Senior year Timeline

August - October:  

• Attend Senior & Family College Bound Night College Night, Paying for College Night, a college fair, and college representative visits

• Narrow college choices and verify application deadlines  

• Meet with the College & Career Counselor and/or your School Counselor to review your college list, essays, and applications 

• Request teacher & counselor recommendations in person at least 2 weeks in advance and then in MaiaLearning

  • • • Complete the Teacher Letter and Counselor Letter of Rec Brag Sheets in MaiaLearning

• If required, send standardized test scores to colleges through ACT.org or collegeboard.org 

• Submit transcripts requests through your School Counselor's Google Form

• Match your Common Application in MaiaLearning

• Pay close attention priority deadlines and deadlines for direct-admit programs.  

• Register with NCAA Eligibility Center if you are hoping to play Division I or Division II Athletics

• File the FAFSA beginning in October

December - January: 

• Track application status for each college and report admission decisions in MaiaLearning

• Prepare for AP exams (if applicable)  

• Begin to research scholarships on MaiaLearning and on university websites

• Work on additional scholarship essays 

February - April:  

• Continue scholarship search and complete applications  

• If waitlisted or deferred, continue to send updated transcripts and credentials to the university  

• Review and compare financial aid packages  

• Submit scholarship awards in your MaiaLearning account

• Submit housing information

• All colleges should respond by the first week of April with an admission decision

May: 

• Send deposit to one college by May 1. You can only deposit to ONE school!  

• Take AP exams, if applicable. Send AP scores to the college you will attend.

• Request your final high school transcript to sent to the college you will attend 

• Notify the colleges you will not be attending to withdraw your application (you can do this before May, too!)

• Write a thank you to the faculty who wrote you letters of recommendation and update them on your plans  

• Notify the College & Career Counselor and/or your School Counselor of your final plans

• GRADUATE!