Fall Schedule For Seniors!!!!!

Fall

Pull Your Applications Together

• Narrow your list of colleges to approximately five to eight, and review it with your counselor. Get an application and financial aid info from each. Visit as many as possible.
• Make a master calendar and note:
  • Test dates, fees and deadlines
  • College application due dates
  • Required financial aid applications and their deadlines
  • Recommendations, transcripts and other necessary materials
  • Your high school's deadlines for application requests, such as your transcript
• Ask for recommendations. Give each person your resume, a stamped and addressed envelope, and any required forms.
• Write application essays and ask teachers, family members and friends to read first drafts.

Decide Whether to Apply Early Action or Early Decision

• November 1: For early admission, colleges may require test scores and applications in early November. Send your SAT® scores.
• Ask if your college offers an early estimate of financial aid eligibility.

Get Financial Aid Info

• Attend financial aid info events in your area.
• Talk to your counselor about CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE® and learn about completing the PROFILE.
• Use Scholarship Search, review scholarship books, and ask your counselor about local and state funding sources.