A Short Week

Are you excited about the fact that we only have 2 days of school this week? I am definitely looking forward to the short week and the Thanksgiving holiday!

It is important to remember that the shortened week will mean that there are only 5 school days remaining between now and December 1st. For those of you who are planning on applying to schools with a December 1st deadline, you must pay attention to completing all of the steps on time!

Colleges typically want your complete application package in their office by the date of the deadline. That means that your transcript, recommendation letters, official test scores, and application including the essay are all in the college's hands by December 1st. The application is generally the easiest part to make sure it arrives before the deadline because it is an online submission, but don't forget to give yourself time to get the other aspects mailed to the college in time. That means that if you are in the group of students who still plan to hit this December 1st date, then please verify that you have completed your transcript release form and that you remember to stop back and pick it up (with $1.00 per transcript) so that you can get it in the mail this week or at least by the Monday after we return from Thanksgiving break.