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Attention High School Juniors: The College Admissions Process is About to Heat Up!
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Those who aim high start early.
If you are a high school junior or a parent of one, now is the time to plan and organize for the hectic college admissions process that lies ahead. While many students and parents think it's too early to prepare for the college search and application process – it isn't. Here are three key tasks to complete now, so you won't be burdened by them later on when you should be focusing on visiting schools, taking tests, interviewing, and completing applications.
1. Organize your academic and extracurricular highlights: Increasing numbers of colleges now require you to submit a previously graded essay to get an idea of your writing skills. Others want to see a portfolio of your artwork. Still others will want to see some footage of you on the field. Start organizing your best work now. Organizing your best work now will help you find them safe and secure in one place later.
2. Make sure you have all your report cards, transcripts, and standardized test scores in one easily accessible location. These are the key stats that schools will want to gauge your academic aptitude. You will refer to these stats often, whether in determining if you fit the average student profile of a school, or in preparation to talk about your academic record during college interviews.
3. Finally, for every college that you become interested in, create a separate folder or electronic file. In this folder or electronic file you will put anything the college sends you by mail, any literature you collect when visiting its campus, or other information you want to remember about the college. If you create an electronic file about each college, it’s important to include key dates for that particular college that answer the following questions:
When is the application deadline?
Do the college accept early applications, and if so, when are they due?
What is the latest date the college will accept standardized test scores?
What is the college’s financial aid deadline?
If you organize yourself now, you will save yourself a lot of time and anxiety later in the process.
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