To-do Lists by Grade

Fall

• Meet with Mr. Rock to discuss plan for after high school
• Meet with your dean to confirm your schedule and goals for the year 
• Attend college rep visits in the CCC and fit in a few more college visits 
• Confirm your final college list, application deadlines, and requirements 
• Write your college essays 
• Research scholarships
• Talk to teachers, mentors, coaches, etc. regarding writing you letters of recommendations 
• Decide if you want to take the ACT or SAT one more time 
• Attend the all senior meeting

Winter

• Continue the college application process
• Sign up for career field trips and events 
• Apply for FAFSA. Applications open Dec. 1
• Check your application tracker and college emails 
• Wait for application decisions 
• Work on and revise your resume

Spring

• Attend local admitted student events 
• Evaluate financial aid packages and scholarship offerings 
• Enroll and submit a deposit for your decided college by May 1st 
• Start applying for summer opportunities 
• Take AP exams 
• Fill out the Senior Survey 
• Scholarship Awards Night
• Stay informed with important graduation information and requirements

Fall

• Meet with Mr. Rock to discuss plan and interests for what's next after high school 
• Meet with your dean to make sure you are taking necessary courses and exploring college credit options 
• Try a leadership role in your extracurricular activities 
• Start your college search: Tour a college campus, come to a college rep visit in the CCC, go to a college fair, and research schools in Naviance 
• Start building your resume for careers and internships

Winter & Spring

• Investigate summer experiences, jobs, and internships 
• Register for senior year classes 
• Continue visiting colleges 
• Start building your college list 
• Take the ACT at Mounds View 
• Determine if you'd like to take additional ACT or SAT exams 
• Attend the all Junior college planning meeting

Summer

• Participate in summer experiences 
• Refine your college list 
• Start your college applications 
• Visit more colleges 
• Start researching scholarships 
• Start brainstorming and writing rough drafts of your college essays

Continue to visit the CCC

Start exploring those career and college options and opportunities in the CCC with Mr. Rock

Stay connected with your Dean

Start asking how to earn college credit in high school and what options are available to you

Keep getting involved

Stay involved in new activities and track all of your extracurriculars by using the resume function in Naviance

Get more familiar with Naviance

Keep using the exploration tools and start researching career and colleges that interest you through the Supermatch tool and others

Stay focused on your grades

Many colleges will review your sophomore grades when making acceptance decisions

Take the PSAT/PreACT

Keep checking upcoming dates

Sign up for events in the CCC

This year, you will be able to sign up for many career fairs, ReFLECT sessions, and field trips

Come and see the CCC

Meet Mr. Rock as she will be helping you figure out what's next and what you're interested in!

Connect with your Dean

They will be an essential resource for you throughout high school

Get familiar with Naviance

This is a tool that you will use to help discover your strengths, future career interests, and college options

Explore career and college search tools

In Naviance, do the Career Interest Profiler and Strengths Explorer exercises

Start getting involved

Try out some new activities at school that interest you. Now is the time to explore a variety of clubs and sports

Develop time management skills

Creating good study habits and learning how to balance your time is very important

Take the PSAT/PreACT

In October, all 9th graders will have the opportunity to take the Pre-ACT at school and can sign up to take the PSAT as well