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SEPTEMBER | | | | | | | | Request applications and brochures from your target colleges. | | | Set up a budget for college application costs. | | | Get your applications in order by creating files for your target schools. Make a list of application requirements (essay, transcripts, letters of recommendation, etc.) and deadlines for each. | | | Register for September or October SAT or ACT testing. | | | Submit the CSS Financial Aid Profile for schools requiring it. | | | |
OCTOBER
| | | | Meet with your school counselor, if you haven’t already, to review college lists and graduation requirements. | | Register for October or November SAT or ACT testing. | | Talk to your parents about college costs. Decide how much you can afford and explore your options for funding. | | Start applying for scholarships. | | Send in early decision or early action applications.
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NOVEMBER
| If you are applying for early action or early decision, get your application in by November 1, 2007. | | If you are applying for University of California at ???? or California State University at ????, send in your application as early in the month as possible. | | You may want to keep copies of all applications you send out. | | Continue your scholarship search.
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DECEMBER
| | | Work on college applications. Many applications are due this month or in early January. | | Start gathering materials and financial records for the FAFSA. | | Keep your grades up. Colleges will look at semester and year end grades. | | Continue your scholarship search. Get the applications in on time.
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JANUARY
| File the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) as soon as possible after January 1, 2008. | | Check with your prospective colleges about additional financial aid application forms and requirements. Continue your scholarship search.
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FEBRUARY
| Review the SAR (Student Aid Report) to make sure the information is correct. You should receive it four to six weeks after you submit your FAFSA. | | | | | Start writing thank you notes to college representatives who may have gone out of their way to help you. | | Continue your scholarship search.
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MARCH-APRIL
| Start checking the mail for admissions letters and financial aid awards. | | If wait-listed, notify the admissions office if you are still interested. | | Plan your summer job, internship, or other opportunities for enrichment. | | Time for a decision! Most schools ask that you choose your school by May 1. | | Make sure you also tell your school counselor what college you decided to attend. | | Register for AP tests. | | Many scholarship applications are due during the spring. | | Submit application to a community college if that is where you decided to go. | | Research information regarding their orientation dates.
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MAY
| Notify your school counselor of any scholarships you have received. | | Notify (in writing) the schools you have decided not to attend. | | Make sure you have received the necessary forms for housing, health insurance, financial aid, etc. | | Pursue additional student loan options if necessary. | | Notify colleges of any private scholarship awards. | | Mail in deposit to ONE college by their due date. | | Sign and return the financial award letter if you accept the offer.
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JUNE-AUGUST
| Request your official final transcript be sent to your new school. | | Research banking options near your college. | | Double check any final deadlines for housing, financial aid, etc. | | Set up projected first-year college budget. | | Attend all advising days, open houses, orientation programs that are offered by your college. | | Send thank you notes for any scholarships you have received. |
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