APPLYING TO COLLEGE

COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS

COLLEGE APPLICATION Checklists

9th Grade

❏ Consider joining a club or sport that you'd like to get involved with during your high school years.

❏ Create your Naviance account.

❏ Use Naviance to search for colleges and careers that interest you.

❏ Take the PSAT.

❏ Schedule 10th grade classes that will challenge and interest you and fit your future goals. Consider pathways you are likely to take regarding AP classes.

10th Grade

FALL SEMESTER

❏ Consider taking a leadership position in a club or organization that you are involved with.

❏ Take the PSAT.

❏ Consider your options for enrollment in West Shore Career-Tech program.

SPRING SEMESTER

❏ Schedule 11th grade classes that will challenge and interest you and fit your future goals.

❏ Check SAT/ACT testing dates and locations for the upcoming school year. Decide which dates work best for you.

❏ Think about using ACT/SAT preparation resources, such as Khan Academy SAT Prep. 

SUMMER

❏ Consider visiting colleges over school breaks.

11th Grade

FALL SEMESTER

❏ Consider taking a leadership position in a club or organization that you are involved with.

❏ Use Naviance under the "Career" tab to explore career interest profiles and personality inventories. 

❏ Consider what college majors might fit well with your interests and goals.

❏ Think about using ACT/SAT preparation resources, such as Khan Academy SAT Prep. 

❏ Schedule campus visits to explore colleges you are interested in.

❏ Take the PSAT if interested in being eligible for the National Merit Competition.

❏ Explore the "SuperMatch College Search" tool on Naviance.

SPRING SEMESTER

❏ Attend CCP/AP Night at Bay High School on January 24, 2024.

❏ Attend College Night at Bay High School on February 5, 2024.

❏ Take the free School Day SAT at Bay High School on March 6, 2024.

❏ Schedule 12th grade classes that challenge and interest you and fit your future goals.

❏ If interested in CCP classes, submit Intent to Participate Form by April 1, 2024.

❏ Update your Personal Resume with activities, sports, clubs, awards, and honors received this school year.

❏ Check SAT/ACT testing dates and locations. Decide which dates work best for you and take test(s). Bring college codes to have your scores sent.

❏ Ask 1-3 teachers if they would be willing to write you a Letter of Recommendation.

❏ Create a CommonApp account using a personal (non-Bay) email address.

SUMMER

❏ Consider getting involved with an internship, CCP courses, research project, or pre-college summer programs.

❏ Consider visiting the colleges you are interested in.

❏ Start filling out the CommonApp starting August 1, 2024.

12th Grade

FALL SEMESTER

❏ Register for the ACT/SAT if you have not taken it or choose to take it again.

❏ Fill out the CommonApp starting August 1.

❏ Attend college representative presentations at BHS for any colleges you are interested in. Sign up on Naviance.

❏ Make final visits to schools you are interested in.

❏  Match your CommonApp with your Naviance account.

❏ Update where you applied in Naviance.

❏ Request Letters of Recommendation in Naviance.

❏ Pay attention to college deadlines, particularly Early Decision, Early Action, and Scholarship deadlines.

❏ Attend Financial Aid Night at BHS.

❏ Fill out the FAFSA as soon after October 1 as possible to be eligible for federally funded grants, loans, and work study.

❏ Make sure your SAT/ACT scores have been sent directly to the colleges to which you are applying.

SPRING SEMESTER

❏ Update where you applied in Naviance.

❏ Review acceptances and compare financial aid packages.

❏ Continue working hard in school. Colleges will see your final transcript.