11th Grade

Welcome to your Junior Year

Class of 2026!

Planning for College?

Visit the link below for timelines and breakdowns of college readiness goals.

CollegeBoard's Breakdown of College Planning

Scholarship Opportunities for Juniors!

Introducing the College Board Opportunity Scholarship

The College Board has launched a new scholarship program with $5 million of scholarships each year, beginning with the class of 2020.

For more information and to get started, click Here.

The more effort you put in, the more opportunities you have to earn a scholarship. Complete all six, and you’re eligible to earn $40,000. Scholarships will be awarded through monthly drawings to students who complete each action.

Build Your College List: $500
- Get started by exploring colleges you're interested in. Learn More
Practice for the SAT: $1,000
- Use Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy® to get ready for test day. Learn More
Improve Your Score: $2,000
- Show how practice pays off by improving your SAT score. Learn More
Strengthen Your College List: $500
- Make sure your college list has a mix of academic safety, fit, and reach schools. Learn More
Complete the FAFSA: $1,000
- Fill out the free government form to apply for financial aid. Learn More
6. Apply to Colleges: $1,000
Apply to the schools you want to attend. Learn More
- Complete Your Journey: $40,000
Complete all six scholarship steps to be eligible for a $40,000 scholarship. Learn More

College Visits/Open House Information

Junior year is a great time to start visiting colleges and attending Open Houses and Information Sessions. Visiting a college helps you to see if the college is a good fit for you and gives you the opportunity to talk to campus staff, meet students, learn more about campus life and even schedule to attend a class. College websites will have information on scheduling campus visits and open house events.

If you attend a college visit on a school day, be sure to ask for documentation that you were visiting that college that day and turn it in to the front office.

American College Foundation Campus Visit Website

Campus visits allow students and parents to get a feel for the atmosphere of a college and tour campus, meet with faculty and students, learn about what the college has to offer and sometimes sit in on a class. The American College Foundation's website provides great information on things to consider when planning a college visit. Check out their website Here.

What to Know as a Junior

Look for Scholarships:

You apply for scholarships in your senior year, BUT you should begin looking for them now; some scholarships are given to students in 9th-12th grades. Below are some websites that will assist you in looking for scholarships. Please keep in mind that most of the scholarship money comes from the college and you must meet their criteria to apply. Your SAT/ACT scores are very important when applying for a scholarship. Most scholarships are interested in your character, leadership, community service, and extracurricular activities. Keep a calendar of all your community service - note what you did and how long you worked.

It's never too early to start thinking about College and Careers!

Visit https://roadtripnation.com/edu/careerfinder and create an account to find out what it takes to obtain a certain career.

Create a Resume:

Your resume’ should include extracurricular activities (in and outside of school,) any honors you have received, leadership positions held, and detailed information concerning community service you have participated in.
You should include grades 9-11 right now. Make sure you add new information (community service, honors, etc.) as they occur.
Use this template to get started

Bring Your GPA Up

Colleges look at your classes and the grades you made in 9th, 10th, and 11th grade.
Colleges use your final GPA from your junior year when making admissions decisions. This is your last chance to improve upon your GPA.

ACT/SAT Information

All 11th graders planning on attending a 4 year college or university will need to take the SAT and/or the ACT for college admissions. We encourage students to try both tests before the end of their junior year and once you receive your scores, take a second test of the one you scored better on and felt most comfortable with. The good news is......you all will take the SAT for FREE in the spring here at school! You don't have to register for that test, we will do that for you! For any tests you choose to take outside of school, register on the sites below:

SAT-College Board

ACT

All 11th graders will take the SAT in the spring at school. These scores can be reported to colleges, so we will encourage juniors to take advantage of the 4 free scores reports that can be sent to colleges they are considering as well as participate in the ACT Educational Opportunity Service and College Board Student Search Service.

Not planning on going to a 4 year college or university????? The SAT and ACT can still benefit you! Community colleges can use any SAT or ACT scores you have to help with class placement in math and english college classes and could possibly waive you out of taking the community college placement test.

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