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Preparing for College - Grade 10

 

Talk to Your Guidance Counselor

Talk to your guidance counselor (or teachers, if you don't have access to a guidance counselor) about the following:

  • Reviewing the high school curriculum needed to satisfy the requirements of the colleges you are interested in attending
  • Finding out about AP courses:
    - What courses are available
    - Whether or not you are eligible for the classes that you want to take
    - How to enroll in them for your junior year
Update Your File
Update your file, or start one if you haven't already. (See Grade 9 for a list of what it should contain.)

Extracurricular Activities
Continue extracurricular activities, as admissions officers look at students' extracurricular activities when considering them for admission.

Academic Enrichment
Continue participation in academic enrichment programs, summer workshops, and camps with specialty focuses such as music, arts, science, etc.

P SAT Exam
Take the P SAT in October. The scores will not count for National Merit Scholar consideration in your sophomore year, but it is valuable practice for when you take the P SAT again in your junior year (when the scores will count), as well as for the SAT I exam which you should also be taking in your junior year. You will receive your P SAT results in December.

SAT II
  • Register for the SAT II in April for any subjects you will be completing before June.

  • Take the SAT II in June.
Source: U.S. Department of Education. Federal Student Aid (FSA) https://studentaid.ed.gov
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