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[quote=Anonymous]You have a leg up in that at a private school the counselor likely has less of a student caseload, and therefore might have more time to meet with you.

1. Talk to the counselor and get all the guidance you can (hence the name guidance counselor).
2. Get thee to Barnes and Noble.  Lots of books on college searching and applying.
3. If the two of you haven't already, start researching colleges.  Things to consider when building an initial list of potential choices, besides the basics of admission (i.e. grades and test scores): choice of major, size of school, urban/suburban/rural setting, single-sex/coed, on-campus housing/Greek life/particular sport or extracurricular of interest, distance from home.  These sorts of general preferences can help in researching and narrowing down to a list of schools that she might be interested in.
4. If you haven't already, set up some visits asap.  Spring break of junior year is often a great time to visit campuses.  Otherwise, this fall plan to spend every weekend if possible visting schools to help get a feel of the place.
5. Begin to assemble those applications.  As PP mentioned, essays will be key.  Accurately and positively documenting her extracurriculars and all those other things that make her unique and a good candidate.
6. At some point you'll need to get your financial stuff together to apply for financial aid next spring.  Plan ahead to get your taxes done early - we found that having thsoe done and out of the way made doing the FAFSA much easier.[/quote]

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