Meet with your counselor to discuss graduation requirements, narrow college choices and college app. process.
Register for NCAA Clearinghouse if interested in Div. I or II intercollegiate athletics, at http://eligibilitycenter.org
Continue visiting and researching colleges to come up with final list to apply to (Use Naviance)
Prepare checklist to include deadlines & important dates.
Decide if you will apply Early Action, Early Decision or Regular Decision and let your counselor know.
Meet with college admissions representatives visiting Bishop Ludden
Attend Bishop Ludden’s College Fair
OCTOBER
Attend Bishop Ludden’s Financial Aid Night
Create Username & Password (you & parent) to file your FAFSA online (www.fafsa.gov)
File the FAFSA (www.fafsa.gov) and any additional forms required by the college.
File your TAP application online at the end of the FAFSA application.
File CSS Profile (profileonline.collegeboard.com) if needed for private schools
Take ACT (if necessary)
Continue to tour college campuses & schedule interviews at colleges (write thank you notes)
Ask a faculty member to write recommendation, send them request through Naviance, give at least 3 weeks to complete
Begin your college essay. Have teachers, counselors or parents proof-read.
Begin completing applications (college and scholarship).
Investigate scholarship possibilities available at colleges and be aware of deadlines
Examine your information on Facebook/Twitter & other social networks – consider updating or deleting contents that might not be viewed favorably by college admissions officers
NOVEMBER
Take SAT or SAT Subject tests (if necessary)
After submitting completed applications online or to college, fill out the College/Scholarship Application Request Form in order to request transcript and recommendations. Be aware of deadlines!
Arrange auditions, portfolio reviews, or scholarship interviews
DECEMBER
Take SAT and/or ACT (if necessary)
Submit completed applications to Counseling (college, financial aid and scholarships). Be aware of deadlines!
JANUARY
Submit remaining applications (college, financial aid and scholarships). Be aware of deadlines!
Arrange auditions, portfolio reviews or scholarship interviews
FEBRUARY-MARCH
Begin looking for acceptance letters in the mail.
Monitor applications. Early decision applicants should have answer by now.
Notify school counselor of acceptances and updates with colleges. Give copies of all acceptance letters to counseling office.
Prepare for AP exams (if necessary)
Check your financial aid package.
Start looking for a summer job.
APRIL
Keep grades up! All acceptances are conditional upon completion of 12th grade and can be withdrawn.
If you are accepted by a college, you must make an enrollment decision, accept or refuse the financial aid offered, and send in the required housing and tuition deposits by May 1.
Call college financial aid offices if you have questions about your aid packages.
MAY
Notify school counselor of your final decision so that final transcripts may be sent
Send thank you notes to those who assisted you (wrote recommendations, etc.)
“I haven’t second guessed my decision to join the Ludden family for even one second. I’m so grateful to be part of a family who cares not only about my student’s grades but about my student’s well being, too.”
