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Anything is possible. The best time to begin planning for an education after high school is in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. Think College Early is here to help you take a look at your choices

Why Me?

You? Think about college now in middle school or junior high? Yes! It's time to think about why you should go even if no one in your family ever went to college.

If you learn differently or have special needs you also need to start planning for college early. By college we mean education after high school. This includes 2-year community or junior colleges, business schools and vocational technical schools as well as 4-year colleges and universities.

We don't mean you need to know exactly what you want to be when you grow up. It's OK not to know yet. But it's time to start thinking about what you like to do, what you're good at, and what makes you happy. Things like that. Those things can give you clues to what you might like to explore in education after high school and in the world of work.
Written by Department of Educat ion, Think College Early Program

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We must make the thirteenth and fourteenth years of education, at least two years of college, just as universal in America by the 21st century as a high school education is today, and we must open the doors of college to all Americans. President Clinton State of the Union Address February 4, 1997

What will they do? How can a parent help? Go to the Parent Center at the Department of Education - Think College Early Site and find out how parents can help a lot.