SENIOR COLLEGE DEADLINES
By Sarah Marr and Brittany Cole
ü Turn in FAFSA and
Calgrant (get from Burton) form and by March 2, 2005. Paper or
online applications can be found at www.fafsa.ed.gov. The sooner
you turn in these forms the sooner you will be considered for
financial aid.
ü Grades count!! Do not believe the myth that your second
semester senior grades are not looked at by colleges. Even if
you have already received your letter of acceptance to a certain
college it is possible for that college to revoke your acceptance
if you decide to slack off your senior year.
ü Senior students who received a “D” or “F”
on their first or second semester report cards should notify their
prospective college about their grades. Students should also notify
colleges if they dropped an academic class at the beginning of
the second semester. For example, if a student decided to drop
AP Statistics in order to take a Study Hall. If you do not notify
colleges of these mishaps or changes it looks like you are trying
to hide something from them. It’s much better to be up front
and honest with colleges, rather than surprise them. Colleges
are much more likely to have mercy on you if your honest with
them from the beginning.
ü Be sure to send in your SAT scores to all the colleges
you applied to by logging on to www.collegeboard.com. It costs
$7.00 per school you choose to send your scores to.
ü Make sure to finish up all your last college applications.
Do not be afraid to apply to a school you may think is out of
your reach. As Dr. Daugherty said while receiving our school’s
Blue Ribbon Award, even if you think it is out of your reach still
apply to at least one “stretch” school because you
may be pleasantly surprised, just as he was surprised when our
school was selected for the Blue Ribbon Award.
