- Ensure your teen keeps taking college prep courses
- Help your teen identify and strengthen academic areas that need improvement
- Encourage your student to make plans for honors courses in 11th & 12th grade
- Start visiting college campuses
- Arrange for your teen to take PLAN® (sometimes called the "pre-ACT.") It is usually offered by high schools on a Saturday morning. Review the results with your student.
- Continue/start saving for college
- Learn about different types and sources of financial aid
- Investigate financial aid resources
See the student checklist.