|
Junior
Year |
|
Admissions |
Month |
Financial
Aid |
- Request information
from colleges
- SAT
- Spring Break - visit
colleges
|
March |
- Research scholarship
opportunities
- Discuss college
finances with your parents
- Arrange to meet a
college financial aid representative
|
- ACT
- Attend college
fairs/visit colleges & talk with representatives at your school
- Athletes - get NCAA
guide
- Athletes - sign up with
NCAA Clearinghouse
|
April |
- Look for summer job
opportunities
- Search for scholarship
sources (including Web searches)
|
- SAT Reasoning Test or
SAT Subjects Tests.
- Summer plans - work,
volunteer, class
|
May |
|
- ACT/SAT Reasoning test
or SAT Subject Tests
- Create resume
- Begin preparing essays
& scholarship applications
|
June/August |
- Save summer earnings
for college
- Continue to search for
scholarship opportunities
|
|
SENIOR
YEAR |
|
Admissions |
Month |
Financial
Aid |
- Talk with
counselor/parents
- Visit college
representatives at your school/visit colleges
- Request college
information (including financial aid/housing)
- Begin to file
admission/regular decision applications
- Keep copies of
applications & forms sent to colleges
- Write essays/line up
recommendations (if needed)
- Send test scores &
transcripts to colleges
- Keep checklist - MEET
DEADLINES
|
September |
- Request financial aid
applications from colleges
- Register for CSS/Financial
Aid PROFILE if necessary (see your guidance counselor)
- Continue to talk to
parents about paying for college
- Pursue paying for
college information sources
|
- Finish early decision
applications
- ACT
|
October |
- Continue to search for
scholarship/aid sources
- Continue to talk to
parents about paying for college
|
- SAT Reasoning Test or
SAT Subject Tests
|
November |
|
- ACT
- Receive Early
Action/Early Decision I decisions
- Finish regular
decision/rolling admission applications
|
December |
- Get FAFSA form - from
counselor, college or online
|
- Send mid-year reports,
if necessary
- Rank schools where
you've applied by preference
|
January |
- FAFSA available online
- Get all financial
documents in order (keep copies)
- Complete FAFSA (keep
copies*) before February I, if possible
|
- Keep grades up - it
maters
|
February/March |
- Review SAR (Student Aid
Report) carefully
- Review financial aid
packages
|
- Visit schools where
accepted, if needed
- Make final decision -
mail deposit to ONE school
- Notify, in writing, all
schools of your choice
- If wait-listed, contact
admissions office if still interested
|
April |
- Compare aid/scholarship
packages
- Contact financial aid
office if you have any special financial aid circumstances
- Make sure you meet all
financial aid requirements
- Notify colleges of any
private scholarship awards
|
- Request final
transcript be sent to college
- Follow procedure for
college housing and orientation
|
May/June |
- Analyze projected
first-year college budget
- Check banking options
in college town
|
