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Check with your guidance counselor and make sure your class will be taking Indiana's Annual Career and College Information Survey.
Use a free, online tool to help match your interests to careers.
Work with your counselor on completing your Graduation Plan.
Create a college information folder to store brochures, fliers, etc.
Complete a Career and Course Plan that includes Core 40 classes.
Enroll in geometry or algebra.
Get involved! Join a club, volunteer for a local cause, perform in the creative arts or try out for a team.
Start a list of all involvement, awards and recognitions. Update it each semester.

Take the PSAT on October 14th. Check with your Guidance Counselor and make sure you are signed up--it's free for all sophomores!
If you did not register for the PSAT on time this year, visit the College Board's SAT Preperation Center to review official questions and take a practice test.
Begin to explore financial aid options - visit your local library or use the Internet to do a scholarship search.
Take the PLAN (a preliminary version of the ACT.)
Choose five to 10 colleges to write or call for brochures and applications. Use the Web to take "virtual tours" of campuses.
Consider getting a job. The summer between 10th- and 11th-grade is a good time to start a part-time job if you do not have one already.
Stay involved! Run for a leadership position within a club. If you've helped plan College GO! Week, work with your counselor on how you can reflect your involvement on your resume.
Talk to guidance counselor to see if on track to take Advanced Placement courses during 12^th grade.
Update list of all involvement, awards and recognitions.

Make sure you are registered for Indiana's e-Transcript.
Check with your guidance counselor and make sure your class will be taking Indiana's Annual Career and College Information Survey.
Participate in the Hoosier Heroes program for a chance to win one of ten $2,000 scholarships. And, search for other scholarships.
Take the PSAT even if it was taken last year. High scores on this test can help qualify for a National Merit Scholarship.
Review Career and Course Plan to ensure that all the Core 40 academic requirements are being met.
Discuss college interests with parents, counselors and friends.
Update list of all involvement, awards and recognitions.

Apply to a college or apprenticeship program today!
Participate in the Hoosier Heroes program for a chance to win one of ten $2,000 scholarships. And, search for other scholarships.
Schedule campus visits for the colleges that you are interested in attending. Create a separate folder for each potential college. Make a checklist of the admission requirements (transcripts, application fees, test scores, letters of recommendation, essays and financial aid applications).
Check out our College Profiles to find admission requirements, tuition costs, programs of study, descriptions of campus life, athletic affiliations and more.
Make a special note of the admissions deadlines of the colleges. Make sure to allow enough time for recommendation letters and for the submission of transcripts.
Consider retaking the SAT or ACT if not satisfied with scores.
Attend as many college fairs and financial aid workshops as possible.
Update list of all involvement, awards and recognitions. It may be needed next semester for scholarship applications.