Click the links bellow to find more information on the college admissions process:
The Process
College Admissions Criteria
Sample Resume
Junior Timeline
Senior Timeline

Financial Aid: The Financial Aid situation changes frequently.  View a list of Financial Aid sites.  Use this to help you search for the best package for you and your family. Remember to start this process early!

The Process: Processing Your Application

College applications are processed through the Guidance Office. Your counselor will check to see the application package is complete, record it in your file, and then mail it to the college.

Please note that a transcript request form should be filled out for each college applied to.  Your total package should include as follows:

1. Tasks the Guidance Office is responsible for:

• Your transcript    

• A list of senior courses  

• Counselor recommendation  

• Teacher recommendations  

• Fall semester senior grades    

2. Tasks the students are responsible for:

• The actual application itself   (This should be sent online)

• The required essays   (This can be sent online)

• Application fee  (This can be paid online)

• Student resume (This can be sent online)

• A 9 ^1/2" by 12" envelope addressed to each college applied to

• A book/sheet of stamps

When you bring your part  to your Guidance Counselor, please ask if your teachers have filed their recommendations with the Guidance Office. Please hand your application personally to your counselor. That way, we can go through the application together and make sure it is complete. It's important to know that many colleges will not make any decisions about your application unless your file is complete. Please leave at least 3 weeks processing time for your application. In other words, if you have January 1 deadlines, your counselor must have your completed application no later than December 5th . Deadlines are very keenly observed in college admissions offices, so please help us help you meet them.

If you are using the paper Common Application, please Xerox the application and all enclosures for each college. In other words, if you are using the Common Application for six colleges, make six complete copies for us to send. It is also helpful to make an extra copy for yourself and for your file here at school. Doing the Common Application online is easier, but both are accepted.

1. Four weeks after the application has been sent, call the college to make sure all parts of the application are received.

2. If colleges contact you about missing parts of the application, most likely everything had been sent out, but please check with the Guidance Office to make sure.

College Admissions Criteria:

This is the collection of information which a college admissions committee will consider as it makes a decision. While colleges usually look at "the whole person" when making their decision among thousands of applicants, the academic background is the most important factor. College admissions criteria include the following:

1. Secondary school academic record which includes the following information:

• Three-year high school average - GPA is computed at the end of Junior year

• Level of academic difficulty of courses

• Number of courses taken

• Final grades in each course

2. SAT I or ACT Scores
    

3. Senior mid-year grades
    

4. Application essay(s) and or personal statement
    

5. Recommendations from teachers and guidance counselor - they often know special qualities which may not show up in grades.
    

6. Extracurricular Activities - pursued in school or outside. Special talents such as musical or athletic skills, as well as community service, employment and summer experience can be weighed quite heavily. The degree of commitment and depth of involvement in a small number of activities are more important than superficial involvement in a large number of different activities.
    

7. Personal Interview - either on campus or locally by an alumnus.
    

8. Alumni or legacy status - this may tip the balance when all else seems equal.
    

Sample Resumes:
Sample Resume 1 (pdf)      Sample Resume 2 (pdf)