Three seasonal infographics can help keep your application tasks on track. https://insights.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions-checklist
Are there printable versions?
The summer before senior year should add that the parents must do financial planning to determine what they can afford to contribute, and inform the student of the limit. Parents should also run net price calculators on colleges of interest.
@ucbalumnus Thank you for that! We will gather any suggestions on additions to it here and update it accordingly. @HarrietMWelsch there is a link at the end of the article that opens a PDF which prints it in 3 separate pages. Cheers!
@CCEdit_Torrey, that link just appeared. Thanks!
Thanks!
This looks a lot like the NACAC timelines.
The summer before senior year is way too late to consider finances.
Yes, the parents should have been doing financial planning before the kid was born… but so many parents and students go into the student’s senior year with no clue about what they can actually afford that they need a reminder to at least assess where they are now, so they won’t end up in April with a bunch of admissions that are all too expensive.
I actually agree with @lookingforward on this one! Senior year is too late, the local high schools here say to consider finances in sophomore or latest, junior years. The last thing you want to do is work on your supplemental essays for Stanford or the why Vanderbilt essay during summer after your junior year only to find out the family can’t afford it.
“no clue about what they can actually afford that they need a reminder to at least assess where they are now”
You’re not going to suddenly get a clue, especially if you apply early, September is not going to help when the apps are due in November, they’ll be working on essays, recommendation and their courses. They’ll have to apply for FA and hope things work out. You can tell them all the things on the checklist, they won’t know they can’t afford a college until they get the FA package.