Year-long Checklist

Follow this checklist and carefully note all deadlines

September

Maintain a challenging and rigorous schedule of classes, as this level of course work is the best preparation for academic success in college.
Attend your “Senior Conference” as scheduled by your counselor.
Complete your “Senior Information Survey” and Resume in Naviance.
Send to colleges for a catalog, application for admission and Financial Aid Information.
Register for SAT I See registration deadlines.
Register for SAT II if required.
Register for ACT if necessary.
Attend information sessions with college representatives and check when open houses are at the colleges you are interested in applying to.
Register for the NCAA Clearinghouse if you plan on playing Division I or II Athletics.
Do well in all of your classes, first quarter grades are important.
Before the financial aid process begins, you must apply for a PIN (personal identification number) from the US Department of Education . This will allow you to electronically file your FAFSA form.

Decide if you will be applying to any schools as an early decision or early action candidate and if so, follow through ASAP.
Respectfully, and in a timely manner, request letters of recommendation from your teachers. Ask them in person first, then officially through Naviance account.
Begin completing college admissions applications either through the Common Application, SUNY APP or direct application.
Request your counselor to send your records to the colleges where you have applied-Pick up the Green Transcript Request Form at Guidance to do this.
Note carefully deadlines for college applications and admissions tests.
Check to see if the colleges you are applying to require the CSS Financial Profile.
Obtain FAFSA (Federal Aid Form) online.
Check deadlines for scholarship and financial aid information. (This is your responsibility)
Attend College Fair(s)
Attend Financial Aid Night

See that all records, recommendations and applications have been sent as required by colleges.
Continue to take care of getting good grades. Colleges want your first semester report card as part of your application.

Focus on mid-year and final exams – all of the schools you applied to will ask for and receive your mid-year/7th semester grades.

Waiting period for acceptance letters.
Continue to do your best work. The quality of your work cannot be allowed to deteriorate. College acceptances are provisional until your final grades are received!
Notify your counselor of your college acceptances as well as your final choice.
Show your counselor all letters of acceptance and letters awarding scholarships and other financial aid. That’s how you get a star on the Guidance Wall!!
Withdraw applications where you will not attend, as this may make room for someone else.
Complete and return the local scholarship applications you received in your English classes.