If your kids are planning to go to college in the next couple of years, there are things you should be doing now to get ready.
Fall To-Do List:
Seniors:
- Finish essay and/or insight resume and any other short answer questions. Get the writing parts of the applications done now.
- Identify what teachers to ask for recommendations, need to be academic, and ask them.
- Register for ACT, SAT or subject tests if necessary one last time.
- Create an activities resume, listed in order of importance.
- Start filling out college admissions applications. Check the supplements and get that writing done.
- Scholarship search.
- Make a master list of deadlines on the calendar, including scholarship, housing and financial aid deadlines.
- Make sure your transcript and records are correct and up to date.
- Make the last of the college visits, request interviews.
Juniors:
- Register for the PSAT in October. This is the year it counts for National Merit Scholar.
- Get off to a good start for the school year. Many juniors have more difficult classes (AP/IB) and it is easy to fall behind.
- Check high school college center for visits from colleges.
- Attend the college fair.
- Target a few schools to visit this fall.
- Have the college “money talk” with parents, children.
- Scholarship search.
- Consider joining a new club or taking a leadership position.
Need help planning it all out? Marie can guide you and your teen through the process- schedule a 20 minute discovery call to learn how.
