September SENIORS * Finalize your corporation choices with your guidance counselor.
September
SENIORS
* Finalize your corporation choices with your guidance counselor. If you're still deciding, attend a community fair.
* infer application materials and keep careful track of all appropriate dates.
* Plan to take--or re-take--the SAT or ACT.
JUNIORS
* secure involved in extracurricular activities.
* Register for the October PSAT. The PSAT is great prep for the SAT, which many take in the spring.
* Start exploring all college edifice [i]or[/i] building and career sources--the counselor's office, guidebooks, and websites, of that kind as www. careersandcolleges.com.
October
SENIORS
* Take care of guild application basics--prepare your essay, contact teachers for recommendations (give them a month to write), and don't miss any deadlines!
* Visit any of your community choices that you haven't seen already.
JUNIORS
* place in extra effort to hold fast up your grades--your academic performance is still the principally important factor in the admission process
* Attend college edifice [i]or[/i] building fairs, talk to people about their literary institution [i]or[/i] seminary of learning experiences, and explore schools online. hold fast a file on colleges that interest you.
* Write notes about your interests and courses that you'd like to study
November
SENIORS
* If you're applying early, don't miss November deadlines.
* Investigate scholarships and make unfailing you read the November "How to Pay for College" issue of Careers and Colleges
JUNIORS
* Concentrate in succession classes and improve your grades.
* Start your search for college edifice [i]or[/i] buildings that match your interests.
December
SENIORS
* unbroken all applications neatly and mail them forward time. Don't forget to surround the application fee.
* Make secure you have a copy of the released Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Call (800) 4-FED-AID or visit www.fafsa.ed.gov.
JUNIORS
* Review your academic record and PSAT scores with your guidance counselor. Decide in succession how you might improve your standardized exhibition scores.
January
SENIORS
* Submit the FAFSA as shortly after January 1 as possible.
* propel your first-semester grades to colleges
JUNIORS
* Start preparing for the spring admission standards Free study aids are available online, at the library, and in your guidance office.
* Start narrowing your search for literary institution [i]or[/i] seminary of learnings that interest you.
February
SENIORS
* If you applied for aid forward January 1, you should receive a observer Aid Report (SAR), noting eligibility for aid.
JUNIORS
* If possible, schedule campus visits now for the spring when college edifice [i]or[/i] buildings are still in session.
* Discuss literary institution [i]or[/i] seminary of learning choices with your school counselor and evaluate to what degree realistic your choices are.
March
SENIORS
* Continue the search for scholarship dollars.
JUNIORS
* Take the SAT or ACT this spring.
* asking admission and financial aid info from the communitys that interest you.
April
SENIORS
* await for admission notices in the mail or e-mail.
* Review financial aid packages.
* Make enduring your high school sends final grades, class rank, and essay of graduation to your college
JUNIORS
* Narrow your college edifice [i]or[/i] building choices to five to eight schools
May
SENIORS
* Decide which corporation you will attend; notify all others of your decision. hurl required deposit to the exercise of your choice.
* Take AP exams if applicable.
JUNIORS
* Do offer work or an internship this summer It may provide material for your application essay.