SENIORS
June & July: Get To The Starting Line At College
- Create/reset your PIN, set up your email account, find forms, check your financial aid status and important deadlines. Your username and password are usually sent with your acceptance packet or in a separate letter or email. If you can’t find them, contact your college’s admissions office.
- Check your most recent award letter and your college’s custom student portal to see if you need to take additional steps for your financial aid.
- Many colleges hold mandatory summer orientations for all new students. Register as soon as possible and check what documents you will need to take to orientation.
- Check with your college to determine what placement tests you need. Some tests must be taken during the summer; others take place when you arrive in the fall.
- Most require you to pay a deposit and complete a form to be eligible for on-campus housing. Do this as soon as possible because housing may be limited.
- Talk with your college’s financial aid office about how to pay any balance that remains after your financial aid award.
- Each college has policies about student health insurance requirements.
- Complete and return medical/immunization forms. Confirm with your high school counselor that your final transcript was sent to the college. If you have taken college courses, request that those transcripts be sent as well.
