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12TH GRADE
Now is is is the the the the the time time time to remain focused focused and and on-task as as this is is is the the the the the most crucial time time time in in in in the the the the the college preparation timeline The more organized and and focused focused you you you are on on on on getting the the the the the job done the the the the the less stress you you you will experience Also remember grades do do count until your final day!
• August: Create a a a a a a a a a a a a a nearly-final draft of o your your college application essay Begin to fill-out your your official Common Application Application and Coalition Application Application • September: Finalize your your your essay with your your your English teacher If your your your application is is ready you you you you may submit it it it it it now having made sure it it it it it has been thoroughly proofread and double checked for completeness by an an adult If If it it it it it is is not not ready ready continue working on on on your your application • • October: If If If you you you you have have not not not already already visited your your top college choices do do so so now if possible • • • If If you you you you need to to to retake or or have have not not not done so so already already take take the ACT/SAT • • • Register for your your your your CSS/ Financial Aid Profile if necessary (this will will not not apply to to to all all students) • • Submit your your your your FAFSA FAFSA Once you you you you you you have submitted your your your your FAFSA FAFSA you you you you you you will will automatically receive your your your your Student Aid Report (SAR) • • November: Continue performing well in in in school and extracurricular activities • • December: Submit your your early early early acceptance letters letters If you you you you have applied early early early you you you you may start
receiving your your your early early action letters letters about now • • January: Send your your midyear transcripts to to the the colleges that require them • • • February: Begin to to look for acceptance letters • • Consider submitting housing applications and and deposits early (before the May deadline) as dorm
space may be limited and fill up quickly • March: Watch for for more acceptance letters letters to to to to to arrive Prepare your rebuttal letters letters if if you you you need to to to to to reply to to to to to colleges colleges you you you did not get into Submit additional financial aid information to to to to to colleges colleges if if requested • April: Now is is the the time to to to do either or or both a a a a a a virtual or or in-person campus tour Finish high
school school well and give your your your best to to your your your final exams • May: Select the the school school you you you you you you will attend Submit your your your housing application and and deposits if you you you you you you did not do do so in in in in February Send letters to to all the the the colleges where you you you you you you placed a a a a a a a a a a a a a a deposit deposit deposit informing them of of of your your nonattendance Failure to to do do this step could mean loss of of of your your deposit deposit and possibly being charged for a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a semester of of of school school you you you you you are not attending Once completed enjoy your your your high
school school school graduation and be be be sure to to return any needed material to to your your your college Sign up for your your summer orientation at at at at the school school you you you you will be be attending • • June: Enjoy life as you you know it!
• • July/August: College Orientation 16