Twelfth Grade
Fall
1. Schedule the most academically rigorous program that you can handle for your senior year. Your senior year is just as important as your previous years. Continued success in a rigorously academic program is necessary for colleges to make a final admissions decision about a student.
2. Attend college meetings with college admissions representatives that are of interest to you.
3. Try to visit some college campuses while they are in session. This will help you get a better "feel" for the school.
4. Prepare for, register, and take the SAT's in November and the ACT's or SAT II as needed.
5. If any SAT-II tests are required at the schools you are interested in, register for those tests.
6. Develop your final list of schools.
7. Gather letters of recommendation, if required, and complete the essays required with your applications.
8. Application deadlines carry from college to college. Check with the college you are interested in to be sure. As a guideline, the following applies: Early decision candidates must submit before November 1.
9. All males turning 18 years old must register with the Selective Service at www.sss.gov.
2. Attend college meetings with college admissions representatives that are of interest to you.
3. Try to visit some college campuses while they are in session. This will help you get a better "feel" for the school.
4. Prepare for, register, and take the SAT's in November and the ACT's or SAT II as needed.
5. If any SAT-II tests are required at the schools you are interested in, register for those tests.
6. Develop your final list of schools.
7. Gather letters of recommendation, if required, and complete the essays required with your applications.
8. Application deadlines carry from college to college. Check with the college you are interested in to be sure. As a guideline, the following applies: Early decision candidates must submit before November 1.
9. All males turning 18 years old must register with the Selective Service at www.sss.gov.
10. File a Financial Aid Application (available in the guidance office after January 1).
11. You and/or your parents should attend a financial aid workshop offered by the guidance office to assist you in completing the Financial Aid forms (held in January).
12. Search out other sources of financial aid.
13. Check the guidance list of scholarships in homeroom or see your counselor. The guidance office has books and computer searches available for locating financial aid, as well.
14. Consider going to the college of your choice for an interview with the admissions officer.
Spring
15. Continue to search for and apply for other sources of financial aid, (i.e., aid available from your parent's employer or from service clubs of which they are members).
16. By mid-April, most colleges will have sent acceptance or rejection letters.
17. Take Advanced Placement tests, if applicable.
18. As soon as you have decided which college's offer of admission to accept, let that college know.
19. Advise the other colleges that accepted you of your decision.
20. If you are wait-listed at a college you are eager to attend, call or write the director of admissions and ask how to strengthen your application. (See your counselor for advice).
21. Be sure to send your acceptance deposit by the deadline specified.
22. Notify your counselor which college you have selected so that Woodbridge can submit final grades, class rank and proof of graduation to that institution.
23. Lastly, enjoy your graduation and good luck in all your future endeavors. The Woodbridge High School guidance offices are always open to you!
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