Senior Year Planning

Useful Tips

TIP: Select one e-mail account and one good password (usually with 1 capital, 8 letters, and 1 #) to use for all applications and if possible SAT & ACT testing results. You can set your cell phone to alert you of postings and notices pushed out to you from these websites.
TIP: Use your calendar to set up reminders for deadline alerts.
TIP: Never wait until the deadline to turn in paperwork for college.

Join the Senior Class Schoology Course: 95TM-HQQ2-HQ2N6
Join the Senior Class Remind: text @JV2024 to 81010
Buy Senior shirt - Jersey Village High School (tmarks.com)
Save the date for Senior Prom and buy tickets early before the price goes up
Attend the Balfour meeting during school with information and paperwork to order your cap and gown for graduation. Order your cap, gown, announcements, etc. at www.balfourgrad.com

Check with your counselor to ensure all credits required are correct
Send transcripts to colleges
Clear up any excessive absence problems early
Get your meningitis shot required by colleges – drop completed record off by Nurse to update your shot records
Check to be sure your cap and gown has been ordered
Pass your classes to get your final credits. Colleges are looking at your grades during the Spring Semester more carefully now.
Pay for your prom tickets through School Cash Online and register your dates with your house office
Clear fines and fees as early as possible so you can receive your cap and gown without any delay.
Mail graduation invitations one month in advance
Sign up for graduation tickets
Request a final transcript from the Registrar's Office (you can now do this online). This is required by the college you will be attending.
Go to the Registrar's Office for guidance on hard to pronounce names.

Join Mrs. Wells’s Class of 2024 Remind: text @jvccs2024 to 81010

Complete your college application:

Seniors can take a "college day" to visit and tour a college campus. Ask at the attendance office. Students get 2 days during their junior year and 2 days their senior year for college visits.
October: Fill out FAFSA information! This is now a graduation requirement!
Register & take the SAT or ACT.
Complete Common College Application online at applytexas.org
Write essays for application early when you can get help from teachers; upload application
Select teachers for letters of recommendation if needed
Check schools for required dorm deposits and deadlines