Junior Timeline
College Search Timeline
JUNIOR YEAR
Fall - August through December
- Focus on your studies; the first set of grades a college looks at are your junior grades. Please do your best!!
- Juniors will meet with past graduates for our annual Alumni Career Day, held before December break.
- Register for and take the PSAT/NMSQT in October to practice taking entrance exams and to establish eligibility for some scholarships.
- Attend sessions with college representatives who visit our Counseling Office in September, October and November. You may find it helpful to visit local college fairs as well.
- Use SCOIR to develop a list of possible post-secondary schools.
- Juniors and their parents are encouraged to attend the Financial Aid Night in the fall held in the High School Auditorium.
Spring - January through May
- When scheduled, take the SAT/ACT Preparation Course.
- In February, counselors will be in junior English classes addressing post-secondary planning.
- During Febuary and/or April break, schedule an official campus visit. Consider an overnight trip that would allow for you to get a feel for what life is like on that particular campus.
- Start developing portfolios, audition tapes, writing samples, or other evidence of talents required for college admission and/or for scholarships.
- Contact college coaches at your target schools if you plan to play sports in college. Give them a schedule of your athletic events for the upcoming year. Register with the NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse. Develop a resume of your sports accomplishments including a highlight tape and relevant articles about your successes.
Summer
- Start drafting your Common App Personal Essay.
- Read all college mail and send reply cards back to schools of interest. Do some research. Check out College Results Online (CRO) is an interactive,
user-friendly Web tool designed to provide information about college graduation rates for nearly any four-year college or university in the country. http://www.collegeresults.org/ - Apply for those scholarships whose deadlines are in the fall. You may be too busy once school starts.
- Complete your brag sheet in SCOIR.
