S ENIOR DATES
10/10 & 10/11 Senior Make-up Pictures, lunches
10/12 Underclassmen Pictures, lunches
10/13 Univ of Pennsylvania rep visits TCR 8am
10/14 Wingate University rep visits TCR 9:30am
10/14 Guilford College rep visits TCR 10:30am
10/15 First Big College Admission Deadline
10/18 Emory rep visits TCR 11:30am
10/18 University of South Carolina rep visits 2pm
10/21 Late Registration Deadline for the 11/5 SAT
11/14-18 College Application Week
1/28/12 Midyear Graduation Ceremony 2pm
1/29/12 Midyear Graduation Snow Date 3pm
2/18 FAFSA Day
6/9/12 Graduation 7:30pm
S CHOOL R EPORT F ORMS / R ECOMMENDATIONS
Make sure to give your teachers and counselors ample time to complete forms and references.
Submit all forms or send requests through email
ASAP!
M IDYEAR G RADUATION
If you plan to graduate midyear, please stop by the counseling office and pick up an intent form. Intent forms are due by 10/30/11 to Mr.
Baker.
F INALIZE YOUR SCHEDULE
If you have any missing periods on your schedule, please schedule an appointment with your counselor. Criminal Justice may be offered again in the spring so if you would like to add it or replace another elective, please talk to your counselor.
W HICH D EADLINE ?
This year, several colleges have moved to an earlier deadline, anticipating more in state applicants. Oct. 15 is the first set deadline date.
If you choose to apply to the Oct. 15 th deadline, make sure you are confident in both your SAT or ACT scores and GPA. Most colleges will accept the Oct 1 SAT scores, but will not accept the Oct 22 ACT or Nov. 5 SAT scores as part of this submission deadline. Check with your specific colleges or school counselor if you have questions about which deadline is best for you.
Apply!!! Most schools are already accepting applications. Many schools have priority deadlines in October and November. Schools with Rolling Admission allow students to submit an application and receive quick notification.
Early action can benefit students who have not settled on one choice. You get to apply to as many as you want and still find out early. Early deadlines can help your chances, but be careful when applying for early decision. Early decision is a binding agreement which means that if you are accepted, you will withdraw your applications from other colleges and come to that college.
Choose wisely! Select 3-5 schools (average) including your “dream” choice, a “safety,” and a few in between. Check your colleges’ website

SELECTING A COLLEGE
Choose wisely! Select 3-5 schools (average) including your “dream” choice, a “safety,” and a few in between. Check your colleges’ website to be sure that you meet the minimum admission requirements. Some more selective schools may require one or more SAT subject tests (Duke etc.). The College Board has a tool called
“College Matchmaker” which will help you quickly profile schools. Stop by the counseling office if you would like to have our assessment of your list of schools.
SOCIAL NETWORKING
College Admissions reps and scholarship foundations are beginning to look at social networking pages. “Colleges are more likely to use these tools for recruiting rather than spying,” says Christina Wood of
Careersandcolleges.com. However, you want to keep your blogs clean. You never know who will be looking.
COLLEGE APPLICATION WEEK
CFNC is sponsoring college application week.
Many colleges waive their application fee during the week of Nov. 14-18. Winston-Salem State and
Elizabeth City State are the two public institutions that have waived their fees. Twentytwo Independent colleges have waived it as well.
Stop by counseling or check out CFNC.org
TRANSCRIPTS
Try out the Transcript Manager on CFNC.org to send your transcripts to NC colleges. Make sure your NC wise # (lunch) is part of your basic profile. It’s easy and free! If you are applying to colleges out-of-state or prefer mailing your transcript, please stop by counseling and sign up for a paper transcript. Pay $3 and return within
24 hours to pick it up. Do not open the seal and put it in the mail to the colleges of your choice.
The final way to submit transcripts is for your counselor to upload your transcript. Counselors can upload transcripts for schools that use
Commonapp.org, Sendedu (WCU), and Docufid.
Test Dates
C OLLEGE E NTRANCE E XAMS
T EST D ATES 2011-2012
Registration Late Fee
Deadlines Required
ACT
October 22, 2011
SAT
November 5, 2011
September
16
September
17 – 30
October
7
October
8 – 21
SAT
December 3, 2011
November
8
November
9 - 20
ACT November
December 10, 2011 4
November
5 – 18
School Code 343-630
SAT Website = www.collegeboard.org
ACT Website = www.actstudent.org
TCR Counseling Department