Junior Information & Timeline
JUNIOR PAGE
Ready...Set...Go!! College, here I come! Please click on the links below for information about what Juniors should be doing to prepare for college.
Search for MAJORS, UNIVERSITIES, & SCHOLARSHIPS!
Juniors the following link can help you with deciding on a Major:
Juniors go to Khan Academy for free SAT practice materials, and create an SAT study plan.
Connect your College Board account to your Khan Academy Account and get personalized FREE SAT practice!
Earn Scholarship money by practicing the SAT on Khan Academy!
NOTE: Colleges like to see 200-300 volunteer hours! And they would like to see these spread out throughout your four years of high school! So make a plan!
August/September
- Log onto Naivance and research colleges by doing Supermatch!
- Register for PSAT Test (Practice SAT) at your high school
- Take a practice PSAT Test
Learn more about the Practice SAT/PSAT- https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/psat-nmsqt-psat-10/inside-the-test
October
- Take the PSAT in October
- Register to take the SAT test in March
December
- Study & work hard to do well on your finals. Junior year is the last complete year of grades for colleges to look at as they consider admission. If your grades have been mediocre, now is the most important time to improve them. This is also the time to make sure you are taking the most challenging courses you can handle
- Review your PSAT test results, enroll in SAT Prep class if needed
- Investigate summer programs
January
- Investigate summer programs, as they fill up quickly
February
- Log onto your Khan Academy account to practice the SAT!
- Start to visit colleges and college websites
- Continue to investigate summer programs
- Take an interest finding test and a learning inventory test offered through NAVIANCE, collegeboard.com, myroad.com, or www.bigfuture.org
- Take the ACT test
March
- Take the SAT in the school day. No need to register or pay!
- If we are remote learning for Spring 2022 we will not host the In School Day SAT exam. Information will be shared as we get closer to this date.
- Make final plans for summer
- Plan to visit colleges during Spring Break
- Investigate college websites- use Naviance!
- Investigate various college majors- Use Naviance!
- Plan your senior classes- keep them academic as your senior year counts for colleges!
April
- Continue to search college sites and scholarships
- Visit college campuses
- Go to College Fairs
- Take ACT Test
- Finalize summer plans, consider jobs, internships, summer school, or summer jobs
May
- Take the SAT I and AP Exams
- Keep up your grades in all classes
- Keep a college file up to date
- Attend local college nights for colleges you may be interested in attending
- Apply to be a CPC (College Peer Counselor) with Ms. Marquez for senior year
- Study for finals
- Summer- Use your time wisely- no loafing around- take classes, get a job, volunteer or do a college summer program
- Visit colleges and begin your list
- Brainstorm college essay ideas
- Write your personal statement for UCs and Common Application
- Finalize your list of colleges
- Apply to colleges that have “rolling admissions” NOW!
- Begin the Common Application & the UC application online August 1st
- Begin the CSU application & FAFSA applications ~they are available on October 1st
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