Welcome to senior year! Congratulations, you've made it to the last year of high school. It's time to finish up your college application. Here is your to-do list:
- Study for the SAT/ACT: Keep studying, you've got this!
- Finish your College Essay: Review these guidelines when writing the infamous college essay.
- Writing Supplemental Essays: Some colleges have additional writing questions that you have to submit along with the Common App. Review some of our guidelines to help you out.
- Complete the Common Application
- Finalize your college list
- Build your Schedule: Review the diploma requirements and the department paths and build a schedule following your select path. For example, if you are trying to get admitted into a selective college, you should be taking AP classes, as well as honors classes, while continuing on the advanced track in each department.
- Maintain Extracurricular Activities: If you have an questions, review these guidelines from the Freshman year portion of the website
- If you have any new accomplishments or activities, update your résumé. For a refresher on what your résumé should look like, visit the Résumé page.
- Start Financial Aid applications October 1st