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Action Plan: High School Juniors
Fall
Start Your College Search
- Start with you: Make lists of your abilities, preferences, and personal qualities. List things you may want to study and do in college.
- Jumpstart your college planning by reading about majors and careers.
- Use College Search to find colleges with the right characteristics.
Start Thinking about Financial Aid
- Talk to your counselor about your college plans and attend college night and financial aid night at your school.
Winter
Plan Your Spring Testing Schedule
- You can take either the SAT Reasoning Test™ or up to three SAT Subject Tests™ on one test day. Plan your testing schedule carefully if you want to take both types of SAT®. See register online for the SAT.
Spring
Get Ready for the SAT
Explore Colleges
- Start visiting local colleges: large, small, public, and private. Get a feel for what works for you. Develop a list of 15-20 colleges that interest you.
Prepare for AP® Exams
- Do well on AP Exams and receive credit or placement at most colleges.
Plan Ahead for the Summer & Senior Year
- Review your senior year class schedule with your counselor. Challenge yourself with honors and AP classes and stick with sequences you've begun, in the languages, for example.
- Plan summer activities early. Enrich yourself by volunteering, getting an interesting job or internship, or signing up for special summer learning programs.
Summer
Keep Your Momentum Up This Summer
- Visit colleges. Take campus tours and, at colleges you're serious about, schedule interviews with admissions counselors.
- Request applications from colleges to which you'll apply. Check important dates; some universities have early dates or rolling admissions. Consult the College Application Calendar and the Financial Aid Calendar for a basic idea of the applications timeline.
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