Four-Year Plan & Timeline
Freshman Year
- All Students
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- Meet with your counselor quarterly to discuss your academic performance & course scheduling
- Learn how to effectively balance academics with extracurricular involvement
- Begin identifying long term goals
- Take the PSAT in October
- Student-Athletes
- Develop relationships with all the coaches within your sport
- Attend skills camps, participate in off-season workouts, leagues, and club teams
- Participate in multiple sports
Sophomore Year
All Students
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- Maintain good grades; seek to progress academically
- Activate your Naviance account and begin creating your college/career profile
- Begin drafting your resume within Naviance
- Discuss and outline your junior and senior year curricula with your counselor
- Begin attending college fairs and touring campuses in the spring
- Take the PSAT in October
Student-Athletes
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- Have candid conversations with your coaches about your ability and ambitions
- Communicate these conversations with your counselor, as well
- Do preliminary research into colleges
- Search by appropriate division & conferences
- Continue to attend skills camps, participate in off-season workouts, leagues, and club sports
Junior Year
All Students
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- Take the PSAT in the fall, SAT and/or ACT in the spring
- Discuss your senior year curriculum with your counselor
- Continue to attend college fairs, take campus tours, and research colleges via Naviance
- Identify reach, target, and safety schools
- Utilize “College Visit Days” as excused absences for campus tours & info sessions
- Build and fine tune your resume
- Research pre-college summer programs
Student-Athletes
- Familiarize yourself with the NCAA Guide for the College Bound Student Athlete
- Register with the NCAA Eligibility Center
- Submit the NCAA Transcript Release Form to your counselor
- Self-advocate
- Initiate communication with college coaches
- Create and share highlight films via Hudl and/or YouTube
- Include all athletic participation & honors in your resume - share w/ coaches
- Attend showcases, club tournaments, team camps, and skills camps
Senior Year
All Students
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- Summer: Create a Common App profile and add colleges to which you’re applying
- Begin submitting applications in September/October
- Continue to attend college fairs, campus tours, and financial aid information sessions
- Utilize “College Visit Days” as excused absences for campus tours & info sessions
- Take the SAT and/or ACT in the fall, if necessary
- Send scores directly to colleges
- Have your family submit all necessary Financial Aid paperwork on time
- Submit your enrollment deposit by May 1
- Summer: Create a Common App profile and add colleges to which you’re applying
Student-Athletes
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- Coordinate all official campus recruiting visits & continue to share recruiting materials with coaches
- Update the NCAA Eligibility Center and submit transcripts to whom, and when, necessary
- Communicate with coaches when you are no longer considering attending their school
- Sign a National Letter of Intent by the appropriate signing date
- Inform your counselor and the athletic department of your commitment to a school