Junior Year

Juniors

 

• Keep meeting with your counselor at least once a year.
   
• Continue to take and plan challenging high school courses. 
   
• Keep your grades up. 
   

• Join an academic club. 
   
• Take MME/ACT 
   
• Talk with your parents and high school counselor about colleges that interest you.
   
• Prepare a list of questions to ask on campus visits. 
   
• Continue to visit colleges and talk with college students. 
   
• Start or update an academic resume. 
   
• Consider putting together a portfolio that highlights your special skills and talents. 
   
• Check into applying to colleges online. 
   
• Investigate scholarship opportunities. 
   
• Volunteer for activities and clubs related to career interests. 
   
• Get a part-time job, apprenticeship, or internship, or job shadow in a profession that interests you.