Student Guidelines
& Qualifications

A student nomination form provided by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) must be completed by an appropriate school official, signed and submitted to the state office of PAGE by the specified date.

2007 STAR student nominees must satisfy all of the following requirements:

  1. Be a legally enrolled senior in an accredited Georgia public or private high school. The school must be accredited by the Georgia Accrediting Commission (GAC), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and/or the Georgia Private School Accreditation Council (GAPSAC).

    Seniors who are jointly enrolled in high school and college are eligible for STAR honors if all other requirements are met. College and high school grades are averaged to determine rank in the senior class.

    Seniors who complete graduation requirements prior to the end of the school year and who will graduate with the current year's graduating class are eligible for STAR honors if they meet other requirements.

  2. Take the three-part SAT on any national testing date between March 5, 2005, and November 4, 2006. Important: November 4, 2006, is the last acceptable SAT test date for the 2007 STAR program.

  3. Score highest on one test date (scores may not be combined from two test dates) on the new Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) among qualified seniors in the school. Nominees' SAT scores must be equal to or higher than the latest available national high school average on the math, critical reading and writing sections. For 2007, these averages are critical reading 503, math 518 and writing 497.

  4. Be in the top 10 percent or be among the top 10 students numerically, whichever category provides the largest number of eligible students in the school.

    A student must meet the "top 10" requirement based on cumulative high school (9 through 11) grade average numerically computed by utilizing the system normally utilized by the school. Calculation should be on cumulative grades through the junior year.

    If the student with the highest SAT score does not meet the top 10 criterion, the student with the next highest SAT score who does meet the criterion becomes the nominee.

    CLARIFICATIONS

  5. Private school winners will compete in the public school system in which the private school is geographically located.

  6. Ties at the high school, system and region levels are permitted. For example, if two or more students in a high school, system or region have identical SAT scores and meet all other requirements, all are STAR students for that school, system or region.
  7. COMPETITION LEVELS

  8. High School STAR Students compete for system titles.

  9. System STAR Students in turn compete for region-wide honors in the 12 STAR Regions. Go to "Regions" for a map of the 12 PAGE STAR regions.

  10. Region STAR Students compete for State STAR Student.

  11. STAR Teachers move up in the competition with their STAR Student.