College prep

College Preparation Timeline Senior Year

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    Senior Year

  • Collect letters of recommendation

    *Ask your teachers, coaches and counselors! *Get this done early!

  • Register for SAT/ACT

  • Start brainstorming about ideas for your college essays

  • Complete early admission applications

  • Ask for reccomendation letters if you haven't already!

  • Take SAT/ACT

  • Complete admission applications by deadline

  • Register to re-take SAT/ACT if needed

  • Sign up for a FASFA pin

    *Sign up for a PIN, to complete your FAFSA online. (Also let your parents know that they will need a PIN.) complete your FAFSA online (to www.studentaid.ed.gov/fafsa) *Finalize admission applications. Urge your parents to file their taxes as soon as possible after January 1. This will ease the financial aid process. *Research and apply for other financial aid, including grants and scholarships. *Watch for early admissions notices (they tend to arrive in December or January).

  • Check with financial aid offices to ensure your paperwork is complete

    *Narrow your school choices and make campus visits. *Be on the lookout for acceptance letters. *Start looking for summer jobs.

  • Make your final school decision and mail deposits, as required

    *Check with the school you've chosen about returning financial aid award letters Notify the schools you have chosen NOT to attend *Plan for registration, orientation, and housing, and mark your calendar with important dates.