College & Career Planning
"Academic Achievement Creates Opportunities"
SCOIR is an online application designed to guide students through the college search and application process and to allow Student Services to manage the flow of paperwork created during that process. SCOIR provides a broad array of capabilities that our teachers, counselors, administrators, and students will use on a daily basis to collaborate, to monitor progress in the search and application process, and to guide each student through challenging academic and career decisions.
College Lookup – for researching information about colleges and universities
College Match – generates a list of colleges that fit a student’s criteria for what they are looking for in a university.
Tracking tools for the college paperwork process, including Secondary School Reports, transcripts and recommendations, to ensure deadlines are met.
Personal Bio/Activities and Achievements – To help students develop a resume to submit with college or employment applications.
College & Career Tools
NCAA
Create a Student Certification Account (free) - recommended for 9th or 10th graders
List of approved MVTHS high school courses:
English
English I A/B (Honors)
English II A/B (Honors)
English III A/B (American Literature)
English IV A/B
Performance Studies
AP Language & Composition
AP Literature & Composition
College English 1101/1102
English Literature
Contemporary Literature
College Prep Writing
Creative Writing
Poetry Appreciation
Foreign Language
Spanish I, II, III, IV
Russian I, II
Math
Comprehensive Algebra 1.1
Comprehensive Algebra 1.2
Integrated Algebra I A/B
Integrated Geometry
Integrated Algebra II A/B
Advanced Algebra/Trig II A/B
Probability & Statistics
Finite Math
College Algebra
Trigonometry
Pre-Calculus
AP Precalculus
AP Calculus
AP Statistics
Social Science
American History A/B
AP American History
AP Government
Civics
Economics
Law Studies
Modern History
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
World Geography A/B
World History A/B
Science
Principles of Science
Biology I
Biopsychology
Chemistry I
Earth Science
Physical Science
Physics
Environmental Ecology
Flesh & Bone
Human Physiology
AP Chemistry
AP Biology
Principles of Biomedical Science (PLTW)
Human Body Systems (PLTW)
Medical Interventions (PLTW)
Biomedical Innovation (PLTW)
Get Ready. Get Set. Go!
Grade 9
Ask your counselor for a list of your high school’s NCAA core courses to make sure you take the right classes.
Grade 10
Register with the NCAA Eligibility Center at eligibilitycenter.org.
Grade 11
Check with your counselor to make sure you will graduate on time with the required number of NCAA core courses.
Take the ACT or SAT and submit your scores to the NCAA using code 9999.
At the end of the year, ask your counselor to upload your official transcript to the NCAA Eligibility Center.
Grade 12
Finish your last NCAA core courses.
Take the ACT or SAT again, if necessary, and submit your scores to the NCAA using code 9999.
Complete all academic and amateurism questions in your NCAA Eligibility Center account at eligibilitycenter.org.
After you graduate, ask your counselor to submit your final official transcript with proof of graduation to the NCAA Eligibility Center.
Division I academic eligibility
To be eligible to compete in NCAA sports during your first year at a Division I school, you must graduate high school and meet ALL the following requirements:
Complete 16 core courses:
Four years of English
Three years of math (Algebra 1 or higher)
Two years of natural/physical science (including one year of lab science if your high school offers it)
One additional year of English, math or natural/physical science
Two years of social science
Four additional years of English, math, natural/physical science, social science, foreign language, comparative religion or philosophy
Complete 10 core courses, including seven in English, math or natural/physical science, before your seventh semester. Once you begin your seventh semester, you may not repeat or replace any of those 10 courses to improve your core-course GPA.
Earn at least a 2.3 GPA in your core courses.
Earn an SAT combined score or ACT sum score matching your core-course GPA on the Division I sliding scale, which balances your test score and core-course GPA. If you have a low test score, you need a higher core-course GPA to be eligible. If you have a low core-course GPA, you need a higher test score to be eligible.
For more details about the Eligibility Center’s response to COVID-19, click here.