Seniors
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Make sure you also check out our Scholarships and Financial Aid pages.
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Senior Year Timeline
All Year
-Follow the College Timeline.
-Attend area college fairs and go on college visits.
-Study Hard - many colleges ask for a final transcript and can rescind their original acceptance! Senior year grades DO matter!
--Apply for every scholarship for which you are eligible.
-Register on scholarship websites for possible scholarships.
August & September
-Obtain college applications and begin filling them out.
-Fill out the Letter of Recommendation Survey about yourself. Give your answers to staff that you want to write you recommendation letters.
-Apply for scholarships.
-Sign up for the October SAT, if you choose to re-take it.
-Meet with your School Counselor for your senior interview.
October
-Check college applications for early deadlines! We recommend that college applications be sent by Fall Break.
-Sign up for November SAT, if you choose to re-take it.
-Apply for scholarships.
-FAFSA window opens up for students and parents to start the process.
-Attend a FAFSA (financial aid) workshop with your parents held at WHS.
November
-Continue the FAFSA process if you have not started.
-Continue college application process.
-Apply for scholarships.
December
-Continue the FAFSA process if you have not started.
-Make sure you have met college application deadlines!!
-Apply for scholarships.
January
-Continue the FAFSA process if you have not started.
-Keep working on your grades. Senior courses are very important to college admission personnel.
-Apply for scholarships.
February
-Complete and submit your Financial Aid Form (FAFSA) by the March 10th deadline to be eligible for state financial aid money.
-Eligible candidates for Core 40 & Honors Diploma must secure parent's signature and provide your social security number for any financial aid.
-Apply for scholarships.
March - April
-FAFSA sends financial aid information to colleges. Colleges send you a financial aid package.
-Academic Hall of Fame recipients selected, based on 11th trimester transcript.
-Valedictorian, Salutatorian, and Graduation with Distinction determined based on 11 1/2 trimester grades.
-Apply for scholarships.
May
-Your college decision should be made by now. Notify any other schools where you were admitted and inform them that you do not plan to attend.
-Counselors make final check for Core 40 & Honors Diploma.
-Write thank you notes to scholarship donors who gave you scholarships at WHS Honors Award Program.