Timeline - Sophomore Year

TIMELINE FOR THE COLLEGE BOUND
Sophomore Year

Please use this timeline to help guide you through the college preparation/selection process. Be sure to refer to the more detailed college selection materials that are available from the guidance office, and to tap into your counselor's knowledge/experience with this process.


1. Take as rigorous an academic program as you can handle.
2. Resolve to get the best grades possible.
3. Develop a schedule of when you plan on taking the college admissions tests - PSAT, SAT, SAT-II and AP exams. We strongly recommend the PSAT for sophomores who are planning to attend a 4-year college.
4. Continue to discuss your career and college interests with your parents and counselor.
5. Begin to send for information from colleges and other post-secondary programs of interest to you.
6. Visit more college campuses.
7. Talk with others - family, friends, counselors, teachers who have gone to college to gather ideas about the college experience.
8. Attend college fairs to gather information about a variety of college and to meet college admission representatives. See your guidance counselor for dates, times and locations.