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Get serious with the college process. See your counselor early and often.
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Choose your senior year courses wisely, with your counselor's advice.
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Take the PSAT for real, knowing that your score shows how ready you are for the SAT. This is also the year that your score counts towards the National Merit Scholarship Competition. Go to www.collegeboard.com and click on PSAT test to find out more information about qualifying for this competition.
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Line up your resources for SAT and ACT preparation.
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Register to take the SAT reasoning test and the ACT for the first time during your 11th-grade second semester.
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Check out some college applications, to get an idea of what'll be expected.
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Spend some time with college representatives who visit your school or who hold introductory sessions in the community.
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Spend more time on the scholarship trail.
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If your parents haven't initiated the conversation, start talking with them about how you'll finance your college education.
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Identify a few of your favorite teachers as possibilities when you're ready to ask for references.
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Make the most of your summer break by visiting campuses and realizing that this time next year, you'll be a few months away from your college freshman year.
