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What should you do to prepare for college?

Senior Year

• Take a last look at your choice colleges: visit classes, talk to profs, deans and coaches, and chat with students.

• If you haven't done it already, take the ACT or SAT. If you have, consider taking it again to improve test scores.

• Continue searching for scholarships.

• Begin to narrow your list of prospective colleges.

• Ask teachers, counselors, pastors or employers to write letters of recommendation.

• File the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by March 1. Turn in high school transcripts and admission applications to UIS by January 15 for priority consideration.

• After receiving acceptance letters, students should make their selection and meet deadlines for scholarships, registration, housing, and payment.

Summer before entering college

• Students accepted to UIS should attend one of the university's Orientations in anticipation of their freshman year.