Students and parents,
Lost in the shuffle between senior activities, prom, college applications, planning, SAT/ACT, etc., are the sophomores at every high school. These are the students who are not merely adjusting to high school, but they’re also not upperclassmen…..yet. Fast approaching is the all-important Junior year, or what I refer to as “The Perfect Storm” year.
Next year will be a critical year for your current sophomore. It’s the first year that more rigorous courses will be available to students (AP, in particular), and it’s the last year that colleges will see on a transcript when students submit applications in the Fall of their Senior year. For these reasons, it’s important for your current sophomore to schedule courses that will heighten their Junior year, especially as students begin to identify prospective majors and/or career interests. Junior year is also the last year for students to establish positive grade trends and set a precedent for rising to the occasion.
By this time, sophomores have been in high school for 3 full semesters and are currently in the midst of their fourth. They have likely been involved in various activities and will perhaps rise to leadership roles in the near future. Now would be a good time to assess passion, involvements, and other meaningful opportunities to add to a prospective academic profile. For that matter, it would also be a good time to begin making a few career assessments.
I cannot stress enough how important the Junior year is for college planning. Contact me if you’d like to schedule an underclassman consultation for your sophomore so as to plan accordingly for next year. We’ll get it right!