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July 2019
Checklist:
- Visit college campuses if possible.
- Draft your main college essay (Attend college essay workshops at Thayer if possible).
- Register for Aug, Sept, Oct, or Nov standardized tests.
July 13: ACT Test Day
July 26: Registration deadline for August SAT
August 2019
Checklist:
- Visit college campuses if possible.
- Draft your main college essay (attend college essay workshop at Thayer if possible).
- Begin work on the Common Application and supplemental essay writing.
- Register for Sept, Oct, or Nov standardized tests (SAT, ACT, or SAT Subject Tests).
August 1: Common Application is available starting on this day (commonapp.org)
August 15: College essay draft due to your college counselor via email
August 16: Registration deadline for September ACT
August 24: SAT /SAT Subject Test Day
September 2019
Checklist:
- Meet with college counselor.
- Decide on Early Decision or Early Action applications.
- Try to finalize college list and organize application deadlines.
- Work on college applications.
- Register for Oct. or Nov. standardized tests (SAT, ACT, or SAT Subject Tests).
- Attend college representative visits at Thayer. Register in advance in Naviance.
- Complete the Senior Questionnaire in Naviance for your college counselor.
- Arrange for Parent Response Forms to be completed & returned to college counselor.
- Ask teachers to write letters of recommendation at least one month prior to application deadline. Add them to your Naviance account or provide them with the necessary paperwork.
September 6: Registration deadline for October SAT/ SAT Subject Tests
September 10: College Counseling meeting for Grade 12 parents (6 p.m. – Thompson Hall)
September 14: ACT Test Day
September 20: Registration deadline for October ACT
October 2019
Checklist:
- Work on college applications.
- In Naviance, move colleges you plan to apply early to over to the active application list (due 2 weeks before app. deadline). Complete FERPA waiver on Common App.
- Ask teachers to write letters of recommendation one month prior to application deadline. Add them to your Naviance account or give them the necessary paperwork.
- Take SAT, ACT, or SAT Subject Tests.
- Register for Nov. and/or Dec. standardized tests (SAT, ACT, or SAT Subject Tests).
- Send SAT/ACT score reports via testing company to colleges.
- Attend college representative visits at Thayer. Register in advance on Naviance.
- Prepare financial aid documents for any early applications if needed (fafsa.ed.gov and www.profileonline.collegeboard.com)
- Complete Senior Questionnaire in Naviance for your college counselor.
- Arrange for Parent Response forms to be completed & returned to college counselor.
October 1: Financial Aid applicants can fill out FAFSA and CSS/Profile starting today. (fafsa.ed.gov and css.collegeboard.org)
October 3: Registration deadline for November SAT/ SAT Subject Tests
October 5: SAT / SAT Subject Test Day
October 14: Columbus Day Holiday. Consider visiting a college campus today.
October 16: No school for seniors. Visit a college campus or work on applications at home or at the application workshop in the Brickyard.
October 26: ACT Exam Day
November 2019
Checklist:
- Submit Early Decision / Early Action applications.
- Send SAT/ACT score reports via testing company to colleges on college list.
- Take SAT or SAT Subject Tests.
- Attend college representative visits at Thayer. Register in advance on Naviance.
- Ask teachers to write letters of recommendation one month prior to application deadline. Add them to your Naviance account or get them the necessary paperwork.
- In Naviance, move colleges you plan to apply early to over to the active application list (due 2 weeks before app. deadline). Complete FERPA waiver on Common App. For deadlines over winter break, forms must be logged in by December 13.
- Complete Student Questionnaire in Naviance for your college counselor.
- Arrange for Parent Response forms to be completed & returned to college counselor.
- Prepare financial aid documents if needed (fafsa.ed.gov and profileonline.collegeboard.com)
November 2: SAT / SAT Subject Test Day
November 8: Registration deadline for Dec. SAT/ SAT Subject Tests
November 8: Registration deadline for December ACT
November 11: Veteran’s Day Holiday. Consider visiting a college on this day.
December 2019
Checklist:
- Decisions arrive for Early Decision and some early action applicants.
- Take SAT, ACT, or SAT Subject Tests.
- Complete all applications.
- Ask teachers to write letters of recommendation one month prior to application deadline. Add them to your Naviance account or give them the necessary paperwork. For deadlines over winter break, forms must be logged in by Dec 13.
- In Naviance, move colleges you plan to apply to over to the active application list (due 2 weeks before app. deadline). Complete FERPA waiver on Common App.
- Send SAT/ACT score reports via testing company to colleges on college list.
- Prepare financial aid documents if needed (fafsa.ed.gov and profileonline.collegeboard.com)
December 7: SAT Reasoning/SAT Subject Test Day
December 13: College applications due over break must be logged in by this date
December 14: ACT Testing Date
January 2020
Checklist:
- Submit remaining applications.
- In Naviance, move colleges you plan to apply to over to the active application list (due 2 weeks before app. deadline). Complete FERPA waiver on Common App.
- Send SAT/ACT score reports to any remaining colleges.
- Submit financial aid forms. Complete the FAFSA online at fafsa.ed.gov; complete the CSS/PROFILE, if required by colleges on your list, at profileonline.collegeboard.com.
- Respond to an Early Decision acceptance if applicable.
- Contact colleges (via internet or phone) to make sure your applications are complete and that online applications have been received.
February and March 2020
Checklist:
- Provide additional information to colleges as requested.
- Receive admission decisions and communicate them to your college counselor.
- Wait patiently and think about options.
- Visit colleges as necessary.
- Contact financial aid offices to make sure all necessary forms are received.
March 14-29: Spring Break. Visit colleges if necessary.
April 2020
Checklist:
- Receive admission decisions and communicate with your college counselor.
- Think through options.
- Visit colleges if necessary.
- Make final decision.
April 20: Patriots Day Holiday. Consider visiting a college campus today.
May 2020
May 1: Acceptance / deposit due at the college of your choice.
June 2020
June 6: Thayer Commencement. Congratulations!
Notes:
- Many of the dates above represent the deadline (last possible date). Plan ahead and act early!
- It is the responsibility of the student to understand the test requirements of the colleges to which they are applying.
- Thayer is not a testing site for the SAT, SAT Subject Test, or ACT.
