• 10th/11th/12th Grade course selection

• AP / IB / College-level Courses

• Elective Courses

• Career Interest Assessment

• Skills Assessment

• Work/life Values Assessment

• Lifestyle Reality Check

• Where to start?

• What to consider?

• Which websites to use?

• Track what you learn and build your list.

• Where to visit?

• When?

• Which types of visits to go on?

• Recording what you learned and your experience.

• Evaluate your “Interested List”

• Narrow down to your “Short List”

• ID Best Fit, Reach and Safety Schools

• Application Types: Common App, School App, Coalition App, Fast Apps, and Direct Admission Applications

• Undecided vs. selecting a major

• Application Plans: Early Decision, Early Action, Regular Decision

• Get organized

• Working towards application deadlines

• Tracking materials and Admissions Decisions

• SAT/ACT Test Prep

• Honors College Applications

• Letters of Recommendation

• Short form Responses

• Essay strategy, review and editing

• Athletic recruitment

• Assessing Budget

• Scholarship Search and Application

• Estimating Cost of Attendance

• Financial Aid Counseling

• FAFSA Support

Weighing the options using your College Planning workbook and considering:

• Wait Listed and Deferred offers

• Admitted into intended major / other

• Comparing aid packages and total cost of attendance against the R.O.I. (outcomes and experience)

Guidance for:

• Appealing a decision of Wait List / Denial

• Scholarship / Financial Aid Appeal