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 For our Gwynn Park Seniors - this year each of you will make one of the biggest decisions of your life. Deciding what to do following high school graduation – college or career? It is never to early to plan for the future! (click on link to view schedule)
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Senior Year Apply to colleges. Make decisions. Finish high school with pride in yourself and your accomplishments. Make sure you have all applications required for college admission and financial aid. Write, phone, or use the Internet to request missing information.
Check on application and financial aid deadlines for the schools to which you plan to apply. They may vary and it is essential to meet all deadlines!
Register for the October/November SAT Reasoning Test and/or SAT
Subject Tests, or September
& October ACT.
Colleges require recommendations, ask the appropriate people to write on your behalf. Allow three weeks before the due date; ask your counselor and teachers, employers, or coaches to write letters of recommendation. Provide them
with your resume.
- Plan visits to colleges and set up interviews (if you didn't get to them during the summer or if you want to return to a campus for a second time). Read bulletin boards and the college newspaper. Talk with current students and professors.
- Attend a regional college fair to investigate further those colleges to which you will probably apply.
Mail applications in time to reach the colleges by the deadlines. If applying for early decision or early action, send in your application now. Also prepare applications for back-up schools. Remember, if you are accepted under the early decision option, you are expected to enroll at that college and to withdraw all other applications.
Research career possibilities and set goals! Sophomore Year Concentrate on academic preparation and continue to develop basic skills and co-curricular interests. - Sign up, if you have not done so already, for co-curricular activities that interest you. The level of involvement and accomplishment is most important, not the number of activities.
- Keep a record of your co-curricular involvement, volunteer work, and employment (all year).
- Take NCAA-approved courses if you want to play sports in college.
Research Career possibilities and set goals!
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Junior Year Begin college selection process. Attend college fairs, financial aid seminars, general information sessions, etc., to learn as much as you can about the college application process. Make sure you are meeting NCAA requirements if you want to play Division I or II sports in college. - Register for the October PSAT. Junior year PSAT scores may qualify a student for the National Merit Scholarship Competition and the National Achievement Scholars Programs.
Save samples of your best work for your academic portfolio.
Maintain your co-curricular record.
Junior year grades are extremely important in the college admission process, because they are a measure of how well you do in advanced, upper-level courses. Grades also are used to determine scholarships and grants for which you may be eligible.
So put in the extra effort and keep those grades up -- Research career possibilities and set goals! Freshman Year It is never too early to plan for the future! - Register for the October PSAT. Junior year PSAT scores may qualify a student for the National Merit Scholarship Competition and the National Achievement Scholars Programs.
Save samples of your best work for your academic portfolio.
Maintain your co-curricular record.
Junior year grades are extremely important in the college admission process, because they are a measure of how well you do in advanced, upper-level courses. Grades also are used to determine scholarships and grants for which you may be eligible.
So put in the extra effort and keep those grades up -- Research career possibilities and set goals! Freshman Year It is never too early to plan for the future! - Register for the October PSAT. Junior year PSAT scores may qualify a student for the National Merit Scholarship Competition and the National Achievement Scholars Programs.
Save samples of your best work for your academic portfolio.
Maintain your co-curricular record.
Junior year grades are extremely important in the college admission process, because they are a measure of how well you do in advanced, upper-level courses. Grades also are used to determine scholarships and grants for which you may be eligible.
So put in the extra effort and keep those grades up -- Research career possibilities and set goals! Freshman Year It is never too early to plan for the future! - Register for the October PSAT. Junior year PSAT scores may qualify a student for the National Merit Scholarship Competition and the National Achievement Scholars Programs.
Save samples of your best work for your academic portfolio.
Maintain your co-curricular record.
Junior year grades are extremely important in the college admission process, because they are a measure of how well you do in advanced, upper-level courses. Grades also are used to determine scholarships and grants for which you may be eligible.
So put in the extra effort and keep those grades up -- Research career possibilities and set goals!
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Useful Links of Information Students need to know that there is money available. You don't have to be the #1 student in your class or have received a perfect score on your SAT. (Although that doesn't hurt) But you need to prepare yourself to be marketable. Make sure you have decent grades; test scores; community service and extracurricular activities. And by all means don't forget to list in your section for activities, your involvement with your Church, Mosque, Temple, and Synagogue. Do your research to see what is available for you. There are Scholarship Websites, Scholarship Books, Scholarship Announcements and Applications that the College/Career Coordinators provide to the students and are available in their Career Centers as well as in the Counselors Offices. There is NO EXCUSE for a student not to be able to get any information on any advertised scholarship. However if any student is ever asked to provide a FEE for a scholarship service, they need to RUN, NOT WALK, AWAY. Just as you researched and sought out the perfect college for your perfect match, you also have to search out the perfect scholarship for your perfect match. (click link for additional information) (Application Deadline Jan 29, 2010) Princeton Summer Journalism Program
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