College:

I. Deadlines, etc.

Have all the college's application material?

Take Common Application?

Common Application supplement required? If so, note that additional essay may be needed.

Admissions decisions made need blind?

Meet 100% of demonstrated need?

Type of early admission programs and deadline(s) for same

Regular deadline

College's reply date for early admission program(s)

College's merit scholarships and deadlines for same

Need to submit separate application to be considered for the college's merit scholarships?

II. Student's communications with the college

Part I of application(or other name for short document must send in showing want to make full application)

Application fee

College's acknowledgement of receipt of Part I and application fee

Remainder of application that is not essay completed(but not mailed yet or filed online)?

Personal essay draft

Others' review of draft of personal essay completed

Personal essay completed

Recent graded paper that must submit(if applicable)

Include current resume with application

Part of application where can say whatever want, add articles, art or music work, etc.(if applicable)

Proofread all parts of application

Date complete application mailed(or filed online)(keep copy of each page sent)

Verification that all things needed for a complete application received by the college(from student, testing companies, and recommenders)

Interview: Required, optional, or not offered? Where held(if applicable)?

Appointment with interviewer made(if applicable)

Thank you note to interviewer sent(if had an interview)

III. Communications by King HS with the college

Transcript sent(usually sent the day of the request)

First senior report card sent(if applicable)

Mid-year grades sent(if applicable)

Counselor recommendation form given to counselor(with one copy of your resume, and stamped envelopes addressed to all colleges you want your counselor to send recommendations to)

Confirmation that counselor sent recommendation

Teacher recommendation #1 given to teacher (with one copy of your resume, and stamped envelopes addressed to all colleges you want this teacher to send recommendations to)

Confirmation that Teacher #1 sent in recommendations

Teacher recommendation #2 given to teacher (with one copy of your resume, and stamped envelopes addressed to all colleges you want this teacher to send recommendations to)

Confirmation that Teacher #2 sent in recommendations

Other recommendations (if any; such as other adult or peer) (give each one a copy of your resume, and stamped envelopes addressed to all colleges you want each person to send recommendations to)

Confirmation that other recommender(s) sent in recommendation(s)

Thank you notes sent to all of your recommenders thanking them for their help

IV. Communications by testing companies with college(allow a couple of weeks for them to get your scores to the colleges you select)

ACT told to send score to this college(if applicable)

Confirmation that ACT sent score

College Board told to send scores to this college(if applicable)(indicate which scores told it is to send: SAT, SAT II, and/or AP)

Confirmation that College Board sent scores requested

V. Financial aid

FAFSA deadline and date FAFSA filed

Profile deadline(if applicable) and date filed

Other financial aid forms school may require (if any), deadline for same, and date sent

Deadline by which college wants 2004 tax return (if required), and date sent

Award letter received: indicate how much work study, summer or other earnings, loan(and type of loan), and grant

Name, address, phone, fax, and email of college rep can talk to to ask for more aid

How does the college treat outside scholarships? Reduce college's grant to the student, or student's work study and/or loan(in short, does the college benefit from the scholarship or does the student?)

Loan programs offered

Periodic payments offered(# of payments, loan duration, any interest rate, etc.)

VI. After get admissons letter(if applicable)

Admitted students' visit weekend in April

Student's letter with decision mailed(and deposit if accept admission)

Visit teachers who wrote recommendations for you, your counselor, and others who helped you in applying to college, and thank them where you decided to go to school and thank them for their help

Tell your counselor of all scholarships you were offered (King keeps track of this)

Dorm deposit mailed(if applicable)