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College Application Checklist

college applications

• Download or print the application

• Make a note of all deadlines - regular and early dates

• Request high school transcript and your 1st semester grades

• Complete any required admission tests

• Schedule and prepare for SAT tests, AP exams, etc.

• Once you receive test scores, be sure to send all results to the universities you\'re applying to

• Request recommendation letters, and send thank you notes to those who do

• Draft your application essays. Have more than one person proofread them. Then, revise the essays, then have them proofread a **second time. Complete those second corrections.

• Visit the campuses you\'re interested in for interviews with the admissions department

• Also attempt to set up an interview with an alumni of the campus

• Submit FAFSA

• Submit PROFILE (if necessary)

• Keep in mind the early and regular financial aid deadlines

• Complete college application

• Make copies of all of your application documents

• Prepare money for application fees

• Sign and send applications

• Send forms for college financial aid, and state financial aid (if needed)

• Obtain a confirmation (or receipt) of your application materials

• Beware of and submit any additional materials that individual universities might require

• Keep you high school counselor informed of all of your applications

• Wait until you receive a letter from the admissions department regarding your application\'s fate

• Wait also until you receive a letter notifying you of any aid you are awarded (from the school or state)

• You have a deadline to accept the offer to attend the university - decide before then!

• Accept financial offer in relation to the school offer as well

• Politely decline the universities you will not attend

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