Juniors

• During December break, students will receive a lengthy questionnaire asking them for information pertaining to their academic, extra-curricular, and personal lives. These forms are due back at the very beginning of second semester.
• A few students might choose to take the SAT I in January if they feel adequately prepared or if the March date is not a possibility for them.
• College Counseling evenings for juniors and their parents are in November and May. See Paw prints for dates.
• Each junior will set up an individual meeting with Mrs. Healy or Mr. Bhanji. No meeting can take place without our receipt of the completed questionnaire. Students who want to make plans to visit colleges over spring break should be in touch with one of us by the end of February for the initial individual meeting. After this meeting, the student will have a general sense of the range of colleges worth reading about and visiting. Parents who want to schedule an individual meeting should do so after the student has had his or her meeting.
• During spring break, students should visit a few colleges. Because many admission officers will be busy in committee making decisions on applications submitted by the current senior class, it may be difficult to set up interviews. While these are not required by many colleges, they may be recommended. A number of students prefer to visit campuses in the summer only. This is fine, except for the fact that there won't be many current students on campus--though the admission officers will generally be quite available. There is no ideal time to visit campuses; spring break provides one opportunity for such visits. It is premature to tour too much earlier than spring break; students' minds change and develop rapidly, and seeing a campus too far in advance will be hazy further down the road and will need to be re-visited. On occasion, students might have to take a day off from school to visit a college.
• Athletes who might be recruited to play at college should attend the evening meeting in March. See Paw Prints for dates.
• Most juniors will take the SAT I in March. Those requiring accommodations must get their SSD number from Mrs. Essig.
• There will be an AISGW college fair in April. Date to be published later. Attendance at the fair--even if only to request materials and meet admission officers from colleges--is recommended.
• The second college counseling night in May will have in attendance a dean of admission who will talk about what it's like to make decisions and what is important to them as they make these. Sophomore parents are invited to attend as well.
• Take SAT II's (some might retake SAT I's) in May or June.
• AP Exams are in May.
• During the summer, students should rest, but also be productive in one area--job, community service, internship, camp counseling, research, etc. And they should visit a few colleges.