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• Sign up for the ACT if you didn't take it as a junior, or if you aren't satisfied with your score.
• Review ACT test results and retest if necessary.

• Visit your school counselor to make sure you are on track to graduate and fulfilling college admission requirements.
• Consider taking courses at a local university or community college.
• Keep working hard all year; second-semester grades can affect scholarship eligibility.
• Ask for personal references from teachers, school counselors, or employers early in the year or at least two weeks before application deadlines.
• Follow your school's procedure for requesting recommendations.
• Visit with admissions counselors who come to your high school.
• Attend a college fair.
• Begin your college essay(s).
• Apply for admission at the colleges you've chosen.
• Find out if you qualify for scholarships at the colleges where you have applied.
• Start the financial aid application process.
• See your school counselor for help in identifying financial aid options and scholarships.

• If you need it, get help completing the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).
• In January, ask your guidance office to send first semester transcripts to schools to which you have applied.
• In May, ask your guidance office to send your final transcripts to the college you will attend.
• Visit colleges that have invited you to enroll.
• Decide which college to attend, and notify the school of your decision. Also, notify the schools you will not attend.
• Keep track of and observe deadlines for sending in all required fees and paperwork.
• Continue to look for scholarship opportunities.
• Keep track of important financial aid and scholarship deadlines.
• Watch the mail for your Student Aid Report (SAR)—it should arrive four weeks after the FAFSA is filed.
• Compare financial aid packages from different schools.
• Sign and send in a promissory note if you are borrowing money.
• Notify your college about any outside scholarships you have received.

• Make sure your final transcript is sent to the school you will be attending.
• Consider getting a summer job. It can help pay for some of your college expenses.
• Make a list of what you will need to take with you for your dorm room.
• If you haven't met your roommate, call, write, or email to get acquainted.
• Read your housing confirmation carefully. Make sure you know the name of your dorm and any information provided about move-in day.

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