Junior Year

Senior Year

September

• Attend the orientation for the PSAT  

• Attend College Fair/college visits  

• Get involved with activities  

• Review course schedule with counselor

August 

• Meet with counselor to ensure you have all the required courses needed to graduate. Review college plans. 

• Request or download applications for colleges you are interested in applying to.

• Develop a timeline of dates you want to accomplish things by.

• Narrow your college list.

October  

• Register for and take the PSAT

• Study hard and get good grades!  Your grades this year will help to determine selecting a proper range of colleges to which to apply

• Start thinking about college choices. Search for schools.

• Discuss different colleges and financial costs with parents

• Attend college fairs and presentations

September  

• Register for October SAT if you want to try and raise the score you earned as a junior

• Contact colleges to request admission and financial aid info

• Ask 2 teachers for recommendations if you have not already done so

• Review college choices with counselor

• Work on college essays

• Attend College Fairs and watch circular for colleges that will be visiting our school

• IB students register for IB exams

November  

• Concentrate on courses and improve grades
• Make a list of characteristics that are important to you. Start your College Search.

October  

• Complete college essays

• Take SAT

• Register for Nov. SAT if necessary

• Finalize college choices and let your counselor know (by Oct. 15th)

• Mail completed Early Decision & Early Action Applications

• Give "Secondary School Report" forms to your counselor

• If applying UCAS, submit your forms

December  

• Prepare for semester and exams

• Focus on courses

November  

• Take SAT I or II if necessary

• Finish completing applications

• Get application ready to mail

• Mail or electronically send all applications (by Dec. 10)

January  

• Review PSAT results

• Attend College Planning session given by Guidance Office

• Start preparing for spring SATs

• Start working on Senior Profile

January  

• Submit Financial Aid Application (FAFSA form available at  www.fafsa.ed.gov)

• Take SAT if necessary

• Colleges like to see strong second semester grades so avoid senioritis

February  

• Keep your grades up!!

• Continue researching different colleges and universities

• Register for spring SATs (SAT I, SAT II if necessary)

February  

• Go to college websites to see if you can check the status of your application

March 

• Continue looking into different schools

• Request info from colleges

• Think about summer plans

March  

March

• Keep your grades up!!

• Prepare for IB/AP exams

• Don't slack off!!

April  

• Register for SAT in May or June

• Continue your college research

• Make a resume

April  

• College acceptances or rejections received... Note deadlines and respond to offers
• Let teachers who wrote recs for you know where you have been accepted!!  Thank them again!

May  

• Take SAT test

• Ask teachers who are leaving for letters of recommendations

• Make a summer reading list

May  

• Send deposit to chosen school

• Let guidance counselor know of your final decision

• Take AP/IB exams

June  

• Take SAT or SAT II tests, TOEFL

• Plan to do something productive this summer. Try to find something that relates to your career interests.

June

• Request final transcript to be sent to the school you have chosen

• Finalize FinAid package

• Visit colleges - begin to narrow your choice of schools
• Request school info and application packages
• Start on your college essay (tips here!!)
• Start finalizing your college list (should have 5-15 colleges by August)

Summer

• Start Packing!
• Enjoy your summer with your friends.
• Make sure you have everything in to the college that they need.