College Counseling
10th grade
Sophomore Year Timeline
Fall
- Take PSAT (October)
- Attend class-wide meeting with CCO (October)
Winter
- Start thinking about, researching and applying to summer programs/activities
- Encourage your parents/ guardians to attend the College Night for Parents of Sophomores (Jan)
- Meet with advisor to discuss/update courses for junior year
- Attend class-wide meeting with College Counseling Office to familiarize self with Naviance (Jan)
Spring
- Apply to summer opportunities
- Attend Case Study Night and College Fair at Sacred Heart School (April)
- Sign up for and take AP exams if taking AP courses (May)
- Register for and take SAT Subject tests if applicable (May/June)
Summer
- Take SAT and ACT diagnostic tests to determine which is best option for you (early June)
- Summer program / activity and vacation
- If vacation plans take you near an area with colleges and universities, swing by for a visit!
Resources
Books
•How to Raise an Adult
by Julie Lythcott-Haims
•Colleges that Change Lives
by Loren Pope and revised by Hilary Masell Oswald
•Fiske Guide to Colleges
by Edward B. Fiske
•The Thinking Students Guide to Colleges
by Andrew Roberts
•Letting Go: A Parents Guide to Understanding the College Years
by Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger
•The Gatekeepers
by Jacques Steinberg
•Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be
by Frank Bruni
•The College Admissions Mystique
by Bill Mayher
•How to Raise an Adult
by Julie Lythcott-Haims
•Colleges that Change Lives
by Loren Pope and revised by Hilary Masell Oswald
•Fiske Guide to Colleges
by Edward B. Fiske
•The Thinking Students Guide to Colleges
by Andrew Roberts
•Letting Go: A Parents Guide to Understanding the College Years
by Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger
•The Gatekeepers
by Jacques Steinberg
•Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be
by Frank Bruni
•The College Admissions Mystique
by Bill Mayher
Middle School
Upper School
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