• If you have not taken your SAT’s, make sure to do so. Remember, many colleges have SAT II requirements. If you are not content with your SAT II scores from junior year, retaking them cannot hurt.
• In the classroom, do not enter senior slump during the first semester! You have to maintain a challenging schedule- and do well. Colleges look very closely at first semester grades from senior year.
• Keep in contact with your college guidance counselor. Make sure he/she knows your feelings about each school on your preliminary list. Ask him/her your honest chances of getting into each college.
• Narrow your list of schools down to about 3-5 (not including safeties) with your parents and counselor. If there is one school that is your clear favorite, consider applying early.
• Make sure that you have the applications for each school in which you are interested. Begin working on the applications as early as possible- applying to college is a time-consuming task that should not be left for one weekend.

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