We are excited to meet with you and help you plan your future by discussing the following:
1. Make sure you are on-track for graduation
2. Take or re-take the ACT/SAT
3. Select the colleges you are interested in attending
4. Apply to the colleges, universities and/or technical/trade schools of your choice
5. Apply for financial aid with FAFSA
6. Start looking for additional scholarships
7. For help with applying to college or applying for scholarships or financial aid schedule an appointment with our College Access Advisor, Tycee Strange
8. If playing sports in college make sure you are NCAA eligible
9. Honors and Awards
10. If you are planning on deferring - make sure you complete all the deferment paperwork
11. Explore Careers
12. Please take our Exit Survey Here:
1. Make sure you are on-track for graduation
- Graduation requirements
- Options to make-up credit
- View your four year plan in PowerSchool
2. Take or re-take the ACT/SAT
- ACT Information
- SAT Information
- not sure if you want to take the ACT again - check out the academic index
3. Select the colleges you are interested in attending
- Admit Utah - understand and explore admissions opportunities at all schools in Utah
- College Quick Links - Utah colleges and Trade Schools
- Facts at a Glance - Summary of info about Utah Colleges and Universities
- College Guide
- College Board - in and out of state schools
- College Navigator - side by side comparison with valuable school information
- Princeton Review - hear what students have to say about schools
- When possible, try to visit college campuses, Schedule a tour and appointments talk to advisor
4. Apply to the colleges, universities and/or technical/trade schools of your choice
- Participate in College Application Week - October 7-11. We will help you fill out your college applications in your LA 12 class! If you don't have an Language Arts class, come see us in the counseling office that week.
- Apply online
- Have official transcripts sent from all previous schools. Request an SCHS Transcript
- If you have taken CE classes with Utah Tech after applying and acceptance, you need to request a Utah Tech Transcript be sent to the institution you will be attending for articulation purposes
- Utah Tech Concurrent Enrollment Students MUST reapply to UTU using returning users application portal
- General Education Certificate with UTU at SCHS
- Send your ACT scores to the Universities you plan to attend
- Application Fees waived at all Utah Public Colleges during UCAW
- Stay on top of DEADLINES
5. Apply for financial aid with FAFSA
- Fill out the FAFSA beginning in December 2024 (First come, first served basis.)
- You will be using your 2023 taxes - so you will be eligible for the IRS data retrieval tool
- For assistance filling out the FAFSA, watch this helpful FAFSA walkthrough video
- Attend our Financial Aid night at SCHS Jan 15, 2025 from 6:00-8:00 pm in Room 207
6. Start looking for additional scholarships
- Scholarship search resources
- The amount of scholarship money you receive is proportional to the time you put in searching and applying
- If eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship fill out application when it opens date TBA.
7. For help with applying to college or applying for scholarships or financial aid schedule an appointment with our College Access Advisor, Tycee Strange
8. If playing sports in college make sure you are NCAA eligible
9. Honors and Awards
- Seal of Biliteracy Application *High level of proficiency in one or more languages in addition to English*
- CTE Pathways - CTE Pathway Video
- Honors Diploma *Scroll down below graduation information*
- Sterling Scholar
10. If you are planning on deferring - make sure you complete all the deferment paperwork
- Deferment links at the bottom right of page
11. Explore Careers
- Career Interest Profiler - helps you decide what kinds of careers you want to explore
- YouScience - Comprehensive Career Research Platform (Finish your profile if you haven't already and explore the personalized career information)
12. Please take our Exit Survey Here:
