Welcome to the Guidance Department! This page will provide you with information to enhance your Brookwood experience. It is the Guidance Office's goal to assist students in their personal andacademic development. To that end the following services are provided:
program in which student can set up his own record, and test prep.
search engine for making a tentative list of colleges.
for colleges.
designated which qualify for in state tuition rates.
this site.
Projected job market. Excellent government resource.
The Road to College
9th Grade
- This year begins your transcript, which will be sent to colleges fall of your senior year. At year's end, you will have over 1/3 of your GPA.
- Set goals for your high school years to include awards, honors, community service, and extra-curricular activities.
- Remember the Georgia Hope Scholarship GPA derives from 4 English, 4 math, 3 social science, 3 lab science, and 2 foreign language credits.
10th Grade
- If your GPA isn't where you want it, get help with study skills from the Guidance Office or your teachers.
- Begin selecting a few extra-curricular activities that you wish to sustain over high school. This is better than a one-year commitment to a dozen activities.
- Review your goals. Make necessary adjustments.
- Begin researching college and scholarship opportunities. The Internet has hundreds of informative sites. Attend meetings with visiting college admission officers.
- Visit college campuses when you are out of town. Call ahead for tour booking.
11th Grade
- This is your final research year. Attend all Brookwood meetings with college representatives. Attend the yearly October Probe Fair in Thomasville.
- Visit campuses. Ask questions of college students you know: "Why did you pick this college?" "What do you like best?" "Least?"
- Research regarding merit scholarships. Sources include parents' business and civic groups, Internet sites and colleges themselves. Notice competition essay topics - consider working on these over the summer.
- Take two SATs and once ACT by the end of June. You may test better on one format than the other. Colleges use scores for monetary awards.
- By year's end, select 10-12 potential college choices to which to apply.
- This year's grades are the last, which will appear on the transcript sent with your college application.
12th Grade
- Be ready to apply to 3-5 colleges. The standard formula is 1 reach (a bit of a stretch given your GPA and SAT scores), 3 reasonable schools (you fit in their admission parameters) and 1 safety school (you are quite certain of admission here).
- If you are close in score to scholarship or admission qualifications take another SAT or ACT to reach that goal.
- Line up any recommendations you need. The writer needs two weeks notice to construct an effective, thoughtful letter.
- Check all submission deadlines carefully! Missing one could seriously impact the application process.
- If you have questions, email the college directly. They appreciate a proactive student.
- The counselor will automatically send midyear grades to the colleges and HOPE qualified students to the state.
