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• Meet with your school counselor to review your high school program, graduation requirements, and future plans.
• Get involved in school and community activities.
• Take the Abilities Explorer interest inventory. Get to know the Career Center.
• Speak with adults in a variety of fields to determine what they like or dislike about their jobs, and what educational preparation is required.
• Start to plan financially for college.
• Read the Counseling and Career News regularly.
• Plan summer experiences that might develop new skills.

• Meet with your school counselor to review your high school program, graduation requirements, and future plans.
• Use the Career Center to research career areas and colleges.
• Read the Counseling and Career News regularly.
• Plan for taking any appropriate Advanced Placement courses.
• Consider the Tech Prep program for earning college credit at Three Rivers CTC.
• Begin to explore and discuss college options.
• Take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) in October for practice.
• Plan summer experiences that might develop new skills.

• Take challenging classes; make sure graduation requirements are being met.
• Explore ways in which classes relate to career opportunities and work situations.
• If you are planning to play a sport or receive an athletic scholarship at a Division I or II college, be sure courses meet NCAA Clearinghouse requirements (www.ncaaclearinghouse.net).
• Take the PSAT/NMSQT (October).
• Utilize the Career Center to carry out a college and career search.
• Look carefully at costs and budgeting for further education.
• Attend the Financial Aid Workshop (December).
• Study financial aid and scholarship opportunities.
• Check to see if applications for certain programs need to be made this year, for example appointments to a military academy.
• Take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Test Battery (ASVAB) to help explore vocational aptitudes and career possibilities.
• Explore job-shadowing options with your counselor.
• Register for and take the Scholastic Aptitude Test – www.collegeboard.com - (SAT I and any appropriate SAT II Subject Tests) or the ACT if required. Juniors usually take these in May.
• Read the Counseling and Career News regularly for updated Scholarship information and College Representative Visitation Schedule . Pay very careful attention to deadlines.
• Speak with graduates who have attended college or who have entered careers about their experiences.
• Plan college visitations. Take college tours, talk to faculty members and students, and get to know the institutions thoroughly (see list of questions to ask of college representatives - College & Career Planning Guide).
• Carefully select courses for the senior year.
• Consider the Senior Internship program.
• Plan summer experiences that might develop new skills.
  

• Take challenging classes; make sure all graduation requirements are being met.
• Explore ways in which classes relate to career opportunities and work situations.
• Complete college search and selection utilizing the Career Center and all possible resources.
• Obtain and complete college applications. Watch deadlines, especially for early action or early decision. Many may need to be in during November. Some scholarships require early application!
• Apply for scholarships. These may be announced throughout the year; deadlines vary. Read the Counseling and Career News every week.
• Apply for financial aid. Attend the Financial Aid Workshop (December). Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in January (www.fafsa.ed.gov) and the
  College Board Profile (www.profileonline.collegeboard.com) if applicable.
  Complete all special financial aid application forms for individual colleges. Watch deadlines.
• Register for and take the Scholastic Aptitude Test – www.collegeboard.com - (SAT I and any appropriate SAT II Subject Tests) or the ACT if required. Seniors usually take the SAT in October or November.
• Be sure all NCAA Clearinghouse Student Release Forms are completed (www.ncaaclearinghouse.net) and submitted if you are planning to play a sport or receive an athletic scholarship at a Division I or II college.
• Read the Counseling and Career News every week for updated information. Pay very careful attention to deadlines.
• Speak with graduates who have attended college or who have entered careers about their experiences.
• Plan college visitations. Take college tours, talk to faculty members and students, and get to know the institutions thoroughly (see list of questions to ask of college representatives).
• Plan summer experiences that will develop or expand career skills and opportunities.