I know there can be a lot of uncertainty when it comes to the high school application process.
When is my application due?
What needs to be submitted before the deadline?
When can I start asking for recommendations?
This is why I am compiling a list of timelines and estimated deadlines for this year's high school application process. Please keep in mind that it is subject to change because the application process may look a bit different this year. This is just a general timeline for which month to expect what and how this year will ultimately play out.
High School Readiness Timeline:
September:
When is my application due?
What needs to be submitted before the deadline?
When can I start asking for recommendations?
This is why I am compiling a list of timelines and estimated deadlines for this year's high school application process. Please keep in mind that it is subject to change because the application process may look a bit different this year. This is just a general timeline for which month to expect what and how this year will ultimately play out.
High School Readiness Timeline:
September:
- Start reviewing schools using thenotebook.org website to try to determine which schools would be the best fit for you.
- For example, if you are interested in becoming an engineer, what schools have engineering programs or clubs that you could join? What schools have every quality that you are looking for in a high school?
- If you are interested in applying to a charter school, let me know what charter school you would like to apply to and I will print out the form for you.
- Start asking for high school recommendations from your teachers. You will need at least FOUR recommendations.
- Begin working on high school essays.
- High School Tours
- You can begin applying to high school using the School District of Philadelphia website!
- Continue working on high school essays and begin finalizing them so they will be submitted with your materials.
- Have your application for high schools submitted to me to review BEFORE 5:30pm on October 31st, 2015.
- I will submit your applications online through the Philadelphia School District website. If you have computer access and you wish to submit the form yourself, please let me know and allow me to review the application before submitting.
- Applications for public high schools are submitted and finalized.
- Mock-interviews in preparation for high school interviews with Ms. Woodbury.
- Continue mock interview practice with Ms. Woodbury
- High School Readiness Unit
- High schools will begin contacting you about interviews.
- Special admission schools will begin contacting you about whether you have been accepted, rejected, or waitlisted.
- Charter schools will begin holding admissions lotteries.
- College/Life After High School Readiness Unit
- College Tours
- You should begin hearing back from district schools during the next couple of months. If you have been accepted to multiple schools, you must make a decision within two weeks.
- If you have not been accepted to any of the schools you applied to, you will have guaranteed enrollment at your neighborhood school.
- College/Life After High School Readiness Unit
- Schools will begin contacting parents about potential openings due to other students declining their acceptance. You may hear back from some of the schools you were originally waitlisted for.
- College tours
- Alumni Preparation Unit
- 8th Grade Event(s)
- Graduation