AVID- 1.Please get out your notes from this week about college.
2.Turn in any missing assignments into the bin. Slide 2 Average
GPAs for Universities -Colleges are increasingly competitive and
admissions requirements are becoming higher and more difficult -Why
do you think colleges are being so selective now-a-days with who
they admit? -Write down a guess for the average high school GPA of
an incoming freshmen at your favorite college. Slide 3 What is a
GPA? GPA stands for Grade Point Average Unweighted GPA: A=4 B= 3 C=
2 D=1 F=0 Weighted GPA (for honors, AP classes): A=5 B= 4 C= 3 D=2
F=0 Slide 4 Practice Time! Calculate the unweighted GPA for the
following student: Language arts: 82 (= 3) Math: 85 (= 3) Science:
93 (= 4) Geography: 95 (= 4) AVID: 98 (= 4) PE: 100 (= 4)
Orchestra: 100 (= 4) Total points= 26/7= 3.71 Slide 5 Practice
Time! Calculate the weighted GPA for the following student: English
Honors: 82 (= 4) Algebra Honors: 85 (= 4) Science Honors: 93 (= 5)
AP Geography: 95 (= 5) AVID: 98 (= 4) PE: 100 (= 4) Orchestra: 100
(= 4) Total points= 30/7= 4.29 Slide 6 University of Florida -The
average incoming freshmen GPA for the University of Florida is
above a 4.0!! -UF has the hardest admission requirements of any
school in the state of Florida, making it difficult to get
acceptance. Slide 7 Florida State University -The average incoming
freshmen GPA for Florida State University, FSU is 3.50 Slide 8
University of South Florida -The average incoming freshmen GPA for
the University of South Florida, USF is 3.80 Slide 9 University of
Miami -The average incoming freshmen GPA for the University of
Miami, UM is 3.48 Slide 10 University of Texas -The average
incoming freshmen GPA for the University of Texas, UT is 3.72 Slide
11 University of Georgia -The average incoming freshmen GPA for the
University of Georgia is 3.80 Slide 12 University of California Los
Angeles (UCLA) -The average incoming freshmen GPA for the UCLA is
4.35 Slide 13 Harvard College -The average incoming freshmen GPA
for Harvard College is 5.00!!!! Slide 14 In the summary section:
Write down what your current GPA is. Write down your dream college.
Do you think your current GPA is good enough to get you into your
dream college? Slide 15 Thursday Oct 14 th **3-day weekend!!**
Please turn in your learning log #7 and submit any writing samples
into your writing portfolio (remember by the end of next week, you
need to have 9 things in there!!) Get out a piece of paper and put
the proper heading on it. Also, please get out your notes from this
week. Slide 16 WRITING ASSIGNMENT Writing prompt: pretend it is 7
years from now, you are currently enrolled at your dream college,
in your favorite place, studying your dream major. Describe what
your life is like. Be descriptive and use details. **Your writing
assignment should be at least a page. If you need outside resources
(websites, brochures, etc.) see Mrs. Chase for help. If you dont
finish in class you will need to finish it and turn it in on
Monday. Good luck and be creative!! If you finish before class is
over, turn it into the bin and get caught up on work from another
class. Once I grade this and give it back to you, turn into writing
portfolio.
