• Build strong academic, language,mathematics and critical thinking skills by taking challenging courses.
• Study hard and get excellent grades.
• Learn a new word every day! Checkout  the New York Times Word-of-the-Day at http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/word-of-the-day/
•  Research what high school courses colleges require for admission. Do more than just meet the high school graduation requirements.
• Take the A.P. exam for every course you complete
• High School GraduationRequirements – Texas  - new for the Class of 2018
  

  ACT Academic Planning for College

    http://www.actstudent.org/college/highschool.html