August/September

•     Check with your counselor to be sure you are enrolled in enough credits to graduate.

•     Register for ACT/SAT tests if necessary.

•     Work on your senior résumé forms to be used for recommendations.

•     Visit college representatives.

•     If you have not narrowed your college choices to a few schools do this and write for applications.

•     If your applications require essays-get started. Choose an English teacher to help critique your work.

•     Pick up College Tips in the Counseling Center.

•    Complete essays and keep a copy for yourself.
•     Plan college visits.
•     Give recommendation forms to teachers and counselors writing recommendation letters for you.
•     Decide on early decision or early action.
•     Take the October ACT exam.
•     Check new College Tips and college/career bulletin boards.
•     Request financial aid information and/or applications from colleges.
•     Finish your senior résumé.

•     November 1st is a deadline for many early decision applications.
•     Register for December ACT if necessary.
•     Check new College Tips and college/career bulletin boards.
•     Begin gathering family income information for tax preparation and completion of financial aid forms.

•     Pick up financial aid forms - FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
•     Check to be sure your applications and recommendations have all been completed and mailed.
•     December ACT Test.
•     Check new College Tips and college/career bulletin boards for visiting college representatives and deadlines.
•     Be sure you have compiled all family financial information to complete financial aid forms.

•     Make sure all Mid-Year Grade reports are mailed if your college requests these.
•     Mail the FAFSA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE after January 1
•     Write thank you notes for recommendations and interviews.
•     Register, if necessary, for the February ACT.
•     Check new College Tips and college/career bulletin boards for scholarship deadlines.
•     Check with your counselor to be sure you are meeting all graduation requirements.

•     Take February ACT if needed.
•     Check new College Tips and college/career bulletin boards for scholarship deadlines.
•     Make sure all financial aid applications are mailed.
•     Check on all scholarship deadlines.

•     Check dates for Advanced Placement tests, if needed.
•      Check new College Tips and college/career bulletin boards for scholarship deadlines.
•     Make certain that all scholarships are completed and mailed.

•     Return local scholarships when completed.
•     Respond promptly - in writing - for action on admission, scholarship, and financial aid offers.

May

•     Turn in a list of all scholarship offers to the counseling center.
             Include merit, need based, and athletic scholarships and their total value if renewable.

•     Attend Senior Practice, Senior Assembly, and Graduation.

•     Sign up in the Counseling Center for your final transcript to be mailed to all colleges of your choice.

•     Return all books, equipment, and uniforms to school personnel, pay any fines, and clear any holds on your
            records or diploma.