Weekly College Planning

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College Planning Tips for the Week of:
Sunday November 01, 2009
Start the Month by Completing a
Checklist On Prior Tasks

Your college applications should be ready to submit with your essays, HS transcripts, and recommendations. Make sure you have these items completed.

Early submission is in November for most colleges. Regular submission begins in January.

checklist of prior monthly tasks that should be completed
Starting Your College Planning Late:
you have missed early college submission deadlines. You need to get going to meet regular submission deadlines in January. Review our late-starter file to get going: see late starter file
Finalize your list of colleges and review it with your HS counselor
Register for your college admission exams
Start your search for FREE scholarships and grants:

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Complete and submit your college applications.
Regular submission deadlines are coming up in January. Make sure all official transcripts and reports are ready to be sent. Schedule all required interviews.

Obtain the required items
to complete your college application:transcripts, essays, letters of recommendations.

For information: see our October planning calendar
For those who did early submission:
check with your colleges to make sure they have all of the information. Early admission notices will start to arrive next month.
Request financial aid information
from your colleges. Contact your college’s financial aid and admissions departments
You should consider taking Advanced Placement Exams or the CLEP tests to test out of some college courses.
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