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College Planning Checklist: Junior Year

  • Keep meeting with your college/career counselor at least once a year
  • Continue to take and plan challenging courses
  • Keep your grades up
  • Join an academic club
  • Register for the ACT. You should be academically ready to take it by spring. If not, take it early in your senior year.
  • Read our key information about the ACT test
  • Talk with your parents and high school counselor about colleges that interest you
  • Prepare a list of questions to ask on campus visits
  • Continue to visit colleges and talk with college students
  • List, compare, and visit colleges
  • Start or update an academic resume
  • Consider putting together a portfolio that highlights your special skills and talents
  • Keep filling out the college comparison worksheet (PDF; 1 page, 64KB); for assistance with PDF files, see these tips
  • Investigate scholarship opportunities
  • Volunteer for activities and clubs related to career interests
  • Get a part-time job, apprenticeship, or internship; or job shadow in a profession that interests you

Last updated April 8, 2011 9:07 AM