{"id":313,"date":"2018-09-05T17:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ec2-50-17-66-55.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/2018\/09\/05\/12-steps-on-your-college-application-timeline\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T01:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:59:48","slug":"college-application-timeline-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/college-applications-and-admissions\/college-application-timeline-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Steps on Your College Application Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-1-360x240.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applying to college is a long, multi-step journey that high schoolers embark on starting their junior year. Here&#8217;s a college application timeline to help break down the process into steps. High School Juniors: this spring, you should plan to take standardized tests, start researching schools, and attend college events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High School Seniors: this fall, start your applications early, ask your teachers &amp; mentors for letters of recommendation, and apply for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/scholarships\/\">scholarships<\/a> and financial aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"527\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-527x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-527x1024.png 527w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-154x300.png 154w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-768x1493.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image.png 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applying to college is a long, multi-step journey that high schoolers embark on starting their junior year. Here&#8217;s a college application timeline to help break down the process into steps. High School Juniors: this spring, you should plan to take standardized tests, start researching schools, and attend college events. High [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-applications-and-admissions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cirkledin.com\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}