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8. Planning Tools and Resources

Here are additional checklists and other useful resources that will help you to successfully make your plans for college. Do your best in school and take as many challenging classes as you can through high school. Whether you attend a public or private university or attend a 2-year college, pursuing post-secondary education will definitely be worth it. Good luck!

Tip Sheets

Print out the tip sheet below that corresponds to your grade level to keep track of the activities you need to do to meet your goal of going to college.

• Middle School Recommendations (7th and 8th grades)
• Freshman Year Checklist (9th grade)
• Sophomore Year Checklist (10th grade)
• Junior Year Checklist (11th grade)
• Senior Year Checklist (12th grade)

More Resources

Download these valuable resources to plan your high school courses and to consider which California public university you might want to apply.

• Get this helpful Roadmap to College flyer in English, Spanish, or Vietnamese to track your A-G course requirements.
• View last year’s admission rates for every University of California and California State University campus. Download the CSU and UC admission rates.

Useful Links

Be sure to visit these online resources to successfully prepare your plans for college.

• Check with your teacher to find out if your school is offering a SVEF program to help you improve your math or science skills (for 7th and 8th grade students only).
• Search for colleges and universities in California.
• Read these tips about what to do when attending college fairs.
• See how you rank against other students at specific colleges or universities.
• Figure out your GPA with the A-G GPA Calculator.

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