I have been reading CC for a couple years and am finally in the hunt (gulp). I am the parent of a soon to be high school junior.This summer's plan is to get ready to look at colleges next year. Is there anything I'm missing?
1. Finalize what colleges have her probable major - nursing - and assess if they are direct admit (that's the goal) among other criteria. Right now, just in talking, they are mostly state schools but I am not averse to a private here or there for kicks.
2. Run the NPC on all of them (have done one as practice). I have a magic number in my head that won't make me puke too badly, but it will still be a wake up call. I've run a sample FAFSA and my EFC is zero, so I'm still trying to figure out the relationship between that and the NPC which never says zero on my part.
3. By the end of the summer, have a list (10-12?) of colleges to keep an eye on next school year and plan to visit. We went to one last summer while visiting relatives that has a great program, but she wasn't interested in nursing at that point and didn't get much out of the general tour.
4. Do some practice PSAT tests and start getting in that mindset. She took the PSAT this year as a sophomore for practice and she agreed she needed to take some time over the summer to review/practice in a low-key way. I don't know what to make of her score as a sophomore but there is always room for improvement. Also start looking at the ACT but not focus too much on that.
5. And yes, she has a summer job (lol).
Any other things I/we may want to look at? Besides winning the lottery, of course. Thank you!
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