College Planning

Study hard.
Meet with your advisor to choose challenging and inspiring courses.
Explore your academic, athletic, and community service interests at Christ School and at home.
Read for pleasure.
Fill your summer with rewarding work, study, travel, and/or volunteer opportunities.

Challenge yourself with an academic schedule that is appropriate for you.
Delve deeper into your extracurricular activities and consider assuming leadership positions.
Take the PLAN and PSAT tests and review score results with your counselor.
Schedule meetings to review test scores and become familiar with Naviance.
Fill your summer with rewarding work, study, travel, and/or volunteer opportunities.

Confer with your counselor on your testing plan, test prep needs and your academic schedule.
Meet with your counselor to develop an initial list of schools commensurate with your academic profile and interests.
Use Naviance to research schools on your preliminary list.
Visit a variety of schools.
Fill your summer with rewarding work, study, travel, and/or volunteer opportunities.

Confirm your final college list with your counselor and explore possible scholarship opportunities.
Establish a timeline for completing the application process with your counselor and determine if and where you may want to apply Early Action or Early Decision.
Complete all standardized testing.
Budget your time wisely so that you may balance school with your college visits and assignments.
Manage your college list and deadlines with Naviance.
Fill your summer with rewarding work, study, travel, and/or volunteer opportunities and get ready for college.