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
6. Start looking for additional scholarships
8. If playing sports in college make sure you are NCAA eligible
9. If you are planning on deferring - make sure you complete all the deferment paperwork
10. Please take our Exit Survey Here:
1. Make sure you are on-track for graduation
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
- College Quick Links - Utah colleges and Trade Schools
- 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
- Career Interest Profiler - helps you decide what kinds of careers you want to explore
- When possible, try to visit college campuses, Schedule a tour and appointments talk to advisors
4. Apply to the colleges, universities and/or technical/trade schools of your choice
- Participate in College Application Week - October 3-7. 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
- General Education Certificate with UTU
- SUU Application Guide
- Be sure ACT scores have been sent
- Pay application fee (some fee waivers available during College Application Week)
- Stay on top of DEADLINES
5. Apply for financial aid
- Fill out the FAFSA beginning October 1, 2022
- You will be using your 2021 taxes - so you will be eligible for the IRS data retrieval tool
- Fill out the FAFSA asap - funds are awarded on a "first come, first served basis."
- Attend our Financial Aid night October 5, 2022 from 6:00-7:00 pm in Room 207 *Will have Spanish translator
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 application opens Nov 15th, 2022 - Priority Deadline Dec 2nd, 2022 - Final Deadline February 1, 2023
8. If playing sports in college make sure you are NCAA eligible
9. If you are planning on deferring - make sure you complete all the deferment paperwork
- Deferment links at the bottom right of page
10. Please take our Exit Survey Here:
