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10th Grade/Sophomore Year
- Meet with your high school counselor to discuss your college curriculum. Talk about the following:
- Review the high school curriculum needed to satisfy the requirements of the colleges you are interested in attending. Continue to keep track of your completed courses through the High School Planner.
- Find out about AP and other honors-level courses:
- What courses are available
- Whether or not you are eligible for the classes that you want to take
- How to enroll in them your junior year
- Maintain good grades and study habits.
- Update your file or start one if you haven't already. (See 9th Grade for a list of what it should contain.)
- Continue thinking about the colleges you want to attend. Use the Find a College module to help look for schools. Once you have narrowed down the list of colleges and universities in which you are interested, start visiting the campuses; our Campus Tours section can also give you some valuable information.
- Research different careers at the Career Center.
- Continue extracurricular activities, since admissions officers look at students' extracurricular activities when considering them for admission.
- Continue participation in academic enrichment programs, summer workshops, and camps with specialty focuses such as music, arts, science, etc.
- Start preparing for the Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE), the ACT and/or SAT.
- Take the ACT PLAN test in the fall, normally in October or November. This is a valuable test to help you prepare for the ACT, which you can take during your junior year.
- Take the PSAT in October as practice for the SAT you will take during your junior year.
- Talk with your parents about any college savings programs they may have set up for you, including any prepaid tuition and/or college savings accounts. Make sure your college savings plan is keeping up with the increase in college tuition.
- Consider getting a summer job or internship to save money for college.
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