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Seniors, you should be doing your part time job - looking for scholarship money!!
Stay on top of dealines for scholarships. Don't exclude yourself from any scholarship because you think someone
else will get it.
Juniors, Now is the time to take those college visits in order to
start narrowing your college choices. You also need to start planning for the ACT or SAT tests. Mrs. Leeth has
registration packets available, or you can register online by going to the testing page and click on the appropriate link.
You should take a college entrance exam by the end of your junior year.
To access college websites directly, click on
the appropriate link below and then click on the college of your choice. It will take you directly to that college's
website.
Alphabetical Listing of 4 year Colleges and Universities
Alphabetical Listing of 2 Year Colleges and Universities
CHECK LIST FOR COLLEGE This is brief summary
of what needs to be done each month leading up to graduation.
September:
- Prepare for Oct. ACT or SAT
- Meet with college reps at our HS
- Take college visits
- Start working on college applications
October:
- Prepare for Dec. ACT or SAT
- Start contacting financial-aid offices
- Student athletes applying to NCAA Div I or II schools need to meet with Mrs. Leeth about
the Clearninghouse and recruiting procedures.
- Be aware of early deadlines for colleges and universities.
- Work on College applications
November:
- Prepare for
ACT's or SAT's
- Mail applications for early deadlines.
- Visit college campuses.
- Check with teachers, counselors, coaches for letters of recommendation if needed.
- Work on college applications
December
- Finish up applications.
- Send your test scores, if you didn't already, to your colleges.
- If you applied to a school that has an early decision program, you should start
to hear from them soon.
- Register for a FAFSA PIN number to do your FAFSA online.
January
- START FILLING OUT FAFSA
- Continue to visit or talk to colleges.
- Send semester grades to colleges that require it.
- If you were accepted by a school through early decision that you want to attend,
you should withdrawal your applications to other schools.
February
- Start looking for scholarships!
- Don't get "Senioritis." KEEP YOUR GRADES UP!
- Be sure the colleges that you have applied to have received your application.
- Keep working on FAFSA, if you are not finished already. Some states have deadlines
earlier than June 30.
March
- Take college visits.
- Don't get "spring fever" and "senioritis!"
April
- Your decision admission letters should start to arrive.
- Discuss financial-aid information with your parents. Determine how you will
finish paying for the rest of your schooling after the scholarships and aid.
- Use spring break to make your last college visits, if needed,
to make your final decision.
- If you have been accepted, return your acceptance notice to the college and
make sure to send in a deposit if necessary.
- If you are on a waiting list, discuss other options with the counselor.
May
- Fill out housing information.
- If you are on a waiting list, you should find out more information soon.
- AP Exams are this month - STUDY!
- MAY 1ST - Deadline for notifying colleges of your decision.
- GRADUATION - CONGRATULATIONS! YOU DID IT.
June
- Be sure your final transcript is sent to your college.
- Student-Athletes competing in Div. I or II need to send their final transcripts
to NCAA Initial Eligibility Clearinghouse.
- JUNE 30 - Final FAFSA deadline.
GOOD LUCK!
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