Dallas High School

Dallas School District
Box 2000
Dallas, Pennsylvania 18612

Senior Year Preparation

COLLEGE FILE

After contacting colleges and making visitations, start a filing system.  Keep documentation of all contacts made including names, dates, copies of correspondence, completed applications and forms.  It’s easy to become overwhelmed and disorganized with paperwork.

SENIOR TIMETABLE

Help your child set up a timetable/schedule, planning test dates, application deadlines, college visitation days and other dates of major importance.  Consider previous test scores to determine if any of these tests should be taken again.  Highly competitive colleges look for SAT scores of 1300 and over; moderately competitive colleges look for SAT scores in the 1100 range; state universities look for SAT scores of around 1000.  Don’t forget to check college handbooks for SAT II requirements.

SENIOR COURSES

Once you are sure that senior courses meet all graduation requirements, you should then consider course requirements of the college(s).  Some seniors may desire to "take it easy" but colleges are looking for students who are taking a strong and challenging course load.  Most colleges generally request senior courses.  NOTE: Colleges will send a midyear report form to submit to the counseling office to request midyear grades.  If no form is required, please remember to notify the counseling office that midyear senior grades need to be sent.  A final senior transcript including end of the year grades will be sent to the school you select after graduation.  Many colleges require students to take English, math and possibly science placement tests before registering for freshman courses.  A student who does not take challenging courses is not likely to do as well on these tests.