College Application Season is Coming Up Soon!  

In the Essay & Application class we covered the different application deadlines.

One of the first major deadlines is October 15 (Clemson University, Early Action application submission deadline). Many colleges that have a Non-Restrictive Early Action deadline of November 1. Ideally submit all applications well before the deadline.

The AZ College Planning deadlines are as follows:

1. Submit All Applications that do not require any essays on or before August 15
2. Submit Applications that require only the general Common App essay on or before August 30
3. Submit Applications that have additional supplemental essays on or before October 10
4. Submit All Cal State and UCs (California public colleges) on or before November 5 (Cal State and UC applications open October 1)

In mid to late August, I will send an email and text message with instructions to prepare for the FAFSA and CSS Profile financial aid forms. The financial aid forms open in October. Ideally the financial aid forms are submitted before the end of October.

CommonApp.org is going to close around July 25 and will relaunch with the updated software on August 1. I will send out an email and text reminder about this.

For the colleges that have supplemental essays, if you have not reached out to the college admissions office, do that now and ask if the prompts will remain the same or if there are new prompts what are the new prompts. New prompts will be on the CommonApp when it is relaunched on August 1.

The application process is:

1. Go to the college’s website and fill out the Request for Information form. (Extremely Important to Demonstrate Interest)
2. Email and call the college’s admission recruiter and ask questions (this continues to Demonstrate Interest)
3. Submit the application well before any college deadlines (On of the first college’s major deadline is November 1) Submitting applications well before the deadline Demonstrates Interest.
4. Immediately after submitting the college application, send an email to the college admission recruiter that says you submitted the application, include a PDF attachment of your resume. This step continues to Demonstrate Interest.
5. Periodically through the senior year, update the college on any new accolades, accomplishments or anything that is newsworthy that you want the college to know. i.e. new job, won spelling bee, made first chair in orchestra, etc. Yes, this continues to Demonstrate Interest.
6. Demonstrating Interest and continuing to Demonstrate Interest is Extremely Important. Demonstrating Interest increases your chances of admission and scholarships.

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