The Junior Year Plan

Junior year receives the most scrutiny from admissions officers, particularly those at selective colleges and universities. Students planning on attending such schools should take the most rigorous academic classes possible this year. The junior year is also the last full year students have to develop and demonstrate their leadership abilities. This is also the year students should start to distinguish themselves from their classmates by honing in on their passions and interests and investing in developing them.
Junior year is also when students should develop a standardized test prep strategy. Students should plan to take either the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or the American College Test (ACT) this year. Students should also start to generate a preliminary college application list as well as plan how they intend to spend the summer before senior year. This summer should be used for college visits, attending summer programs, volunteering, and/or working on independent projects.
The Junior Year Plan focuses on helping students distinguish themselves from others and executing a standardized test prep strategy. The Junior Year Plan also helps students focus in the following areas:
This service plan consists of 40 session hours if starting in the fall semester, and 30 session hours if starting work in the spring semester.
Junior year is also when students should develop a standardized test prep strategy. Students should plan to take either the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or the American College Test (ACT) this year. Students should also start to generate a preliminary college application list as well as plan how they intend to spend the summer before senior year. This summer should be used for college visits, attending summer programs, volunteering, and/or working on independent projects.
The Junior Year Plan focuses on helping students distinguish themselves from others and executing a standardized test prep strategy. The Junior Year Plan also helps students focus in the following areas:
- developing a list of possible college majors;
- pursuing distinguishing individual projects;
- aligning coursework and extracurriculars with collegiate goals; and
- establishing and solidifying summer plans.
This service plan consists of 40 session hours if starting in the fall semester, and 30 session hours if starting work in the spring semester.
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