The school year may be coming to a close, but there's still college planning work to do!

Keep the following in mind:

For juniors:
* List, compare and visit colleges
* Take the ACT®
* Prepare a target list of college campus visits
* Prepare questions for each visit
* Compare college costs
* Visit http://www.actstudent.org/college/11.html for more college planning resources

For seniors:
* If not already done, complete the FAFSA right away and submit it for financial aid consideration
* Watch for the Student Aid Report (SAR), which should arrive in your mail about four weeks after the FAFSA is filed
* Visit colleges that have invited you to enroll
* Track important financial aid and scholarship deadlines, submitting forms as needed
* Compare financial aid packages offered by different schools
* Decide which school to attend and notify the school
* Track and observe deadlines for submitting all required fees and paperwork to the school
* Notify the schools you will not be attending of your decision
* Read, sign and send in the promissory note if borrowing money
* Notify the college you will be attending of any outside scholarships you received
* Have your counselor send your final transcript in May or June to the college you will be attending.