As you get closer to graduating from high school, the thought of college should be entering your mind. What percent of students did not meet any of the college readiness benchmarks? Is this surprising to you? Is it higher or lower than you thought it would be? Do you feel like at the end of your senior year you will be ready for college? What do you think would help you get ready for college?
Majority of graduates not ready for college
Due September 17th
Majority of graduates not ready for college
Due September 17th
8 comments:
22% of students failed to meet any college readiness benchmarks. This is not surprising to me, especially since Middletown City Schools has such low standards for their students compared to other surrounding schools. This is actually higher than I thought it would be. We set such low standards in order to get as many of the students to graduate as they can, and in return many are not college ready. I feel like by the end of my Senior year I will be ready for college though. I have my head on my shoulders and my next goal set to going to college. I know what I need to do and I have an older sibling currently in college to look up to in order to know what I need to do to go to college and be successful. I have a great support system from my family to succeed and keep going. I think Honors Economics, AP U.S. History and A.P. Government and eventually PSEO will help me in getting ready for college. They are all upper level, college like, courses that encourage me to keep reaching for more. I know as long as I set my goals high and strive to attain them, that I can do it.
I have a question though; see if my fellow classmates are reading my blog such as I do read theirs:
What can we as a student body do in order to help get each other ready for college? Should we push our teachers to encourage us more and set standards higher? Or should we work with each other and learn together? Do you think we should be doing something to help not only ourselves but each other get ready for college? Isn't college what we each should be striving for?
I first have to say that I'm a bit shocked at how many people in our school that aren't passing their ACT. I know a lot of people who are definitely smart enough to not only pass but exceed that test. Anyway, I agree that test scores don't determine someone's readiness in life. There are people who's brains stall when they see a test but know the material and how to use it, and others who love the tests because they excel in them, but don't do their homework. People would think that I'm ready for college based on how fast I learn things, but I'd be the first to say I'm not. I procrastinate way too much, only doing work in class, and the only reason why I have so much ahead of my life is because it's been practically handed to me. I personally don't remember striving for anything difficult without settling for something less, So I don't believe I'm ready for college, not at all. If I knew how to prepare myself, then I would.
22% of students failed to meet any of the college-readiness benchmarks. This isn't that surprising to me because I know many different students including myself have limitations in their knowledge and not everyone can be expected to be good at everything. It is lower than I thought it would be, one-fifth of students not being able to meet the college-readiness benchmarks isn't that really high of a number for me. After my senior year I think i will be fully prepared for college, I know my intelligence and what I am able to do in college. I think what would help me get even more prepared for college is for me to start taking AP classes again next year, I also have to think about the ACT testings to make sure I know what I don't know and what I need to know. I can also start to choose was colleges I may want to go to( Miami University) and start saving up more money than I have been already and help my parents save for college funds.
Erica-
I think we as students should collaborate our plans and ideas together, not only for college but for academic work, extra-curricular, and jobs in high school, as well. If our teachers don't want to encourage us to do our best, we need to take charge and encourage ourselves or each other.
22% of students failed to meet any of the college-readiness benchmarks, which is a sad number to me. Do people not care about their future or are they really that stupid? i guess i cant really judge since I havent even taken the ACT yet... im not surprised really...i think its about the percentage i thouhght itd be. at the end of my senior year i feel like i might be ready for college. right now im struggling with just doing all the crap ton of homework i have from all these ap and honor classes. i guess they truely are getting my read for college. of course im not going straight to college after high school. ill probably wait a year to help save up money and become more independant. i think i need to stop being lazy and start trying harder this year and prepare for next year. i could easily have straight As right now if i put more effort into getting the 3 Bs i have up.
Twenty-two percent of students weren't able to pass any college benchmark test. I find it not shocking but extremely disappointing that almost a quarter of the students you see around schools aren't able, to not even excell, but withstand a college regiment. I can't give an honest opinion if the number is higher or lower than my expectations as I have never given any thought. I feel that with the amount of honors/AP classes im in or plan to be in will prepare me enough to adjust to a college lifestyle. I think the biggest thing that would help me prepare for college is to know what major I want, considering most students take around 5 years to obtain their BA as of major changes and not being confident in what they want to do later in life.
Twenty-two percent failed to meet any of the college-readiness benchmarks. This fact is very surprising to me. I would have thought it was lower. I have mixed feelings about the ACT though. People not being able to meet ANY of the requirments is pretty unacceptable. Especially since you are aloud to take the ACT as many times as you want. It reflects people's lack of effort. But at the same time, can you really assess how successful someone is going to be ? Can you really base an entire future on one test ? By the end of my senoir year, I think (and hope) that I will not only be ready, but excited for college. Right now, balancing my job, difficult classes, sports, clubs, and life at home is definitely getting me ready for college. As I get older, I will have more responsibilties, which will also help me prepare for the next step in my life.
It's pretty shocking that twenty two percent of students failed to meet any of the readiness benchmarks for college. I thought the number would be a lot lower than that. For me, college has always been something pushed on me by my parents, but I have never been ready for it. Financially and responsibility wise I'm pretty prepared to take care of myself, but academically that's another story. I'm just not a serious person and have never really taken school seriously so I don't really know how I could ready myself for college. That would involve just changing me as a person.
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