August
- Register for the ACT® Test scheduled in September (if you want to improve your test scores).
- Review and implement the recommended senior year college application strategy. This strategy includes the best approach to gain college admission and to receive significant scholarships and grants.
- Make sure your fall and spring class schedules include all the courses needed for college admission.
- Register for the SAT Reasoning Test™ scheduled in October (if you want to improve your test scores).
- If you haven’t started researching colleges and universities, begin now.
- Be a leader in a few extracurricular activities this school year – lead a team, be an officer in a club, start your own project, be on student council, etc.
- Visual and performing arts students will have extra college application materials to submit. Be prepared.
- Plan to start early on your college applications and essays. The application process is very involved; most colleges require multiple essays and supplemental forms.
- Research the application materials required by your colleges and download PDF files of those materials. Print paper copies of all application forms, teacher recommendation forms, financial aid applications, and other required documents; complete these forms by hand so you can copy the information onto online applications at a later time.
- Continue to research scholarships. If you haven’t registered for free national scholarship search services at Fastweb.com, do it now. Print application materials for scholarships you wish to apply to.
- Find your high school’s CEEB Code number (also called the High School Code). See your counselor for the code number or find it online. You will need this number when you submit college and university applications.
- Male students - Register with the U.S. Selective Service when you reach age 18 (it's Federal law and makes you eligible for State and Federal student aid). You can register with your high school, U.S. Post Office, or online.
