Rising High School Seniors

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Colleges and high schools have such odd terminology. As if the alphabet soup of academic acronyms wasn't enough, there are all the strange terms — bursar, for example, yield and Jan Term. So when your child's counselor refers to him as a "rising senior," what on earth does that mean?

Once upon a time, a kid was a junior until June of his junior year. When the bell rang on the last day of school, he became a senior — even if the start of the next academic year was still two months away. Now, he's called a rising senior. (Clearly, it's only a matter of time before preschoolers are called rising kindergartners!)


How Rising Seniors Should Spend Their Time


Create a college list: Determining where to apply is the most important action to take over the summer. Figure out where you're going to get your information to decide which college is the best fit for your child. Also, start looking into the financial aid that you might qualify for.


  • Visit colleges and arrange interviews.


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