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11th & 12th Grades


Requirements for 11th Grade:

✹  Attend fall Junior meeting
✹  Participate in at least 2 college tours.
✹  Attend MEP ACT practice test workshop
✹  Individual conferences with MEP counselor (Done in the spring)
✹  Create resume  
✹  PSAT Test
✹  Take either the ACT or SAT in the spring of Junior year
✹  Career Research Guide
✹  Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2. 5 or higher (3.0+ GPA highly
      recommended) 
✹   6 Year Plan

 

Requirements for 12th Grade:

✹   Fall/Spring senior meeting
✹   Resume
✹   Two or more letters of recommendations written for college admissions
✹   Personal typed general essay about yourself
✹   Complete FAFSA application
✹   Turn in Financial Aid Award Letter to MEP staff
✹   Turn in three College Applications
✹   Attend MEP Senior Financial Aid Night
✹   Apply for at least 3 scholarships
✹   Confirm with the college you plan to attend
✹   Take the ACT or SAT test (Must complete by end of October)
✹   College Fair Night
✹   Career Guide
✹   Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher (3.0+ GPA highly
      recommended)
✹   Have a mininum of:
                                       * 4 years of English
                                       * 3 years of Social Studies
                                        (1 yr Geography and 1 yr U.S. History)
                                       * 3 years of Science
                                       * 3 years of math
                                       * 1 year of art
                                       * 2 years of a same foreign language

Students who do not meet requirements will be withdrawn from the program.  Juniors may reapply within one school year with evidence of a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher.