SET High School Senior Update Form

STUDY OF EXCEPTIONAL TALENT  ||  CENTER FOR TALENTED YOUTH  ||  JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

UPDATE for HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

Please help us keep up with you!  Each year we ask SET members to update us on their contact information and activities.

We ask graduating seniors to provide information about their high school experiences. Your comments help us assist other academically talented students. Please complete the first four sections even if you prefer not to complete the full update. Thank you.

We wish you every success in college.

Contact Information

  

First Name
 Last Name
Street
 HS Graduation Year
City
 State
 Zip
Country (if not US)
 Is this a new address?
Home Phone (including area code)
 Cell Phone (including area code)
E-mail address
 College E-mail address
Web page URL
 Include in SET's (public) Web page directory?

School Information

High school you attended
 Is this school a (select one)
College you (will) attend
 Intended College Major(s)

In Your Words

Would you would like to write something for Imagine or Cogito? Please list possible topics:

What about your college application essay?  Some of the best essays published in Imagine have been ones written for college applications. If you wrote an essay you think others might appreciate and are interested in publishing it, please contact Melissa Hartman (mhartman@jhu.edu), editor of Imagine or Kristi Birch (kbirch@jhu.edu), Cogito editor.

SET Evaluation

Please assess any impact (positive or negative) SET has had on your development. Consider Imagine, the SET Newsletter, Cogito, heightened awareness of your abilities and opportunities, being part of the SET peer group, the SET listserv, any personal advice you received, etc.  Please offer any suggestions you have about how SET could have been more helpful to you.

High School Evaluation

The following information is intended to give us insight into your high school experiences and to help others who face similar choices. Please answer as much as you feel comfortable sharing; skip questions you do not feel comfortable answering.  Your responses will be kept confidential; nothing listed below will be published in any SET Newsletter unless you specifically ask us to do so.  Please feel free to elaborate on any answers.

Accelerative Experiences

Did you skip any grades in school? Please describe.

Did you move ahead in one or more subjects? Please describe.

If you accelerated ahead of your agemates in one or more subjects, what are your feelings about it?

Do you wish you had accelerated more in grade or in particular subjects? Please explain.

Courses

Please list the courses you took while in high school.
* Indicate AP, honors, or IB courses as such.
* If any were distance ed courses, please indicate as such and the institution that offered the course.
* If any were taken at a college, please include the name of the college.

9th Grade:

10th Grade:

11th Grade:

12th Grade

Extracurricular and Leisure Activities

Please send us a copy of your CV or list important activities and awards below.

9th Grade Extracurricular Activities
 Post-9th-Grade Summer Activities
10th Grade Extracurricular Activities
 Post-10th-Grade Summer Activities
11th Grade Extracurricular Activities
 Post-11th-Grade Summer Activities
12th Grade Extracurricular Activities
 Post-12th-Grade Summer Activities

Did you ever work with a mentor? Please describe.

Please list any other experiences that were important to your educational or social or emotional development other than those listed above.

Numbers, Numbers, Numbers

What was your final GPA? Was it weighted for AP and honors classes?
What was your class rank? Out of?

Please list your PSAT and SAT scores, and your grade in school when you took each test.

Please list AP tests and scores, and your grade in school when you took each test.

Awards, Honors, and Competitions

Please list awards or honors you received or competitions you have won.  Include all fields (e.g., math, science, humanities, arts, service, leadership, etc.) Or send a copy of your CV.

Overall Evaluation

Overall, how challenging was high school for you academically? Please elaborate.

Overall, how happy were you socially in high school? Please elaborate.

College Plans and Career Goals

Please indicate the reason(s) you selected the college or university you will attend next fall. If you will not be attending college in the fall, please list your reasons for that decision.

Were you awarded any scholarships for college? Please describe.

List other colleges to which you applied and indicate if accepted or rejected.

Do you plan to pursue postgraduate education?

If yes, please describe (e.g., medical school, law school, MBA, PhD, etc.)

What are your career goals?

What experiences, events, people, and/or aspects of your personality have influenced your career goals?

  

Thank you!

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