Check your school’s counseling department requirements and deadlines for filling in and submitting your Senior Packet, so you can get your required Letter of Rec. This packet will include ordering your transcripts to be sent later, a parent brag sheet, your final list of schools, and providing info to your counselor about yourself. This takes time, so do it in increments. Your Senior Packet deadline is determined by your earliest application deadline.

We are well into drafting and revising all your essays, now that any new supplemental essays were released Aug 1. Meet with Alice 2-3x/week until your UC, Common App, and supp essays are polished. You should be working on writing at least 3x/week, even in just 20-30 minute sessions on your own. We cannot edit empty pages, so just get going! We will also be revising your Activities descriptions.

You should have opened accounts for Common App and any early/rolling deadline schools. Start adding in your schools to Common App and take a look at each one. Open your UC app on SEP 1 and start filling it out starting OCT 1. Open your CSU app on OCT 1 and submit it asap (it’s an “easy app” without essays or recs).

Keep your calendar up-to-date with every single deadline, and set reminders! There will be a lot of overlapping events, especially now that you’re back in school with homework and tests. Use your iCal or Outlook or a written agenda, whatever you will look at EVERY DAY. This is the most important time to keep track of ALL THE THINGS.