Senior College Planning

September /October

  • Register for ACT and/or SAT
  • Begin gathering information of different

universitiesand visit their web sites

  • visit the SCHOOLS on your list – College/University

TechnologySchool

  • Continue searching and applying for private

scholarships

  • attend college fairs & Super Saturdays
  • make a list of all application due dates
  • apply to NCAA clearinghouse if planning to

participate in sports at the college level

November/ December

  • Apply for a PIN # to use when completing the FAFSA

(Free application for Federal Student aid)

  • Continue checking list of all application due dates
  • Register for ACT and/or SAT if taking again or did

nottake in october

  • Begin submitting applications for admission to

universities of choice

  • begin Submitting Freshman Scholarship

applications to universities of choice

  • apply for foundation scholarships at universities

ifapplicable.

  • Contact university of choice about departmental

scholarships and apply for them.

  • Continue searching and applying for private

scholarship

  • native american students should contact their

tribeshigher education department

  • review due dates/deadlines

January /february

  • obtain Free application for federal student aid

(fafsa) form and begin completing

  • Parents obtain w-2 forms and initiate

completion of federal and state tax returns to be used to complete financial aidapplication (FAFSA). sTUDENTS AS WELL IF

APPLICABLE

  • attend financial aid workshop
  • fafsa application should be mailed!! don’t wait

(make copies or print copy if completed on the web.)

  • sUBMIT application FOR ADMISSION to universitIES of

choice if notalready done

  • submit freshman scholarship applicationS to

universitIES if not already done

  • apply for foundation scholarships AT UNIVEISITIES

if applicable.

  • contact university of choice about departmental scholarships and apply
  • Native american students should contact their

tribeshigher education department

  • review due dates/deadlines

mARCH / aPRIL

  • fafsa application should be mailed IF NOT ALREADY

MAILED. (make copies or print copy if

completed on the web.)

  • Continue searching and applying for private

scholarships

  • submit application for admission to university of

choice is notalready done

  • submit freshman application to university if not

ALREADY done

  • apply for foundation scholarships if applicable
  • apply for departmental scholarship if applicable
  • Promptly respond to request for information from

university admissions and/or financial aid offices

  • respond to notification letters of scholarships

being offered to you from Universities or private sources.

  • Native american students should contact their

tribeshigher education department if not

already done

  • contactuniversity to set up CPT or compass testing

if applicable (act (19) REMEDIAL testing)

  • Contactuniversity to register for CLEP Testing if

applicable

  • APPLY FOR ALL LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS ELIGIBLE FOR
  • Attend earliest freshman orientation availabLE
  • review due dates/deadlines

mAY / JUNE

  • promptly respond to request for information from

university admissions and/or financial aid

office

  • send in acceptance notifications of scholarships

offered to you from university

  • apply for Departmentalor foundation

scholarships if applicable.

  • native american students contact tribe – higheR

educatioN dept if not already done

  • mail fafsa if not already done. YOU ARE VERY LATE!!
  • Apply for all local scholarships eligible for
  • Continue searching and applying for private

scholarships

  • Attend earliest freshman orientation availabLE
  • notify counselor where final transcripts should

be senT

  • respond to notification letters of scholarships

being offered to you from Universities or

Priviate sources

  • review due dates

****This listing is not intended to include every aspect of college planning for students in their senior year, but as a guideline to help facilitate the students’ senior year.

Seniors are given two Career Days. A letter or form from the intity attended must be given to the counselor. if documentation is not given it will be counted as an absent.

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submit applications for COLLEGE admission and COLLEGE freshman scholarship application to university of choiceearly!!!! Some universities begin awarding academic scholarship in mid-november.

University freshman scholarship deadlines

osu Feb 1 (rec by)

ouFeb 1 (rec by)

cameron feb 1

usao feb 15

swosu march 1

redlandsmarch 1

Note: there may be earlier deadlines for other scholarships offered at the university

-----checkuniversity web site!!!!!!!!!!

Universitiy departmental, FOUNDATION, and/or alumni scholarships

Go to university wed stie or contact department HEAD OR Foundation department or aulmni departmentto get information and deadline dates.

MAKe copies of everything that you complete and submit. on the copy, RECORD the date mailed and keep in college folder(s).

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Register at

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Web Sites

SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH

WWW.FASTWEB.COM

WWW.GOCOLLEGE.COM

WWW.COLLEGENET.COM

WWW.FASTAID.COM

scholarships3.cfm

http://studentjobs.gov/e-scholar.htm

FINANCIAL AID

WWW.FAFSA.ED.GOV

WWW.NAAS.ORG

WWW.FINAID.ORG

WWW.SALLIEMAE.COM

WWW.ED.GOV

WWW.WIREDSCHOLAR.COM

www.irs.gov

COLLEGE INFO

WWW.OKHIGHERED.ORG

HTTP://COLLEGEPREP.OKSTATE.EDU

WWW.COLLEGEQUEST.COM

WWW.WIREDSCHOLAR.COM

WWW.COLLEGEISPOSSIBLE.ORG

http://studentaid.ed.gov

www.nces.ed.gov

MILITARY INFO

WWW.MILITARY.COM

WWW.GOARMY.COM

WWW.1-800-GO-GUARD.COM

WWW.AIRFORCE.COM

WWW.NAVYDALLAS.COM

WWW.MARINES.COM

CAREER INFO

WWW.JOBSMART.ORG

HTTP://STATS.BLS.GOV/OCOHOME.HTM (Occupational Outlook Handbook 2000-01)

TESTING ACT/SAT

http://collegeprep.okstate.edu