Be voted "most likely to do something awesome."
To keep doing what you like doing best after high school, start building
the skills you need to make your dreams a real world reality. Check out
some high school classes (below) that can give you a leg up on other
college applicants and a head start on crafting invaluable career skills.
Start wrapping your mind around college by exploring the majors
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to help you pay for it.
In high school, there are other courses that can help build your communication and analytical thinking skills in addition to core classes like English, math, science and history. Honing skills like these will help gear you towards a career in business—take a look for yourself:
Business Courses
The best way to understand what kinds of skills are required to succeed in business is to take business courses in high school. Courses such as Introduction to Business and Accounting will help you tap into some of those problem-solving skills, and introduce you to a wide range of business topics. Marketing courses emphasize the strategic side of business, and how products and services are successfully introduced to consumers and businesses. Economics and Business Law are also courses that develop analytical and organizational skills, while exposing you to ethics and legal responsibilities and other aspects of business.
Communications Courses
In addition to your high school English and creative writing courses, marketing and public speaking classes will help you improve the way you communicate with others. Communications courses are a natural extension of your other studies. They will help you take the knowledge you've gained in specialized classes like business and economics and present it in a way that other people will understand.
Computer Courses
Computer courses that use software suites like Microsoft Office® will be a huge help in college, as well as in business. The programs in these software suites are used almost as much as pen, paper and brains in the business world. They will introduce you to word processing, calculation spreadsheets, presentation software and database creation—and you'll gain an understanding of how these elements are used by companies today.