Complete all appropriate Portfolio Activities.

Take care of business in the classroom. If you are deficient in credits or need to make up a class see your counselor about options. Take care of as much of that as you can by the start of your senior year

Update your personal graduation plan

Stay active in school through clubs, organizations and/or sports

Register to take the SAT/ACT in the fall of your junior year. If you are unhappy with your scores, you can retake it in the spring.

Narrow your college list/career options to 10. Research the qualifications, training, course requirements, etc. Determine whether your high school course choices meet the requirements of your goal and align with college or trade school admission requirements

Visit some of you “top 10” college or school choices during the summer after your junior year. Try to really narrow down your choices to your “top 5.”

Begin the application process to your top choices of schools during the summer after your junior year. Most importantly, examine the required essays and begin writing them

Begin looking online and visiting your high school/college center to investigate scholarship opportunities. Complete as many applications as possible in the summer before your senior year

Focus on, and take advantages of the opportunities afforded to you through Business Week. This is a good time to make connections with successful business owners in the community

Start to put together references and people who will write letters of recommendation for your senior year. Those will come in handy for a variety of reasons