College Application Checklist
Keep Track of Your Applications
Use this checklist and stay on top of your application requirements, tasks and deadlines.
Add enough columns to fit your list of colleges.
| Application Checklist | College | College | College |
| Applications | |||
| Obtain or access application | |||
| Regular application deadline | |||
| Early application deadline | |||
| Safety? Probable? Reach? | |||
| Grades | |||
| Request high school transcript sent | |||
| Request midyear grade reports sent | |||
| Test Scores | |||
| SAT® or other admission test required? | |||
| SAT Subject Tests™ required? | |||
| Send SAT Subject Test scores | |||
| Send SAT scores | |||
| Send AP® scores | |||
| Letters of Recommendation | |||
| Request recommendations | |||
| Send thank-you notes | |||
| Essays | |||
| Draft initial essays | |||
| Proofread essays for spelling and grammar | |||
| Have two people read your essays | |||
| Revise your essays | |||
| Proofread your revisions | |||
| Interviews | |||
| Interview at college campuses | |||
| Alumni interview | |||
| Send thank-you notes to interviewers | |||
| Send and Track Your Application | |||
| Make copies of all application materials | |||
| Tell school counselor that you applied | |||
| Pay application fee | |||
| Sign application and send | |||
| Confirm receipt of application materials | |||
| Send supplemental material, if needed | |||
| Financial Aid Forms | |||
| Priority financial aid deadline | |||
| Regular financial aid deadline | |||
| Submit FAFSA | |||
| Submit PROFILE, if needed | |||
| Submit institutional aid form, if needed | |||
| Submit state aid form, if needed | |||
| After You Send Your Application | |||
| Receive letter from office of admission | |||
| Receive financial aid award letter | |||
| Meet deadline to accept admission and send deposit | |||
| Accept financial aid offer | |||
| Notify the other colleges you will not attend | |||
