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High School College Planning

November 1st, 2008 by Krayton M Davis | No Comments | Filed in College Planning
College Planning Tips for the Week of:
Sunday November 02, 2008

Start the Month by Reviewing a Checklist
Of 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:

over $24.3 billion
worth of scholarships and grants in one location

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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High School College Planning

October 25th, 2008 by Krayton M Davis | No Comments | Filed in College Planning
College Planning Tips for the Week of:
Sunday October 26, 2008

Begin searching for scholarships and other FREE money:

begin your search for over $24.3 billion
worth of scholarships and grants in one location

 

Beware of potential scholarship scams:

there are unscrupulous web sites and email campaigns that are trying to get your money. A general rule to follow is,

"if they request money from you in order to get money, they are likely a scam ",

Detecting/reporting scholarship scams:
from the FTC: information about scholarship scams. PDF file available for download
www.ftc.gov
More information on detecting scholarship scams:
see our scholarship module

 

Something Extra

High School underway: stay connected with FREE online academic resources:

No registration required to use this valuable site:
http://highschoolhub.org


Halloween is coming up. We’ve got a great party package that will make your party a "spooky" smash:

 
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