Christian High Counseling Department
College Calendar for Seniors

September

• Pick up college applications in the counseling office or request college applications from those colleges to which you are interested in applying.
• Visit college campuses.
• Register to take the October SAT.
• Register to take the October ACT if you have not taken it or want to take it again.
• Register to take the November SAT.
• Check Counseling Office to see when college representatives will be visiting GRCHS.
• Start your search for private scholarships. Look into possibilities such as your parent's employers, local clubs and organizations.
• Use days off from school to visit colleges.

October

• Complete and send in college applications
• Attend College Night programs.
• Take the SAT.
• Visit College Fairs.
• Use days off from school to visit colleges.
• Take the ACT.
• Register to take the December SAT.
• Complete and send in applications if you are applying to competitive colleges.

November

• Take the November SAT
• Use days off from school to visit colleges.
• Register to take the December ACT.
• Visit college campuses.
• Complete and send in college applications.
• Financial aid information and forms will be mailed to your home.
• Continue your search for private scholarships. Look into possibilities such as your parent's employers, local clubs and organizations.

December

• Contact students who may be returning from college for the Holidays. Ask them about their experiences and impressions.
• Complete and send in college applications.
• Take December ACT.
• Continue your search for private scholarships. Look into possibilities such as your parent's employers, local clubs and organizations.

January

• Complete and send in college applications. You mean you didn't do that yet?
• Work on the FAFSA with your parents. (Mail in after January 1.)
• Attend Financial Aid Night at GRCHS.
• Use days off from school to visit colleges.

February

• Submit FAFSA by mid-February.
• Use days off from school to visit colleges.

March

• Respond to any requests for information from college admission and financial aid offices.
• Use days off from school to make final college visits.

April

• Use spring break as a time to visit those colleges that have accepted you.
• Look over financial aid packages and make decisions.

May

• Send in acceptance letter and deposit to college of your choice by May 1 and notify others that you will not attend in the fall.

June

• Leave a request with the counseling office to have your final transcript sent to your college choice.