COLLEGE CALENDAR OF EVENTS:   

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    NINTH GRADE: 

    • Make an appointment to meet with your counselor 
    • Discuss your academic/career plans and personal and academic strengths 
    • Visit your career center. Become familiar with the resources available there. 
    • Participate in school extracurricular activities. 
    • Take the ACT Explore in October.  
    • Discuss your grades with your counselor, and plan your program for the following year. 
    • Research different career interests 
    • Work on earning your student service learning hours 
    • Visit your career center to locate summer programs that will enrich your experience 
    • Learn the graduation requirements so you can keep track of your progress each year 

     

     

    TENTH GRADE: 

    • Continue to participate in extracurricular activities 
    • Take the PSAT 
    • Meet with your counselor to register on Family Connection; take career interest inventories and explore your results 
    • Find out what kinds of post-secondary schools offer the education you need to meet your career objectives. Familiarize yourself with their admissions criteria so you can register for appropriate classes in 11th grade 
    • Meet with your counselor to plan next year’s academic program to reflect your interests, school progress, and emerging college and career plans 
    • Consider career and technology course offerings at the Thomas Edison HS of Technology 
    • Visit the College and Career Center to locate summer enrichment programs 

     

     

    ELEVENTH GRADE: 

    • Take the PSAT 
    • Attend college programs (day and evening) sponsored by Counseling Services & the Career Center (i.e. College Information Night) 
    • Acquire work experience via a part time job, internship, or community service 
    • Complete required student service learning (75 hours) 
    • Meet with your counselor to discuss graduation requirements and post high school plans 
    • Meet with college admissions representatives in Career Center 
    • Do a college search in the Career Center 
    • Do a scholarship search in the Career Center 
    • Register for an SAT or ACT prep course or make a long-term SAT/ACT plan if self-preparing. Preparation is key! 
    • Research colleges of interest, request application information, and research college admissions requirement 
    • Get information on the military, if interested 
    • Get information on other postsecondary programs, if interested 
    • Register for the SAT or ACT (if applying to a four-year college) or the Accuplacer test (for Montgomery College) 
    • Schedule an appointment with your counselor to discuss next year’s schedule 
    • Meet with your counselor to learn valuable information about the college application process, procedures, and necessary deadlines 
    • Plan college visits 
    • Write a resume 
    • Attend College Fairs and information sessions 
    • Consider teachers to ask for college recommendation letters  
    • Gather applications, organize your college information and application materials, and familiarize yourself with the upcoming college application deadlines 
    • Research summer enrichment programs 
    • Check to see if you need summer school and register for classes accordingly 

     

     

    TWELFTH GRADE: 

    • Make an appointment to meet with your counselor to review your progress towards graduation and the college application process 
    • Request applications from colleges, or get them online (if you haven’t done so already) 
    • Register for SAT, ACT, or Accuplacer test.   
    • Seek letters of recommendation from counselor and teachers 
    • Keep checking scholarship opportunities on Family Connection and in the College and Career Center 
    • Review your transcript with your counselor 
    • Complete any outstanding student service learning hours 
    • Visit colleges and talk to admissions representatives 
    • Attend Financial Aid night with your parents 
    • Remind parents to fill out the FAFSA after Jan 1 
    • Request mid-year transcripts to be sent to the colleges you applied to 
    • Complete college applications, paying attention to deadlines 
    • Submit formal requests to the Guidance Office for your official transcript and for your counselor to complete any necessary forms that are part of your college application, paying attention to deadlines 
    • Update your resume 
    • Attend job fairs and practice interviewing skills 
    • Notify your counselor of your application status as you hear from colleges 
    • Notify the colleges you are not planning to attend 
    • Request a final transcript to be sent to the college you will attend in the fall