When and What to do
June-September
Try to narrow your college choices to five to seven, ten at the most. You want to make sure you do not have any ![]() |
If you did not meet with your counselor in the spring to do a graduation/requirements check, make an appointment![]() |
Make sure you have registered for the ACT/SAT. Check the regular and late deadlines. ***Reminder if you have![]() |
If you have the opportunity to take a ACT/SAT preparation course provided by your school—TAKE IT!!! If you do![]() On the ACT and SAT pages in this site I recommend some test prep videos. These are more for schools to purchase, but you and several of your friends could go in together to order these. Each video comes with 10 workbooks. These videos show you how to do the problems in the workbooks, which are directly from previous tests. |
Print off a recommendation form from the scholarship page and look at the areas you will need to fill out. Keep in ![]() Keep a running list of your activities, honors, and awards. Only give the recommendation form out if you have an upcoming deadline. You will have 2 strips of reminders at the bottom of the form that you will need to tear off. Give them your completed form at least 2 weeks before the letter is due. Give this to the teacher 1 week before the letter is needed and then 2 days before the letter is needed. You may want to make copies of the form with your information on it before you hand it out to the teacher(s). This will keep you from having to rewrite all the information each time. Obviously, you will have different class information but your extracurricular and other information will be the same. You will only need to obtain recommendation letters if the scholarship you are apply for requires it. You will specifically use this Recommendation Request for your College Admission as a senior. |
Yo Organize an essay committee for yourself. I recommend you ask 3 people to form this committee– this doesn’t mean that these people have to meet together to critique your essay. You will give each of these people a copy of your essay so they can edit/critique your essay BEFORE you send it or attach it to an application (If they prefer give the essay to them on a floppy disk or e-mail it to them so they can edit changes for your– it takes less time if they are computer savvy). If you need help on how to get started on your essay, go to the essay page in this Website. There are several helpful links. |
Find out when the spring preview days are for the colleges you have chosen and check your school’s policy on ![]() On the college page of this Website there is a PDF on the right hand side of the page under College Master’s Helpful College information “College Visits”. Print this off and look over the college visit question that are important to you and either ask them on your visit or ask them on the College Fair Night . |
Select Scholarships from the menu inside Tasseltime. At the bottom of the scholarship page you will see a link that![]() |
On that Tasseltime must read information you are given a list of things that you need to gather BEFORE filling out a![]()
If you have already been keeping a portfolio of work as well as a listing of your activities, awards, and honors, as recommended, then you are in good shape. Don’t wait until your senior year to try to think back to your 9th grade year to find out all of this information |
If you have not kept a formal record of volunteering you have done, then select the volunteer pdf form available on![]() |
Tell your coach now if you are interested in obtaining an athletic scholarship. You need to look at clearinghouse You can not actually have the Clearinghouse form mailed to you until you complete 6 semesters. |
If you are not sure what you want to do, complete several online inventories provided on the Career page. Really ![]() |
Military information and Scholarship links are all provided so that you can find out any necessary information. You ![]() |
If you prefer to look at the scholarships individually rather than filling out the profile, then go to the Scholarship ![]() |
Select the Scholarship page from the tool bar inside the Tasseltime ![]() |
Select 3-5 databases on this page to enter your information. Some of these will e-mail you the scholarships you![]() Make a folder on your favorites menu that says Scholarships and begin to mark or save the scholarship in which you want to apply. BE SURE YOU LOOK AT THE DEADLINES AND MAKE A CHART( PAPER/OR COMPUTER) THAT LISTS APPLICATION DEADLINES. What is the difference between a Key Word Search and a profile? A key word search is for specific topics or majors to search by. If you already started this process as a freshman or sophomore, as recommended, then you only need to update your information in the databases. |
Example Profile: From the Scholarship Page select State Scholarships in the top right hand corner. The first link![]() End of June-September |
OCTOBER-DECEMBERIf your school allows juniors to attend a College Fair in your area, be sure to take advantage of this opportunity. |
You only need to complete this if you are applying for a scholarship that requires an essay.![]() Choose wisely on the people you request to write a letter. |
Be sure you are checking with your counselor concerning scholarships. Check the weekly announcements, ![]() Make sure you are meeting the deadlines. There are no “Do-Overs” for deadlines. If you want to search for scholarships without submitting a profile in a database then look at the individual scholarship page and the minority scholarship page. |
Junior grades ARE VERY IMPORTANT to your admissions process as a senior. Make sure you are using your time |
TAKE THE ACT/SAT Register for the December tests if needed. Take the PSAT in OCTOBER. Be sure you indicate on your PSAT form that you want to participate in the Student Search program provided through PSAT. Once you receive your PSAT scores, you can compare them to the ACT or PLAN scores to help determine if you want to take an SAT or ACT in future testing opportunities. If you have already taken the ACT you can register online. It’s faster. End of October-December |
JANUARY-MARCHContinue to conduct online research concerning your prospective college choices. Now would be a good time to |
If you have not registered for the ACT previously, then you need to visit your counselor and obtain an ACT packet. Follow the same steps for the SAT also. End of January-March |
APRIL-JULY
If you have the opportunity to attend a spring College Fair, take it. This will give you a good opportunity to really narrow your search going into your senior year. Don’t just attend to get out of class! Take this seriously, and ask some good questions (look at the handout on the College page “Campus Visits”). If you are allowed to take a spring college visit, take this opportunity. You may have a conflict in the fall with the college’s preview visit days and your senior activities– so take advantage of an opportunity to visit as a junior. Continue looking at scholarship opportunities for your senior year. I suggest you make a folder in your favorites called scholarships and start marking them in this folder; put a deadline date along with the scholarship name. |
If you have the opportunity to take an ACT/SAT prep course, take it. Research says that you have a good chance |