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SUGGESTED FIRST-YEAR APPLICATION CALENDAR

Junior Year

Senior Year

Junior Year

September
• Inquire about PSAT/NMSQT (National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) test date, time, and place in October.
• Meet with your school counselor to review your courses for this year and plan for your senior year.

October
• Take PSAT/NMSQT.

December
• Receive results of PSAT/NMSQT.
• Read material sent with your scores and consult with your school counselor to determine how you might improve. This can be excellent preparation for your SAT.

January
• Begin to think about which colleges you would like to explore.
• Sign up for April SAT I. Get a social security number—they are required on college applications.

February
• Meet with your school counselor to begin assembling a list of colleges to explore.
• Begin to prepare for your SAT I.

March
• Write to colleges on your list and, upon receiving their materials, evaluate the literature sent to you.
• Sign up for the May/June SAT II (Subject Achievement) tests or the April ACT.

April
• When selecting your senior courses, be sure to continue to challenge yourself. Take AP or honors courses whenever possible.
• It is time to take the SAT I or ACT; double-check the date, time, and location.
• Continue to evaluate colleges. Begin eliminating some choices from the original list.

May
• Attend a college fair to get more information about colleges on your list.
• Take SAT II Subject Tests, if appropriate.
• Look into summer jobs.
• Consider enrolling in an academic course at a local college, pursuing a summer school program, or being a volunteer.

June
• Plan visits to colleges during summer.
• Take SAT II Subject tests (if appropriate).

July–August
• Visit colleges, take tours, and have interviews (if offered).
• Continue to refine your list.

Senior Year

September
• Sign up for November SAT I or October ACT.
• Meet with your school counselor to ensure that your college list complements your academic and personal record.
• Review your personal records with your school counselor to ensure their accuracy.
• Write to the colleges still on your list to request applications.
• Plan visits to colleges (if you didn’t get to them during the summer or want to visit a second time).
• Early decision applicants should fill out the College Scholarship Service Financial Aid PROFILE Registration Form.

October
• Attend a regional college fair to investigate your choices further.
• Begin gathering application data.
• Line up your teacher recommendations.
• Early decision applications are due to your counselor. Also prepare applications for backup schools.
• Start sending your applications.
• Sign up for December/January SAT II Subject tests or December ACT.
• Take ACT.
• Early decision applicants should begin filling out the PROFILE application packet.

November
• Take SAT I. Have scores sent to the colleges on your list.
• Keep up your first-quarter grades.
• November 1: Emory’s Early Decision 1 Deadline.
• November 1: Emory Scholar Nomination Deadline.

December
• Regular decision applicants should fill out the College Scholarship Service PROFILE Registration Form.
• Take SAT I or SAT II Subject tests or ACT. Have scores sent to colleges on your list.
• File your last college application.
• Consult your school counselor again to review your final list of colleges. Be sure you have all bases covered.
• If you applied for early decision, you should have an answer soon after December 15.

January
• Regular decision applicants should begin filling out the PROFILE.
• Keep working on your grades. Courses continue to count throughout the senior year.
• Take SAT II Subject tests. Send scores to colleges on your list. Ask your counselor to send the transcripts of your first-semester grades to colleges to which you have applied.
• January 1: Emory's Early Decision 2 Deadline.
• January 15: Emory Regular Decision Deadline.

February, March, April
• Remember to be sure that all application materials are sent and received on time.
• February 15: Submit the PROFILE and FAFSA.

Before May 1
• Decide on a college and notify the other colleges that accepted you.

May
• Take Advanced Placement exams.

July
• Look for information about housing, roommate(s), orientation, and courses.

August and September
• Leave for your new home and have a great year!

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