Grand Rapids Christian High School


    College Calendar for Seniors

    September

    • Pick up college applications in the counseling office or request college applications from those colleges to which you are interested in applying.
    • Visit college campuses.
    • Register to take the October SAT.
    • Register to take the October ACT if you have not taken it or want to take it again.
    • Register to take the November SAT.
    • Check Counseling Office to see when college representatives will be visiting GRCHS.
    • Start your search for private scholarships. Look into possibilities such as your parent's employers, local clubs and organizations.
    • Use days off from school to visit colleges.

    October

    • Complete and send in college applications
    • Attend College Night programs.
    • Take the SAT.
    • Visit College Fairs.
    • Use days off from school to visit colleges.
    • Take the ACT.
    • Register to take the December SAT.
    • Complete and send in applications if you are applying to competitive colleges.

    November

    • Take the November SAT
    • Use days off from school to visit colleges.
    • Register to take the December ACT.
    • Visit college campuses.
    • Complete and send in college applications.
    • Financial aid information and forms will be mailed to your home.
    • Continue your search for private scholarships. Look into possibilities such as your parent's employers, local clubs and organizations.

    December

    • Contact students who may be returning from college for the Holidays. Ask them about their experiences and impressions.
    • Complete and send in college applications.
    • Take December ACT.
    • Continue your search for private scholarships. Look into possibilities such as your parent's employers, local clubs and organizations.

    January

    • Complete and send in college applications. You mean you didn't do that yet?
    • Work on the FAFSA with your parents. (Mail in after January 1.)
    • Attend Financial Aid Night at GRCHS.
    • Use days off from school to visit colleges.

    February

    • Submit FAFSA by mid-February.
    • Use days off from school to visit colleges.

    March

    • Respond to any requests for information from college admission and financial aid offices.
    • Use days off from school to make final college visits.

    April

    • Use spring break as a time to visit those colleges that have accepted you.
    • Look over financial aid packages and make decisions.

    May

    • Send in acceptance letter and deposit to college of your choice by May 1 and notify others that you will not attend in the fall.

    June

    • Leave a request with the counseling office to have your final transcript sent to your college choice.

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