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[quote=Anonymous]In no particular order. And I guess most of these things are fine to discover freshman year.

If your kid will be looking at or applying to a lot of schools, start early. We did some visits summer after sophomore year even though he wasn't in a college frame of mind yet and it was a helpful way to start narrowing down what he wanted.

Take the SATs fall semester of Junior year if you can. It leaves the spring free for AP exams and plenty of time to retest if needed. Also, having scores is somewhat helpful for ranking schools in terms of likelies, target, reaches.

Figure out your budget early on and start researching aid. No sense in applying to schools that you just can't afford.

The Ethan Sawyer books are good, even if you hire a counselor.

If you might want a counselor, hire them early (like by sophomore year) so they can help you build a list, etc.

Look at the Common Application, especially examples for the Activities section. I'm a firm believer in kids doing what they love, but if your kid does not have things to put down (i.e., they spend most of their time on electronics in an uninteresting, unorganized way) help them get a few more activities going. Their application will showcase what they do through Junior year summer.

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