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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