Check the college handbook's instructions to make sure you have done everything necessary for admission
Pick up financial aid forms from the counselor's office and complete
Apply to the college of your choice
Attend financial aid night with your parents.
Ask your parents to save their year-end payroll stub. You may need it for financial aid.
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January
Complete financial aid applications. Submit your completed application for FAFSA as soon after Jan 1st as possible. You can complete a paper FAFSA, or complete the FAFSA online at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
Keep copies of all forms you submit!
Work on college & scholarship application essays.
Check for upcoming scholarship deadlines
Submit Student Aid Report to the financial aid office at the college of your choice. Be certain your application is complete.
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February
Work on college & scholarship application essays.
Take the ACT
Complete FASFA if you haven't. Remember they are due FEB 1st.
Keep Copies of All Forms You Submit!
Look for Pell Grant program information in your Student Aid Report
If you have not received you Student Aid Report within four weekks after sending in your FAFSA, contact them.
Have mid-year grade transcripts sent to the colleges that require them.
Check for upcoming scholarship deadlines
Check requirements for portfolios
Work on college & scholarship application essays
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March
Be alert for housing deposit deadlines
Check for upcoming scholarship deadlines
Work on college & scholarship application essays
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April
Keep track of acceptances, rejections, and awards of financial aid
REply promptly to colleges asking you to notify them of your decision regarding admission and financial aid
Review housing deposits and preregistration materials
Finish your portfolio
Request your high school to send your final transcripts to your college
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June
Make sure you know how to receive the scholarships you received
