- 1 YUPIK I- 2 YUPIK II YUPIK III 9