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Avoiding Senioritis

Posted at 1:39 PM, Sep 13, 2016
and last updated 2016-09-13 15:40:02-04

Holly Bell, a counselor from Jordan School District, shared some tips to help students avoid "senioritis".

Even with all of the preparation, parents and students are often caught off-guard when the senior year is finally here. Here are things to make the year successful:
• Making up for lost time - be in-line for graduation

• What "college" means (1, 2, 4+ years postsecondary education) Everyone can go to college!

• High paying, high demand careers

• How to pay for college - scholarships (private, government and educational institutions) and grants (FAFSA)

• Do your research and get everything together - application/scholarship deadlines (some as early as December 1st!), tuition/fees, housing, ACT/SAT, essays, letters of recommendation. Don't wait!

• Talk to your counselor!
• Have fun!
Weblinks:
• utahfutures.org
• bigfuture.collegeboard.org
• stepuputah.com
• act.org
• fastweb.com