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Junior Year
_ Continue to take and plan challenging courses (challenge yourself appropriately with AP and Honors courses)_ Keep your grades up (As and Bs)
_ Meet with your college/career counselor at least once a year
_ Continue / Join an academic club or extracurricular activity
_ Take the PSAT (offered at NHS in the fall)
_ Talk with your parents and high school counselor about colleges that interest you
_ Research at least six or seven colleges that interest you (go to school webpages or use bigfuture.collegeboard.org)
_ Visit colleges and talk with college students
_ Prepare a list of questions to ask on college visits - check out this college visit guide
_ List, compare, and visit colleges
_ Begin developing resume
_ Volunteer for activities and clubs related to career interests
_ Maintain good relationships with teachers and counselor, they will be writing your recommendations!!!!
_ Register for the SATand/or ACT (ACT is administered at NHS for free to all Juniors in the spring)
_ Get a part-time job or internship in a profession that interests you
_Attend the Guilford County College and Career Fair at the Greensboro Coliseum in October
_ If you plan to participate in athletics in college, you will need to register through the NCAA Clearinghouse
and provide a transcript_ Narrow down school choices to your top five
_ Continue to make college visits during the summer before your Senior year.
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