Guidance counselors recommend planning ahead
As high school seniors finish up the last pieces of their college applications in January, junior students are beginning the process of putting it all together.
Guidance counselors at local county high schools say that the process of preparing for college apps starts long before a student’s senior year.
“We actually are going into the junior classrooms in the next three weeks to go over what their spring and summer should look like,” said Greg Hess, school counselor at South Butler Area School District for grades 10 to 12. “A lot of that is compiling their list, what are they looking at doing, what kind of schools are the best for them, and then visiting those schools when they get the opportunity.”
Hess encourages students to start looking for schools as early as the spring of their junior year.
“That way when they get to the beginning of senior year, they have a solid list of the schools that they are interested in, and that way, they can get to those applications and get them done and be ready to roll by Christmas break or Thanksgiving break,” he said.
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