We recommend that families can start to visit colleges as early as the ninth grade. A good idea is to visit a college while you are on vacation (summer, winter, Mardi Gras and spring). These visits should be aimed at gathering impressions of the characteristics of the different colleges and not if it is a good match for the student. In this way, when the student enters the junior year they will have more concrete ideas concerning the type of college they want to attend. Information on college campus visits can be found in the College Counseling Handbook.

College PowerPrep Success support materials enabling students to increase their college entrance test scores on the SAT and /or ACT exams. These materials include SAT and ACT tutoring software, SAT video and video workbook masters, diagnostic testing, and online support information to aid in college selection, financing and scholarships. All materials are available to students either through the US library or the US computer lab and/or through their home computer via the Internet using the school's password. If interested, please contact one of the College Advisors.

Although information for the college process starts in the ninth grade, you will get to select a College Advisor in the fall of your junior year. At that time you and your parents will be able to sit down with the College Advisor and start to discuss the process in a more personal manner.

Seniors typically start to apply right after Labor Day. Students who are applying to schools on Rolling Admission plans are encouraged to apply early. Students who are applying to college that have a specific deadline need to have those turned into the College Advisor at least two weeks prior to the due date. For specific information, please see your College Advisor.

We suggest that you first contact the specific college or university for information including their deadlines.

Other information can be found on the Country Day website. We have put together several web pages to help you. Financial Aid has information about scholarship opportunities at colleges and universities. Links has several links that can help you to search for scholarships as well as the forms and help in filling them out.