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Freshman Year Planning

Take the basic courses including: Foreign Language, Geometry and science class, required for high school graduation and college admission.
Do you like extracurricular activities? Think in some of them to participate while you’re in high school
If you have no work experience, this time can be crucial, try to look for some job and impress your instructors, probably you will need a letter of recommendation of some of them in your senior year.
Take note of the important activities you make or big goals you get, this notes can be used when trying to make your Resume.

Skills are also important in the Resume, try to increase your language and critical thinking skills.
Have a meeting with your counselor, at least once every six months to know if you’ll be able to graduate from high school and apply to a College or University. Try to make a close relationship with him/her in your first years so he/she will know about your goals.
Get a social security card.
Research for some scholarship for high school freshman.
Try to make an extracurricular activity, and better if you have some leadership in the field, this will be a good valuable point for you when applying for college admission.
Assist to College fairs to get in touch with other students or college representatives.
Apply for national scholarships.
Participate in some summer activity: volunteer work, internship or any other activity to increase your Resume.
At the end of the Freshman Year put all your effort in your exams, you can begin to write your Resume and think well about the college majors.

Update your student resume with last activities.
Discuss with your counselor and parents about the major you’re thinking of.
Continue working in summer.
Consider working hard on your job summer to ask for recommendation letters to your boss.
Visit some colleges campuses is a good idea
Think about the cost of the college you’re planning to go, analyze if your family can afford it.
If you’re good at sports begin to increase your athletic abilities.

You will need a Social Security Card for financial aid, college applications and more so it’s a good time to get one.
Choose your coursework wisely, this is an important point for college admissions officers.
Continue having meetings with your counselor.
Be a competitive person, participate in contests and try to win awards.
Take a look to some exams like: Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) and the ACT’s Plan Assessment
Make the registration for the next year in Junior level
You should take SAT Subject Test as soon as you can while the lessons are still fresh on your mind.
If you want to go to a Military Academy contact any member and let him know you want to begin the application process the next year.

Update your Student Resume with freshmen and sophomore activities
Continue working this summer and doing your best at work
Contact people and visit the campus of some colleges
Continue working to increase your skills, linguistics and critical thinking
Start saving money for college
Junior year grades are the most important, so make an effort and earn excellent grades this year, college admission officers will review how was your level in Junior year.
Other important factor for college admission officers is the difficulty of coursework, this can be the decisive point between accepting you or not into the admission process.

Continue working and participating in extracurricular activities.
Prepare and take the PSAT/NMSQT
Analyze more deeply with parents and friends to which University are you planning to go.
Assist to College Fairs to know more about financial and academic fields.
Search for junior and senior scholarships to apply for.
Think about people you can ask for a recommendation letter, think about your teachers, counselors or employers.
Do your exams pretty well to obtain great calcifications and be able to been accepted in the college you want.
Plan your class schedule of senior year, think about your senior year curriculum.
If you are interested in attending to a Military Academy then you have to start the process now.

Demonstrate your skills to teachers, and think in people you can ask for recommendation letters, they must be excellent letters.
Take some tests necessaries to help you know how the level of knowledge you have and be prepared for college admission process.
Update your Student resume with last activities you’ve made.
Continue taking advantage of your time and keep looking for some activities during the summer, or a temporal job or volunteer job, or take some classes.
If you assist to any Community College class try to get good califications, college admission officers will take this into account.

Analyze all kind of information that you can have about the College or university you are thinking to go, search on the internet, not only in the official website but in other social networking sites, in the forums and make an idea of what’s going on there and if you’re going to feel good.
Set up some visits and interviews to the campus of your selection, this way you will have a strong idea of how is the living there.
If you are interested in a Military Academy you should start the admission process, Military Academies gives complete scholarships if students make military service after their graduation.
If you are good at sports you should begin to market your abilities to college coaches.
If you are planning to make Architecture or Visual arts you have to submit your portfolio, review the Colleges websites to review the requirements and process.
Review your personal social networking spaces, College admission officers use to review the photos of the applicants and their friends, if you prefer modify your privacy for example in Facebook, you can make your photos visible only for your friends.
Continue searching scholarships.
Complete your Student resume and make many copies of it.
Work on your application essay at least 10 hours per week.
Parents and applicants must discuss seriously about the cost of College, Loans and Scholarships.
Mail all the papers you prepared before, recommendation letters, student resume with a cover letter, and other document.

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