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CHECKLIST FOR APPLYING TO COLLEGE

_____1.  Request and receive applications for admission from appropriate catalogues or online.

_____2.  If at all possible, schedule a Campus Visit.  Most colleges offer this program. Talk with counselors and with students. 

_____3.  Take the required tests as listed by the catalogues. (ACT(with writing)/SAT/SATII SUBJECT TESTS) If  you have already taken these tests and wish to send the reports to an additional college, you can do this on line (for a fee, of course)..

_____4.  Make a Xerox Copy of your application to use as a work sheet.  Once you are satisfied with  your application, then type or neatly print using black ink. (typing is preferred).

_____5.  Make a Xerox Copy  of your completed application and fee so that if the college misplaces it, you will have a copy.

_____6.  Letters of Recommendation: Some colleges require additional recommendations from teachers. This is your responsibility. If these letters are to accompany the application, please tell the teachers the date the letters are due in the Guidance Office. ALLOW AT  LEAST TWO WEEKS. If the teachers are to mail the letters directly, you should provide them with an addressed and stamped envelope. A list of your activities and achievements is  helpful to those doing your recommendations.

_____7.  Mid-year grades.
                                           
_____8.  Final Transcripts.

_____9.  Financial Aid.

____11.  Scholarship Information.

____12.  SCHOOL CODE (CEEB Number) 

____13.  Common Application/On line Applications

____14.  If you do your application online, don’t forget to take your guidance office a paper with the college name and address so that I can mail your transcript and recommendation