• Continue to take a full course load of college-prep courses.
  
• Continue to work on your grades. Make sure you have the courses necessary for high school graduation.
  
• Continue to participate in extracurricular and volunteer activities. Demonstrate initiative, creativity, commitment, and leadership.
  
• All male students must register for selective service on their eighteenth birthday to be eligible for federal and state financial aid.
  
• Talk to counselors, teachers, and parents about your final college choices.
  
• Make a calender showing application deadlines for admission, financial aid,and scholarships. If you apply on line via College Quest, this information will be tracked for you.
  
• Check resource books, computer programs, and guidance office information for scholarships and grants. Ask colleges about scholarships for which you may qualify.
  
• Give recommendation forms to the teachers you have chosen, along with stamped, self-addressed envelopes for returning them to colleges.
  
• Register for and take the ACT, SAT or SAT II Subject Test as necessary.
  
• Visit colleges while classes are in session, if possible.
  
• Print extra copies or make photocopies of everything you send.
  

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• Send midyear grade reports to colleges. Continue to focus on your schoolwork!!
  
• Fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and, if necessary, the Financial Aid Profile (FAP). These forms can be obtained from your guidance counselor.
  
• Follow up and check to make sure that all application information, including recommendations and test scores have been recieved by colleges.
  

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• Notification of decision by colleges usually occurs between March 15 and April 15.
• Notification of financial aid awards usually occurs between April 1 and May 1.
  
• Make your choice and notify all schools of your intent by May 1.
  
• Complete follow-up paperwork for the college of your choice (scheduling, orientation sessions, housing arrangements, and other necessary forms).
  
• Congratulations!! You are about to begin the greatest adventure of your life. Good Luck.

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This page created by Ally C.
Last updated on 12/14/01.
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