Timelines

Year 13

Individual meetings with your university counsellor
Keep track of deadlines! Create an overview of all your upcoming deadlines (application deadlines, testing, school internal deadlines etc…
Feedback sessions on your personal statements and/or college essays
Stay focused on your academics and activities
Continue to attend university visits
Early US applicants - finalise your college list
If you are using the Common Application, connect your Common Application and Cialfo accounts

Finalise your personal statements and/or college essays
Predicted grades are shared with students
Register for any standardised tests you may need to take
All Oxbridge & Medic applications submitted
By mid-September notify your university counsellor if you will be applying to an Early Decision (ED), Early Action (EA)

Oxbridge university tests as well as LNAT and BMAT registration
Early US applicants: submit by the deadline!
Update your final university list on Cialfo
Mock interviews for Oxbridge & Medicine
Complete and submit your university applications
Attend university interviews
December onwards: If you have been accepted EA or ED, please let your university counsellor know. If you have been accepted ED, you must immediately withdraw any applications you have submitted to other universities worldwide.

Attend any interviews
Mid-year transcripts will be automatically sent to all US and Canadian colleges early January
As you receive decisions, please inform your university counsellor
Keep your grades up - offers are conditional!
AUS/NZ/NS/GAP year students - schedule a final meeting with your counsellor before the Easter break

Attend university lifeskills classes
Involve yourself deeply in your activities
Register for any standerdised tests you may need to take
Reflect on what you might want out of your university experience (courses, locations, size,...)
Update your personal profile on Cialfo as well as activities
Attend university visits
Attend TTS university information evenings
Attend 1st Uni App Day

If planning for summer programs, please be mindful of application dates as well as organising reference letters. Please speak to your university counsellor
Register for any standerdised tests you may need to take
Individual meetings with your university counsellor
Research universities and create longlist of universities
Attend university specific workshops organised by the university counselling team
Attend university visits
Start thinking about which teachers to ask for a letter of recommendation
Individual meetings with your university counsellor

Do your best academic work
Find activities (creativity, activity, & service CCAs) to get involved and explore your interests
Begin to think about potential leadership opportunities
Attend two 6th Form pathway meetings with your university counsellor
Summer is a great time to explore your interests further - take a class, find a summer job, volunteer etc.
Visit some universities if possible
Continue to work on your personal profile on Cialfo. Make sure you keep a record of all the activities you are involved in so you can use this for university application purposes or for internships.

Make a plan of what the next 4 years should look like. Think ahead and be positive.

Find activities (creativity, activity, & service CCAs) to get involved and explore your interests
Think about your strengths and what careers could these subjects possibly lead to?
Take an interests assessment - https://www.youscience.com/
Set academic goals each semester
Read for pleasure
Start working on your personal profile on Cialfo. Make sure you keep a record of all the activities you are involved in so you can use this for university application purposes or for internships.

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