CALENDAR FOR JUNIORS
· Think about career plans
· Register for PSAT/NMSQT
· Obtain dates/places of College Fairs
· Purchase or borrow college reference books
· Plan next two years extracurricular and community service activities
· Be sure to have your Social Security number
· Read PSAT/NMSQT Bulletin
· Take PSAT
· Develop list of interests
· Study hard!
· Talk to counselor about college interests
· Begin to involve parents in college choice process
· Put forth best academic effort in these last years
· Attend Darien/New Canaan College Fair
· Using PSAT/NMSQT results and materials begin to develop range of colleges
· Read “Taking the SAT”
· Talk with graduates who are home from college
· Attend “Financing College” night
· Attend “How It Is” on the last school day before the holiday to hear DHS alumni talk about college
· Continue career exploration
· Prepare for Semester Exams - - colleges look at junior year grades
· Register for Spring SAT or College Board Achievement Tests (ACH)
· Plan senior year courses
· Begin college search
· Research interesting and challenging summer courses, jobs, or activities
· Check deadlines for Advanced Placement (AP) tests
· Complete your senior pre-registration with your counselor
· Consider taking ACH in courses you are finishing this year
· Apply for proposed summer activities
· Develop a preliminary list of colleges
· Write or call for applications and viewbooks
· File service academies and ROTC scholarship applications
· Begin college visits (Spring vacation is a good time for this)
· Explore Early Decision/Early Action options
· Identify teachers whom you may ask for recommendations
· AP Exams
· Take SAT/ACH
· Plan challenging senior year
· Take SAT or Achievement Tests
· Continue the college search, and discuss it with your counselor
· Arrange summer visits to colleges and/or interviews for summer
· If you don’t have a job, try volunteering
· Do something extraordinary!
· Rev up for college!
· Review for SATs
· Keep extracurricular and community service going