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Winter • Meet with your high school counselor, and stay on track with classes and grades. Many colleges look for strong or improving grade trends. • Make a list of colleges that interest you. Rank your list by what’s important to you: academic major, size, location, cost, student life, etc. • Stay involved in your extracurricular activities, and take on a leadership role. Consistency and depth in your non-academic activities is appealing to colleges and scholarship committees. • Prepare for college entrance exams (SAT or ACT), and sign up for a test prep workshop or program. • Register for the SAT or ACT. Check to see which exam your top colleges require. Most high school juniors take the exam in spring. Your junior year Roadmap College: steps from exploration admission Big things are on your horizon! As you wrap up your junior year, now is the time to start preparing for college. Spring • Work with your high school counselor to develop a challenging senior year schedule. • Sign up for college visits. Many colleges offer special spring visit programs, just for high school juniors to tour campus, ask questions, and meet with academic departments! • Gather additional information from your top universities through college fairs, information nights, web searches, and information requests. • Take the SAT or ACT, and send your scores to your top schools. Make plans to take the test a second time to improve your scores in fall of senior year. • Start to search for scholarships. Check the websites at your top colleges, talk to your high school counselor, and explore scholarship websites to learn about opportunities to earn money for college. • Apply for summer jobs or internships to help earn money for college and gain experience to include on scholarship applications. WSU offers Preview for Juniors on April 22, 2017: go.wsu.edu/jrpreview WSU accepts both the SAT and ACT, so you may take either one, or both! Check out explore.wsu.edu to learn more about WSU. Learn about WSU’s financial aid and scholarship programs at: financialaid.wsu.edu
Transcript of Your junior year Roadmap to College: steps from ...€¦ · and scholarship committees. • Prepare...
Winter• Meet with your high school counselor, and stay on track with classes and
grades. Many colleges look for strong or improving grade trends.
• Make a list of colleges that interest you. Rank your list by what’s important to you: academic major, size, location, cost, student life, etc.
• Stay involved in your extracurricular activities, and take on a leadership role. Consistency and depth in your non-academic activities is appealing to colleges and scholarship committees.
• Prepare for college entrance exams (SAT or ACT), and sign up for a test prep workshop or program.
• Register for the SAT or ACT. Check to see which exam your top colleges require. Most high school juniors take the exam in spring.
Your junior year Roadmap to College: steps from exploration to admission
Big things are on your horizon! As you wrap up your junior year, now is the time to start preparing for college.
Spring• Work with your high school counselor to develop a challenging senior
year schedule.
• Sign up for college visits. Many colleges offer special spring visit programs, just for high school juniors to tour campus, ask questions, and meet with academic departments!
• Gather additional information from your top universities through college fairs, information nights, web searches, and information requests.
• Take the SAT or ACT, and send your scores to your top schools. Make plans to take the test a second time to improve your scores in fall of senior year.
• Start to search for scholarships. Check the websites at your top colleges, talk to your high school counselor, and explore scholarship websites to learn about opportunities to earn money for college.
• Apply for summer jobs or internships to help earn money for college and gain experience to include on scholarship applications.
WSU offers Preview for Juniors on April 22, 2017: go.wsu.edu/jrpreview
WSU accepts both the SAT and ACT, so you may take either one, or both!
Check out explore.wsu.edu to learn more about WSU.
Learn about WSU’s financial aid and scholarship programs at: financialaid.wsu.edu
Fall• Congratulations, you are a high school senior!
• It’s time to start your college applications. Apply early! Many college applications become available in August or September.
WSU’s application for admission opens as early as August. Learn more at apply.wsu.edu.
We think you’d be a great fit at WSU! Contact your personal admission counselor today to learn more.
rep.wsu.edu
Summer• Talk to your family about your goals and top college choices. This is a good
time to celebrate your accomplishments, narrow down your choices, and discuss finances.
• Connect with an admission counselor at each of your top schools. Developing a relationship early with a representative will help you navigate the admission, financial aid, and scholarship application process.
• Create a timeline and checklist of application, financial aid, and scholarship deadlines at each of your top colleges so you can stay on track.
• Talk to your friends about their college exploration. You might gain some valuable information and may even consider planning a college visit as a group.
Visit rep.wsu.edu to meet your personal admission counselor at WSU!
January 31, 2018:Deadline for WSU admission and scholarship applications. WSU priority date for filing the FAFSA.
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