12th Grade

12th Grade Focus | 12th Grade Required Tasks | Latin Honors

12th Grade Focus

✔️Academics: 

Finish Strong!

Remember that all of your grades from 9th grade to 12th grade will appear on your transcript and your transcript is one of the most important documents in your application.  

If you have not already started taking AP or Dual Enrollment classes, consider taking AP or Dual Enrollment for an opportunity to earn college credit. 

✔️Tests: 

12th graders who are college bound should take the ACT or SAT, which are college entrance exams.

It is recommended to test for the 1st time before your 12th grade year. 

If you are testing for the 1st time be sure to register and test in the Fall for the first available tests, preferably dates that are well before college admissions deadlines.

Some schools do not require test scores, but it is good practice to take the exams for a greater chance of receiving an acceptance, especially for competitive schools. Scores can also serve as a complimentary item to your GPA to assist you in meeting admissions requirements. Scores are also beneficial for scholarship opportunities. 

12th graders who are interested in the Military/Armed Forces should take the ASVAB. 

Hampton High School offers this test twice per year, once in the Fall and once in the Spring.  

Students must register through the counseling office's sign up. Generally, there are QR codes posted and are visible outside of the counseling office door a month before testing is scheduled.

Students also have the option to take the ASVAB at a local recruiters station of the branch that they are interested in.

*Keep in mind that the recruiters do not take your highest score. They accept your most recent/last score.

Example: If you retest for a higher score and score lower than your initial test, they will use the lower score.

Be sure to prepare for the test so that you can do well. (See the Military/Career tab for more information)

✔️Activities

Focus on making a difference in your organization, club or sport and leave your mark/legacy.

This can propel you and lead you to new opportunities in the future.

✔️College Information

🟣Schedule college tours and visit schools that you are interested in

🟣Attend local college fairs 

🟣Identify a reach, safety and match school

Reach School: A college where your academic qualifications fall at the lower end of admitted students and/or their acceptance rate is low

Safety School: A college where your academic qualifications are significantly stronger than the average for admitted students

Match School: A college where your academic qualifications are comparable to the average admitted student

BigFuture can assist you in identifying your reach, safety and match school using your GPA and test scores. 

Steps: 

Log in to College Board

Navigate to the BigFuture section

Enter your GPA, SAT or ACT scores

Use the College Search tool to browse colleges

The College Profile will display the average GPA and SAT/ACT scores of admitted students 

Based on the comparison of your scores to the school's average, categorize it as reach, match or safety

BigFuture can Help you sort your list to ensure it is balanced

🟣Utilize Ga Match through GaFutures.org

Ga Match is a Georgia initiative designed to streamline the college application process. Ga Match identifies colleges that you are academically eligible for based on your HOPE GPA and provides you with a list of colleges that you are eligible for provisional admission. 

Ga Match saves a spot for you at the colleges on your list, but you must claim your spot if you are interested in possibly attending the college on your list. You can only claim your spot for 3 schools.

After you claim your spot, the college will contact with next steps for enrollment.

*Georgia College & State University, Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Georgia do not participate in Ga Match 

To access Ga Match, after logging in GaFutures.org click on Ga Match from your dashboard

12th Grade Required Tasks

Complete a Scholarship Search | Complete the Achieve Works Personality Assessment

From Classlink/Launchpad, click the "Naviance" app or search "Naviance" from your Classlink/Launchpad search bar

Click "Planner" from the bar at the top, then "Tasks"

On the left side, you will see the tasks listed.

Click the task and follow the instructions listed for each task