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Grade 10/Sophomore Year

  • Talk to your school counselor (or teachers, if you don't have access to a school counselor) about the following:
    • Reviewing the classes you need to meet the requirements of the colleges you are interested in attending.
    • Finding out about AP courses:
      • What courses are available
      • Whether or not you are eligible for the classes that you want to take
      • How to enroll in them for your junior year
  • Update your file, or start one if you haven't already. (See Grade 9 for a list of what it should contain.)
  • Continue extracurricular activities, as admissions officers look at extracurricular activities when considering students for admission.
  • Continue participation in academic enrichment programs, summer workshops, and camps with specialty focuses such as music, arts, science, etc.
  • Take the PSAT in October. The scores will not count for National Merit Scholar consideration in your sophomore year, but it is valuable practice for when you take the PSAT again in your junior year (when the scores will count). It will also help you prepare for the SAT exam, which you should also be taking in your junior year. You will receive your PSAT results in December. Don't forget to start preparing for the SAT.
  • Register in April for the SAT Subject Tests. SAT Subject Tests are offered separately from the SAT and are given in several subject areas such as Foreign Language, History, Literature, Biology, Physics and more. Be sure to research which Subject Tests are appropriate for you, and register for any individual subjects you will complete before June.
  • Take the SAT Subject Tests in June.
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