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by Mark Parfitt
Choices Affect
Future THAT HIGH?! After taking the PSAT, Dorsaf BenJebria waits to discuss her score with a cow'lSelor. The PSAT helped many students improve their college applications. Pl101obyM. Roush
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Even though juniors still had an entire year ahead of them, many began thinking about posthigh school education. While a few members of the class of 1996 knew exactly which college they wanted toattendandinwhatspecific area they wanted to major, the majority of the class spent the year thinking about and preparing for college. One important task students accomplished was taking college entrance tests. Many eleventh graders took the PSAT in October and took the SAT in the spring. Others took different standardized tests geared to their interests. These specialized tests included the new SAT II exams and
Advanced Placement exams. Colleges often required SAT Il tests for admission, while AP tests helped some students gain college credit for high-level high school work. Despite the vast world of colleges, many juniors knew that there chances were good that they would end up staying in Happy
Valley. Some students had already started taking special interest classes at their hometown university, Penn State. Still, some students were ready to leave State College and began their search for other universities. State High's counseling centers helped them in this process by inviting college admissions counselors and representatives to visit the high school and give students more information on other schools. "I realize there's a bigger range of colleges I want to go to, so narrowing them down is gonna be pretty hard," Sarah Fuller said. Despite the fact that the cost of college was less in Pennsylvania for State High students, some adventurous students became interested in schools in states as far away as California and Texas. Many juniors felt they were ready for college and the learning, stress, and parties that came with it. However, they still knew they had one giant obstacle in their way -- their senior year at State High.