SENIOR PLANNING CALENDAR

• See your counselor and review and modify your 4-year academic/career planning guide if needed. (This planning guide is a work in progress and will be modified as needed.)
  
• Continue your extracurricular, sports, and/or volunteer activities.
• Continue doing well in your classes and getting good grades.
• Watch for information regarding the CAAP (College Application & Acceptance Program).

SEPTEMBER

• Schedule your senior conference with your counselor.
• Request letter of recommendation from counselor for early decisions.
• Make sure your fall and spring schedules of classes include college/career/major admission requirements.
• Go online and apply to the colleges you wish to attend.
• Sign up for the ACT with writing or SAT Reasoning test, and SAT Subject tests required.
• If necessary surf the Internet and use the Naviance System to locate college and financial aid information.
• Attend senior information sessions with counselors.
• Discuss ROP classes with your counselor.
• Check deadlines date(s) for early decision college applications.

OCTOBER

• Attend College Fairs and make additional visits to college campuses.
• Finish your essay for college admission.
• Submit applications online for CDU schools.
• Begin submitting forms for private sources of financial aid.

NOVEMBER

• Submit admission applications online to UC and/or CSU systems.
• Request recommendation letters from teachers and counselors.
• Have transcripts sent to requesting colleges.
• Have test scores sent to colleges.
• Begin to send in private college/university applications.

DECEMBER

• Last month to take the ACT or SATs for UC/CSU. Confirm dates with individual campuses.
• Attend financial aid nights with your parents.
• Visit college campuses during winter vacation.

JANUARY

• Go online to access Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).Review the FAFSA form with your family and begin completing it.
• If you plan to take AP exams, sign up in the Activities & Athletics Center (AAC) at Agoura High or in the Counseling Office at Calabasas High.
• Inquire about learning opportunities like ROP or community college.
• If required by colleges, request 1st semester transcript be sent.

FEBRUARY

• Pursue scholarship information and apply for those for which you are qualified.
• File FAFSA no later than March.
• Make sure that you send your GPA Verification Form for Cal Grants.
• Follow specific campus guidelines regarding college/university housing.
• Apply to community college; take placement exams.

MARCH

• Begin to plan your summer work, school, or volunteer activities.
• Decide which Advanced Placement (AP) exams to take and sign up in the Activities Athletics Center (AAC) at Agoura High or in the Counseling Office at Calabasas High.

APRIL

• Register for summer classes at community colleges or ROP.
• Return intent to register forms to your chosen college before May 1st.
• Notify colleges you are not attending.
• Inform your counselor of your choice.

MAY

• ATHLETES: to play college athletics, you must be cleared by the NCAA. Remember to send a final transcript!
• Take Analytical Writing Placement Examination if attending UC in the fall.
• Take Advanced Placement test(s).
• Register for summer programs at college campuses.
• Notify secretary of Assistant Principal, Curriculum and Instruction, of awards to be included in the Senior Awards Assembly.
• Order your final transcript to your chosen college.
• Return forms to the college of your choice for on-campus orientation programs.
• Submit official non-LVUSD transcripts to registrar.
• Thank those who helped you to succeed!!
• Plan for high school graduation.

JUNE

• Congratulations graduate!!
• Begin summer job, school, or community service.