ÿþ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="blendTrans(Duration=2.0)"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <title>Reed </title> <style type="text/css"> A { color:#000000; font family: verdana;} a:link { font-size: 12px; color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration:bold;} a:visited {font-size: 12px; color: #FFFFFF;} a:hover { color: B0E0E6; text-decoration: underline } fONT { cOLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 24px} table#2 { font-size: 12px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif} table#3 { font-size: 12px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif} body{ font-size: 12px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif} h1 { font-size: 18px; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif} html,body, table, table#2, table#3 { scrollbar-3dlight-color:daa520; scrollbar-arrow-color:0000ff; scrollbar-base-color:daa520; scrollbar-darkshadow-color:cd9917; scrollbar-face-color:daa520; scrollbar-highlight-color:eec96d; scrollbar-shadow-color:cd9917 } </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#123456" bgproperties="fixed" bgproperties="repeat" link="#DAA520" vlink="#0000FF" alink="#DAA520" leftmargin="1" topmargin="1" rightmargin="1" bottommargin="1"> <center> <table border="1" bordercolor="#DAA520" width="758" Height="85%"> <tr> <td colspan="5" width="100%" height="100"> <center> <img src="/reed/content/images/careercenter.gif" alt="Career Center" width="600" height="90"></td></tr> </center> <tr> <td> <table width="745" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <h1>12th Grade To-Do</h1> <li>Organize calendar for college applications and scholarship deadlines</li> <li>Stay involved in school activities and community service</li> <li>Review Millennium Scholarship requirements</li> <li>Make decisions regarding post-secondary education</li> <li>Work on college applications and outline essay topics</li> <li>Continue college search and acquire admission applications to selected colleges</li> <li>Write letters to college financial aid offices requesting information and applications for scholarships/financial aid</li> <li>Register by mail or online for ACT/SAT</li> <li>Contact colleges you hope to attend and arrange on-campus visits</li> <li>Ask appropriate teachers to write recommendations for you</li> <li>Review your transcript with your school counselor</li> <li>Research apprenticeship programs and technical trade schools if applicable.</li> <li>Apply to schools with early admission application deadlines</li> <li>Photocopy or print extra copies of your applications to use as a backup</li> <li>Keep track of all deadlines for transcripts, recommendations, etc. on your calendar</li> <li>Continue to apply for private, local, state, national, and NCAA scholarships</li> <li>Last chance to register by mail for ACT/SAT to be considered for most scholarships</li> <li>Complete and submit all applications to post-secondary institutions</li> <li>Continue to apply for scholarships</li> <li>Obtain FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and work with parents to complete it</li> <li>Continue to apply for scholarships</li> <li>Complete and mail FAFSA or submit electronically (www.fafsa.ed.gov) on, or as soon after, January 1st as possible</li> <li>Continue to apply for scholarships</li> <li>Complete UNLV and UNR financial aid form</li> <li>If required, request the school registrars to send your seventh semester transcript to the college(s) where you have applied</li> <li>Be sure your mid-year report has gone out to the colleges to which you have applied</li> <li>Let your colleges know of any new honors or accomplishments that were not in your original application</li> <li>Continue to apply for scholarships</li> <li>Submit FAFSA if you have not already done so</li> <li>Register for Advanced Placement (AP) tests</li> <li>Be sure you have received a FAFSA acknowledgement Student Aid Report (SAR). If not call 1-800-4FED-AID to inquire</li> <li>Continue to apply for scholarships</li> <li>Make your decision on which college to attend and send your tuition deposit</li> <li>Notify the colleges you have chosen not to attend</li> <li>Find out when payments for tuition, dormitory, and meal plans are due. Plan accordingly.</li> <li>Take Advanced Placement exams</li> <li>Notify the school of any scholarships you have received</li> <li>Attend awards night</li> <li>Work with your parents to establish a budget for books, supplies, and living expenses for college</li> <li>Remember to write a thank you note to scholarship donors, teachers, and others who have helped you with college and scholarship applications</li> <li>Request that the high school registrar mail a final copy of your official transcript to the college of your choice</li> <li>Understand your financial aid disbursement</li> <li>Graduate! Congratulations and best of luck!</li> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>