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 class xii calendar: 2007-08
 | Meet with your college counselor to review and refine college lists—plan to meet individually at least once a month through the fall. To the first meeting, bring in a list of 4-15 colleges to which you are thinking about applying. Refine this list with college counselor. Be prepared also with a list of extra-curricular activities, in and outside of Waterford, achievements, and other information you would like to highlight in your applications. | | | Encourage your parents to schedule a meeting with you and your counselor to discuss college choices and application process. | | | Register for final SATs and ACTs
SAT I or SAT II (Subject Tests)—September 10 deadline for October 6 test.
ACT—September 21 deadline for October 27 test. | | | Students applying Early Action or Early Decision request recommendations and begin essay writing. | | | All students: decide which teachers (usually two) you would like to write a recommendation letter for you, and ask them. | | | SAT I or SAT II – October 2 deadline for November 3 test. |
| October 6 SAT I or SAT II (Subject Tests) | | | October 27 ACT | | | Wednesday, October 17--students and parents attend College Night at Waterford. | | | Saturday in October (TBA) Utah College Fair at Juan Diego H. S. 1:00-4:00 pm | | | Request recommendations from faculty—preferably six weeks in advance of the deadline. | | | Attend meetings with college representatives, schedule interviews if interested. | | | Make final selection of colleges with College Counselor. | | | Early Action/ED applicants finishing applications—some due Nov. 1, others have Nov. 15 deadline. | | | Have The College Board and ACT send SAT and ACT scores to your college choices. | | | October 30 deadline for December 1 SAT I or II. |
| Nov. 1 and Nov. 15 Early Decision / Early Action application deadlines. | | | All students finalize essays. We are eager to read and offer advice on essays, but it is your responsibility to come to us. | | | Have someone proofread your entire application before mailing it off. | | | November 2 deadline for December 8 ACT. | | | November 3 SAT I or II. | | | Plan to have all applications finished before Christmas break, even if they are not due until later. You will have a much more enjoyable break, and for rolling admissions, you stand a better chance of getting in. If applications are due in December or early January, get all forms to teachers and college counselor by December 1. Have your essays and applications done by December 10, so a teacher or college counselor has time to review it with you. | | | Finish off Fall term well—colleges look closely at this term. | | | Begin CSS PROFILE, the F.A. form due to most private colleges (www.collegeboard.com). |
| December 1 SAT I or II. | | | Finish strongly before break—and finish those applications. | | | Schedule interviews with the colleges that offer them. | | | Have The College Board and ACT send SAT and ACT scores to your college choices. | | | December 8 ACT. | | | Visit the colleges to which you’ve applied, if you haven’t already. | | | Research and apply for scholarship money—look in library and on Internet. | | | Financial Aid: Remind parents to organize financial aid (tax) information, so you can file your FAFSA online (www.fafsa.ed.gov) the First of January to assure the best award possible. Begin CSS PROFILE, the F.A. form due to most private colleges (www.collegeboard.com). | | | Performing Arts students arrange auditions for early the next year. |
| First week in January: attend panel discussion with recent Waterford Alumni about college life, college opportunities, college choices, and the decision-making process. | | | Prepare for and have interviews with college admissions staff or alumni representatives in the area. Be sure to research the college, and be prepared to ask good questions about the college, and to talk about yourself and your interests. | | | Finish later applications. | | | Parents mail in financial aid (FAFSA and CSS PROFILE) forms (www.fafsa.ed.gov and www.collegeboard.com). | | | Meet final Application Deadlines. |
| Interviews with college admissions staff or alumni representatives. | | | Performing Arts students have auditions. |
| Wait and hope. | | | Enjoy your studies, your teachers and your classmates. | | | Send thank-you notes to those who wrote letters for you, if you haven’t yet. |
| April 1-10—traditional reply dates. Be happy in the thought that you have done your research well, applied to a good range of colleges, and that you will get into a good, suitable college. | | | Meet with your college counselor to discuss your options. | | | Final research and soul search to make final choice from college acceptance list. |
| May 1—Acceptance and deposit due to the ONE college of your choice. | | | Be nice to your parents—you’ll be leaving soon (probably) and everyone is a little sad. | | | Enjoy your last term. | | | May-June—Waitlist decisions made. |
| Make money for college, keep reading, writing, refresh yourself. | | | Take advantage of freshman orientation, even the non-mandatory trips, if available. |
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