For High School Sophomores


  • Learn what resources are available to you to begin your college search; use our ‘Resources’ page to begin.
  • Start your college search and visits. Decide which characteristics are most important to you such as the size of the school, distance from home, cost and extracurricular activities.
  • Continue extracurricular activities, volunteer work etc. that you are passionate about.
  • Continue participation in academic enrichment programs, summer workshops, and camps with specialty focuses such as music, arts and science.
  • Update file of important documents and notes.
  • Prepare for standardized testing- ACT PLAN or PSAT in the fall to help you prepare for the actual ACT and SAT.
  • Sign up for junior year courses keeping in mind that you want to challenge yourself with tougher courses. Next year you may register for AP Advanced Placement) courses.