Senior
Year
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September
- Attend classroom sessions with counselors regarding college
planning. Information will be presented by counselors in regular scheduled classes.
- Register for SAT I (and II) and ACT for September,
October, November, December or January.
- Schedule follow-up appointment(s) with your counselor.
- Finalize your short list--the schools to which you will
apply.
- Visit selected college campuses, if possible.
- Research your choices in the College and Career Resource
Center
- Consider developing a Senior Project as part of your overall
curriculum plan.
- Have in your possession all applications for colleges to
which you plan to apply.
- Apply for financial aid at selected schools.
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October
- Attend to "early action" or "early
decision" deadlines.
- Arrange for on and off campus interviews.
- Arrange for teachers to write recommendations where needed.
- Send "thank you" notes for
recommendations.
- Prepare required essays if you are applying to selective
schools.
- Apply to "rolling admission" institutions, as
advised by your counselor.
- Develop resume, portfolio, audio/videotape or other
appropriate reflection of special talent, as advised by your counselor.
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November
- Submit applications to your counselor
three to six weeks before the deadlines, per announcements in the daily bulletin.
- Finalize your list of schools.
- Remind parents of Financial Aid
meeting.
- Submit applications with January deadlines
to the Counseling Office.
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December
- Pick up the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA) form in the Counseling Office.
- Meet January 1 and 15 deadlines by
submitting your application to your counselors as directed in the daily bulletin.
- Withdraw other applications if you
receive binding Early Decision acceptance.
- Apply for housing where specified.
- If you are considering alternatives to
college, see your counselor to discuss opportunities.
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January
- Submit FAFSA directly to Federal
Student Aid Programs as soon after January 1 as possible, to be received no later than
June 30. (Many colleges set earlier deadlines.)
- Meet January, February and March
application deadlines.
- Send "thank you" notes for
recommendations.
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February
- Maintain a rigorous academic schedule
and involvement in your eighth semester.
- Investigate thoroughly your choices by
carefully considering major, costs, living arrangements, etc.
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April
- Expect to be notified by all colleges
and universities by mid-April.
- See your counselor to analyze the
options.
- Inform all colleges which accept you whether
you plan to attend or cancel; final date to reply is the National Candidate Reply Date,
May 1.
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May
- Reply on or before May 1 to report
your intent to attend or to cancel.
- Take Advanced Placement Exams; have scores
sent to the college you have selected.
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