What should a high school junior be doing?

OneMom
Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:16:49 +0000

Start thinking about which teachers to ask for recommendations. If you don’t plan to apply to schools that are a reach for you, this isn’t really that important, but if you are applying to reaches or Ivies, it is. Try to keep in closer touch with those teachers. Join an activity that they lead, see them outside of class to ask a question, try to take a second course from the same teacher, etc. Make sure that they know who you are, so that next fall they will be well disposed to refer you.