Senior Year College Readiness Checklist! Are you Ready to Apply? Admissions Tips

Are you a senior in high school wanting to make sure you’re ready to apply to colleges this year? Join Brooke as she takes you through everything you’ll need to check off to stay ahead of the game!

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[kyla]

The fact that the class of 2022 had to go through most of high school in a worldwide pandemic is crazy! Thank you for the congratulations! Good luck to all of my fellow classmates! I wish you all the best! :)

[anthonysone]

WHOOHOO SENIOR class of 2020! Really scared to begin the year tho!

[aarna]

Hey y'all! Here's the summary of this video! :)

*Summer*
Step 1: (Summer): Make a college list, have safeties, fits, and reaches
Step 2: (Summer): Get organized from college lists and see the deadlines from those schools
-Mark your calendars
-Research honors programs & scholarships (see if you wanna go ED or EA?)
-Make documents for your essays, and organize them!
Step 3: (Summer): Start writing your essays!
Step 4: (Summer): Make sure you're ready for your test preps, such as ACT/SAT/etc.
Step 5: (Summer): Talk to your parents about finance
Step 6: (Summer): Talk to your parents about FAFSA (Federal Student Aid: Comes on October 1st, last date is February 1st)
Step 7: (Summer): Identify & research scholarships & financial aid
Step 8: (Summer): Clean up social media!
Step 9: (Summer): Letters of Recommendation
Step 10: (Summer): Talk to a counselor about transcripts, etc.
Step 11: (Summer): Visit colleges!


*Fall*
Step 1: (Fall): Submit Applications


*Winter*
Step 1: (Winter): If you get deferred from schools, write a letter of continued interest
Step 2: (Winter): Submit the rest of your applications


*Spring*
Step 1: (Spring): Consider your offers
Step 2: (Spring): Negotiate financial aid (if needed)
Step 3: (Spring): Write waitlist letters
Step 4: (Spring): Submit deposit!


*Tips!*
1) Continue to stay involved
2) Keep your grades up
3) Have fun y'all!

[griffin]

I was looking for this yesterday!
Class of 2020 unite!
I’ve been watching since freshman year and finally our time as come

[namonamc]

You posted this video right on time... Thank u

[ordinarythings]

Wow how appropriate timing. CLASS OF 2020 YAAAAH

[magicalgold]

I would recommend this teacher to every high schooler. No matter you're American or not

[channelyoutube]

Honestly I just wanted to say thank you. I’m going into junior year this year and you have definitely helped calm some anxiety while raising some more anxiety.

[americantee]

Oop, am I the only one that really really needed this? Class of 2020 ‼️🎉

[mattp]

Literally on a college tips marathon right now lol and I thought this was from like 2 years ago. Impeccable timing.

[janeh]

"are you ready to apply" emotionally? definitely not.

[ember]

I blinked how am I here already

Anyway, class of 2022 anyone?

[alexx]

Thanks for the video... But I'm watching it with dread 😥😥 I'm so worried about the college application and admission process.

[JediPlaysMinecraft]

Lmao when she said "some of you are gonna be like 'I have a week before my deadline'" that was highkey an attack

[cassiep]

I'm kind of nervous about applying to scholarships tbh I'm pretty much average student with a decent/low gpa

[sydneyberaho]

i REALLY needed something like this! #2020

[alexism]

Lol I just finished my spreadsheet for college deadlines and such, and then this popped up

[Shafikk_]

Can you please post a video on tips for JUNIORS for the upcoming year?

[rfb]

Can you please make a video for international students? A checklist or stuff we can do to improve our application? Thanks for the helpful videos 💛

[basomaning]

So awkward reading the 2020 comments during corona...