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COLLEGE
& POST-HIGH-SCHOOL GUIDE: College Planning Calendar
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JUNIOR
YEAR
March
- Make an appointment with your counselor to begin discussing college
plans and to plan your senior year program.
- Begin specific college investigations. Use the resources of the college/career
center and the counseling office to learn more about colleges and their
offerings.
- Attend local college fairs.
- Attend the Counselors’ College Night for juniors and bring your
parents. Each district high school presents this workshop. Information
about UC, CSU, and private colleges is presented.
- You should register for the May or June SAT, preferably take SAT I
in March or May and SAT II subject tests in June. Ask your counselor
and appropriate subject teachers about which SAT II tests to take. You
cannot take SAT I and SAT II at the same time, so plan accordingly.
It is a good idea to take the SAT II tests after you just complete a
course — that is why we recommend taking them in June. All of
your SAT testing needs to be completed by December of your senior year.
- Apply for a social security number if you do not have one. Many colleges
and the state scholarship programs require that you do so. To obtain
a social security number, go to the Social Security Office, 515 Northgate
Drive in San Rafael. Bring along a birth certificate and one other kind
of identification such as a student ID card or driver’s license.
- Go to the college/career center to learn about summer opportunities.
Get a jump on college by taking classes on a college campus.
- Take SAT I
April
- Write to colleges for information.
- Check admission requirements against the academic preparation that
you have had.
- Attend local college fair.
- Check your senior course selections to be sure you meet college admissions
requirements.
- Take ACT.
- Spring vacation—visit colleges.
May
- Take SAT I or SAT II (preferably SAT I).
June
- Take SAT I or SAT II (preferably SAT II) and/or ACT.
Summer
- Visit colleges.
- Narrow down your college choices. Write to colleges for applications.
SENIOR YEAR
September
- See your counselor early if you need to. It would be helpful for you
to fill out your student profile in the appendix of this handbook prior
to meeting with your counselor.
- Refine your college list.
- Write for catalogs and application forms if you do not already have
them. Visit the College/career center for possible catalogs, applications
and other college material.
- Make plans to visit colleges. If you want to visit on school time,
you must request a prearranged absence. You have three warranted absences
for college visits.
- Attend college representative sessions during fall semester in the
college/career center.
- Register for the October SAT. Forms are in the counseling office and
the College/career center. Registration deadlines are quite far in advance
of test date. Register early.
- Complete the financial aid PROFILE form. This financial aid form is
for selected private schools and scholarship programs and is available
in the counseling office and the College/career center in early fall.
October
- Attend your school’s college workshops.
- Applications for UC campuses and the California State Universities
are available mid-October.
- If you need teacher or counselor recommendations for any applications,
give the forms to your teacher or counselor at least one month of school
days before they are due.
- Register for SAT I & II and/or ACT. December is the last opportunity
to complete testing in order for colleges to receive results in time
for admission evaluation.
November
- Mail an Early Action/Early Decision application if you are making
one. If you apply Early Action and are accepted, you do not have to
make your final decision until May 1.
- Apply to the University of California and the California State University
system. Priority filing period is November 1-30. Application can be
made online.
- Complete your college applications. Request transcripts where required.
CSU will notify you when to send your transcript. UC does not require
transcript until graduation.
- In planning spring courses, be sure that you meet graduation and college
entrance requirements.
- Copy all applications and get certification of mailing when you post.
December
- Come to the Financial Aid programs scheduled in December. Pick up
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and GPA verification
forms in the counseling office and the college/career center.
- Mail college applications well in advance of due date. Record each
mailing on your college application checklist in appendix and obtain
a certificate of mailing.
January
- Prepare carefully for first semester exams as many colleges request 7th
semester grades before considering you for admission.
February & March
- Make sure to mail financial aid forms prior to deadline and obtain
Certificates of Mailing.
- Expect some college decisions from those schools on rolling admissions.
- Watch for applications for local scholarships available in the spring.
- If qualified, register for May AP exams.
- Keep your grades up.
April
- Keep your counselor informed of your college application progress.
- Colleges will notify you of their admissions decisions by mid-April.
- Students planning to enroll at the College of Marin should meet with
college personnel to plan their program and arrange for placement testing.
- Decisions, decisions, decisions — when you decide which college
you will attend, write to the other colleges that accepted you and let
them know that you are not going to attend.
- Your counselor and the college/career specialist are very
much interested in knowing what you have decided to do after graduation.
Drop in and report, please.
May
June
- Request your final transcript sent to the college you will be attending.
Graduate!
Congratulations!
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