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Can I join a certain fraternity?
Will I be able to participate in extracurricular activities?
High school students seem to pick out one or two aspects of college life and attempt to find a school where they will be able to realize their dreams.
HOW TO GET INTO college is the topic of numerous books and magazine articles. High schools are putting more and more emphasis on guidance programs. Max Stalcup, one of three full-time guidance counselors at Lawrence High School, said Lawrence students are tested for college aptitude each year beginning in the ninth grade. He said tests such as the STEP, College Board and ACT help in predicting how well a student will do in college.
Mary Ann Schneider, Prairie Village junior, a Shawnee Mission East graduate, said there was a very strong guidance program there, including college study plans and courses that used college grading systems. Because of the emphasis placed on getting into college, she believes that some of her classmates were
The Lawrence High School guidance program includes individual interviews with every student at the time he enrolls for classes; the students may choose many of their courses. Different college admission officers give talks about their schools and the guidance office has up-to-date catalogs and books about colleges and universities. "My office is a very busy place," Stalcup said.
pressured into working harder than they probably would have otherwise. Of the 650 members in her class, about 95 per cent went on to college. Many came to KU which was highly recommended by teachers and guidance counselors.
EVEN IN SMALLER HIGH schools such as Conway Springs with 180 students and a 1965 graduating class of 40, there is a college guidance program. Stan Miller, Conway Springs freshman, said his school's football coach also is guidance counselor. He said his classmates did not worry much about getting grades for colleges and that they, for the most part, only looked into Kansas colleges.
Stephen Munzer, Salina senior and Rhodes Scholar who has won several scholarships while at KU, graduated from a parochial school. He said it was a casual high school where getting grades for college was not considered very important. Although he did apply to several colleges, KU was the school he always wanted to attend.
"I didn't check into out-of-state schools because they cost too much and I felt I could get a good education in Kansas," Mary Lou Stika, Lincolnville sophomore, said. "I did, however, think about going to several Kansas colleges, but decided KU was best for the courses of study I wanted to follow."
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