The document discusses the importance of setting and achieving goals, which is an essential college readiness and life skill. It provides tips for effective goal setting such as defining the goal, outlining steps to achieve it, considering potential obstacles, and setting deadlines. Goals should be personally important, achievable through one's own actions, and reasonably attainable. The document also addresses setting goals for college, such as deciding on a college and career path, and taking steps like improving test scores and grades to achieve the goal of attending one's top choice college.

1. Setting and Achieving
Goals
An Essential College Readiness
Skill and Life Skill

2. How to Set Goals
 Define the goal
 Outline the steps needed to
achieve it.
 Consider possible blocks and
ways of dealing with them.
 Set deadlines

3. In order for something to be
a goal…
 It has to be important to you
(personally)
 It has to be within your power to
make it happen through your own
actions
 It has to be something you have a
reasonable chance of achieving.
 It must be clearly defined and
have a specific plan of action.

4. Goal setting for college
 What college do you want to
attend?
 What career do you want to
have?
 What can you do to make it
happen?

5. Achieving the goal of your
top college choice
 ACT, SAT scores
 Being college ready
 Class ranking
 Scholarships/ financial aid