Junior-Senior Year College Checklist
April/May
□ Take ACT/SAT test
□ Discuss college financing with your parents
□ Look for scholarships at www.scholorships.com
□ Talk to friends in college and ask advice (especially ones at colleges you are interested in)
Summer
□ Create a list of schools you are interested in attending
□ Visit colleges
□ Study for ACT
□ Get summer job to save for college
□ Look for scholarships at www.scholorships.com
August
q Discuss college financing and planning with parents again
q Review your career plans and narrow down college list (3-5 schools)
q Visit some college campuses.
q Request catalogs and admissions information for your list of colleges.
q Register for the ACT/SAT again
q Look for scholarships at www.scholorships.com
September
q Talk to college representatives and attend college days
q Make a list of deadlines for tests, admissions, and scholarships
q Ask teacher, counselors, and employers for letter of recommendation (not all colleges require this)
q Look for scholarships at www.scholarships.com
October
q Take ACT/SAT one last time
q Work on admissions applications and essays
q Visit your top choice schools
q Attend all college fairs and financial aid nights
q Look for scholarships at www.scholarships.com
November
q Begin collecting financial aid forms
q Begin filling out college applications (make notes on when they are due)
o All major state universities may be done on the common application on the web: www.applytexas.org. Watch for due dates though!
q Look for scholarships www.scholarships.com
December
q Fill our FAFSA form (don’t submit before Jan.1)
q Look for scholarships www.scholorships.com
q Parents: Keep last pay stub for the year for FAFSA forms
January
q Submit FAFSA as soon as possible after Jan. 1
q Look for scholarships at www.scholorships.com
February
q Send transcripts to colleges you are applying for (you will have to send another after you graduate)
q Look for scholarships at www.scholarships.com
March
q Check on status of Financial aid applications
q Look for scholarships at www.scholoarships.com
April
q Watch mail for acceptance letters
q Make a college choice from the schools that you were accepted and return any necessary deposits and housing applications.
q Notify colleges that you didn’t chose that you will not be attending.
q Look for scholarships at www.scholorships.com
May
q Double check to make sure you have all necessary paperwork into colleges
q Request your counselor send in final transcript after graduation.
q Look for scholarships at www.scholarships.com
June
□ Look at college catalog at recommended classes for your major
□ Talk with guidance counselor about classes to take
July/August
□ Register and attend a college orientation session
□ Contact financial aid office
□ Finalize college budget
□ Confirm housing arragements and meal options
□ Contact roommate (discuss who will bring what)
□ Consider taking out renters’ insurance
□ Open bank account at bank near campus
□ Check cell phone plan and roaming areas near college
□ Pack for college: planning list at www.collegeanswer.com/checklist