Junior Year Guide - Mrs. Carol Gilley's Handout
Junior Checklist
1. Your course schedule should reflect all necessary college preparatory classes.
Be sure to take as challenging a course schedule as you can handle, including
any AP classes.
2. Utilize free test preparation resources available online and elsewhere. THe SAT
and ACT website offer free practice tests as do websites that focus specifically on
college entrance exam test preparation. Two sites include www.number2.com and
www.march2success.com
3. Continue to research state and federal financial aid programs.
4. Start searching for scholarship opportunities. Make a timeline for application
deadlines for your senior year. Explore free scholarship websites, such as
www.fundmyfuture.info.
5. Begin to make a list of your college selection priorities.
6. Investigate potential colleges of interest. Use catalogs, publications, websites,
college fairs, and online college campus tours to gather more information. All juniors
will also be allowed to attend recruiter visits on the Western Grove campus.
7. Register for and take the SAT or ACT in the fall or spring.
8. Begin to visit college campuses. Try to visit a college when classes are in session
and students are on campus. That way, you get a feel for campus life, meet
professors and staff, attend a class, and eat a meal on campus.
9. Be aware of how your spring and summer earnings during and following the junior
year can affect financial aid.
10. Continue to save for college. Remember that the federal government assumes
every family will contribute something toward the cost of attending college. Anything
that you and your family can put away now will be welcomed assistance when the
time comes.
11. Complete the FAFSA4caster that will provide basic information and will estimate
your eligibility for federal student aid. Get an early start and complete this application
at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
Junior Checklist
1. Your course schedule should reflect all necessary college preparatory classes.
Be sure to take as challenging a course schedule as you can handle, including
any AP classes.
2. Utilize free test preparation resources available online and elsewhere. THe SAT
and ACT website offer free practice tests as do websites that focus specifically on
college entrance exam test preparation. Two sites include www.number2.com and
www.march2success.com
3. Continue to research state and federal financial aid programs.
4. Start searching for scholarship opportunities. Make a timeline for application
deadlines for your senior year. Explore free scholarship websites, such as
www.fundmyfuture.info.
5. Begin to make a list of your college selection priorities.
6. Investigate potential colleges of interest. Use catalogs, publications, websites,
college fairs, and online college campus tours to gather more information. All juniors
will also be allowed to attend recruiter visits on the Western Grove campus.
7. Register for and take the SAT or ACT in the fall or spring.
8. Begin to visit college campuses. Try to visit a college when classes are in session
and students are on campus. That way, you get a feel for campus life, meet
professors and staff, attend a class, and eat a meal on campus.
9. Be aware of how your spring and summer earnings during and following the junior
year can affect financial aid.
10. Continue to save for college. Remember that the federal government assumes
every family will contribute something toward the cost of attending college. Anything
that you and your family can put away now will be welcomed assistance when the
time comes.
11. Complete the FAFSA4caster that will provide basic information and will estimate
your eligibility for federal student aid. Get an early start and complete this application
at www.fafsa.ed.gov.