College Process at a Glance

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January Hide

• Attend College Counseling Workshop

February Hide

• Focus on college process during junior seminar meetings
• Arrange spring vacation visits
• Plan to see a variety of colleges and universities, both in terms of size, program, and selectivity

January/February Hide

• Life skills classes begin
• Check out Naviance
• Begin self-assessment
• Make an appointment for your first individual counseling conference with your college counselor
• This is also a good time to browse through college catalogs and comprehensive guidebooks, and to put yourself on colleges’ mailing lists
• Check out all the options—this is shopping time

Spring Vacation Hide

• Visit at least two colleges over spring vacation
• Call ahead or check online for tour schedules
• Don’t expect an interview as admissions officers will be busy evaluating senior applications
• Take excellent notes in your college journal

March/April/May Hide

• Continue to explore types of colleges and universities
• Make an appointment for your second individual counseling conference with your college counselor; you may invite your parents
• Discuss appropriate matches and begin to plan your senior curriculum.

April Hide

• SAT Reasoning Test
• Attend BISCCA College Fair at Milton Academy

Beginning of May Hide

• Take Advanced Placement (AP) exams, as appropriate

May Hide

• Create preliminary list of colleges
• SAT Reasoning Test (if not taken earlier)

June Hide

• SAT Subject Tests

Summer Hide

• Visit college campuses, if possible, and interview where available
• Consult guidebooks and Web sites; collect applications
• Keep a journal to help with work on essays