OCTOBER 2004
29 - Registration* deadline for December SAT I or II
This Month:
- Finalize college choices
- Work on application essays. Ask
teachers and counselors to read essays.
- Complete Early Decision and Early Action
applications.
- Update your "resume" - list of
accomplishments, involvements, and work experiences.
- If needed, pick up a CSS/Financial Aid
PROFILE* application in your guidance office.
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NOVEMBER 2004
This Month:
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Assist parents with completing CSS/Financial
Aid PROFILE* for colleges that require it.
- Adhere to your school's application
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DECEMBER 2004
4
- SAT I and SAT II test (at Ansbach)
11 -
ACT test date. Register with you high school counselor 2 weeks before the test.
20 -
Registration* deadline for January SAT I or II
This Month: -Try to
finish all college applications this month. Remember, high schools
close over the holidays, so get applications done early to meet January deadlines.
- Attend a financial aid night with your
parents, at a school in your area.
- Talk with visiting high school alumni
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JANUARY 2005
1 - Students may mail a
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) as soon as possible after
this date
22
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SAT I and SAT II test date
This Month:
- Visit College Board on the Web for information about financial aid.
- Continue to research scholarship opportunities through counselors, ExPAN,
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FEBRUARY 2005
12 -
ACT test at Ansbach. Register 2 weeks in advance with your high school
counselor.
This Month:
- Be sure all necessary materials have been
sent to your chosen colleges.
- Don't get senioritis: colleges want to see strong second semester grades.
- About four weeks after mailing in your FAFSA, you'll receive your SAR
(Student Aid Report). Review it for accuracy.
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MARCH 2005
25 -
Registration Deadline: May SAT I & II
This Month:
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Be sure colleges have received all
the materials needed to make a decision.
- Continue searching for scholarship opportunities.
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APRIL 2005
9 -
ACT test date. Register with your high school counselor 2 weeks
before the test.
29 -
Registration Deadline: June SAT I & II
This Month:
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Prepare for May AP
Examinations, if applicable.
- Admission decisions arrive
- Review college acceptance: perhaps
revisit your top choices.
- Review financial aid packages; talk with
college financial aid officers.
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MAY 2005
7 - SAT I
& II Tests (at Ansbach)
This Month:
- Take AP Examinations (May), if
applicable.
- Keep up the academic momentum.
- Notify the college you choose of your
decision to attend and send deposit.
- Notify colleges you did not choose, so
they can offer admission to others.
- Ask your secondary school to send a
final transcript to the college you will attend.
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JUNE 2005
4 -
SAT I & II Tests
End of the School Year:
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Have your
final transcript sent to your college
- Thank teachers/counselors who wrote
recommendations.
- Finalize your summer plans
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JULY and AUGUST 2005
Summer:
- Work to help pay for college
- Read and stay ready for college
- Attend orientation meetings offered by
the college.
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