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Juniors: Preparing for the college admission process

What kind of life do you want after high school? CaliforniaColleges.edu will help you figure it out and give you the tools to make it happen.  Search for California colleges and colleges outside of California.

  • Discover your interests and values.
  • Find careers, colleges, or training to achieve your goals.
  • Learn how to find money to pay for college.
  • Launch college and financial aid applications.
  • Monitor all your progress in one place.

So you are looking at colleges...

What should you consider?

Go to Californiacolleges.edu to explore interests, majors, and colleges.

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1.  Geography

  • Do you want to stay close to home or go further away?
  • Do you want to be in a particular state, city or general location?
  • What type of climate do you want?
  • What kind of geography, scenery, or landscape do you want?  City or mountains or beach.  Urban or rural?

2.  School Culture

  • What size school do you want to attend?  Small (less than 500 students), Medium (between 5000 and 15,000 students) or Large (over 15,000 students)
  • Are athletics important to you?
  • Do you want a school with a lot of school pride and sporting events?
  • Clubs and activities?
  • Greek life?
  • Housing?
  • Diversity, community service, social life?

3.  Academics

  • What academic program(s) are you interested in?
  • High level of academics?
  • Do you want to enroll in an honors program?
  • So do you want to study abroad?

4.  Financial

  • What can you afford?
  • Should you consider community college for the first 2 years?
  • What financial aid packages are potentially available?

RESOURCES

** 2024-25 College Application Deadlines

** Junior/Senior Summer checklist

** Junior Year Timeline

** Writing your college essay

** College Tracker Spreadsheet

** Calculating your chances of admission

** College Profiles including admissions profiles, SAT & ACT policies, score ranges for popular Colleges & Universities

** How to Create Your Perfect College List

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