<p>Patrick,</p>
<p>I’m glad to see that you’re getting stabilized about your college applications, and again, I’m sorry about the passing of your father. I will assist you to a point; however, it’s incumbent upon you to take charge of this process.</p>
<p>(Let me preface that you should re-read my earlier Post #13 to you in this thread. Click on the link for the College Guide (<a href="http://www.collegeincolorado.org/consumer_guide/collegeguide05.pdf%5B/url%5D)and">http://www.collegeincolorado.org/consumer_guide/collegeguide05.pdf)and</a> bookmark it. Review thoroughly everything pertinent to the general guidelines for admission and financial aid. This will ground you in the process and will answer all of your questions.)</p>
<p>Your planned timeframes are about right. For your retake of the ACT on Oct. 28, your scores will actually be sent to your designated colleges (I hope you designated the right college codes for each of your schools when you registered for the ACT) between 4-7 weeks after Oct. 28 – therefore between late November and mid-December. Meanwhile, apply to each of your 3 schools (Mines, CU and CSU) any time between now and the end of November. These are not “rigid” deadlines, but they will serve you well enough to get “priority” dates for all your applications. Try to submit your applications sooner rather than later if you can.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, for Financial Aid, you should plan to submit the FAFSA form online as early as possible sometime in January -- preferably after your Mother has completed her Federal Tax Return. NOW… what you need to do BEFORE January is go to the FAFSA website ( <a href="http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/%5B/url%5D">http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/</a>), and apply for a Personal Identification Number (PIN) – both you and your Mother will need to do this individually, i.e., each of you will have a PIN of your own. The PIN serves as a means for you to be able to “electronically sign” your FAFSA form later on. </p>
<p>Also, review and follow through on the Colorado College Opportunity Fund information (regarding eligibility and application process for vouchers):
<a href="http://www.cu.edu/ums/cof/faq.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.cu.edu/ums/cof/faq.html</a> </p>
<p>The following are the specific Admissions websites for Mines, CU and CSU. Bookmark them and read each site carefully for application process and also financial aid application information. Good luck, Patrick.</p>
<p>Colorado School of Mines:
<a href="http://www.mines.edu/Admiss/ugrad/FirstYearStudents/fyr_welcome.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.mines.edu/Admiss/ugrad/FirstYearStudents/fyr_welcome.html</a></p>
<p>University of Colorado – Boulder:
<a href="http://www.colorado.edu/prospective/freshman/apply/process.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.colorado.edu/prospective/freshman/apply/process.html</a></p>
<p>Colorado State University:
<a href="http://admissions.colostate.edu/AdmWRBlk.aspx?PgID=35%5B/url%5D">http://admissions.colostate.edu/AdmWRBlk.aspx?PgID=35</a></p>