As the calendar moves into August, I am writing with a few reminders about your summer college planning "homework."  As the College Office emphasized throughout the spring, the more work that you're able to complete before the start of your sixth-form year, the easier you will find the demands of the fall and the more successful your process will be. We're about a month away from the start of school and a busy fall combination of classes and college applications. Your summer assignment covers:

I ask that you fill out this Family Questionnaire, with your information. Click here to access the questionnaire. I recognize that for many of you, this information may not have changed over the years you have been at Berkshire School. However, the reaffirmation of the accuracy of what we think we know helps all our counselors advocate best on your behalf.
 

Over the past few days, we auto-registered all Fifth Formers and their parents for Naviance Student, an online resource for students, parents, and college counselors which organizes each student’s college search and applications....

I write to you at the completion of your Fifth-Form year. It is with great excitement that I welcome you to the Sixth-Form (and Post graduate experience). We are all hopeful and optimistic that your Sixth-Form experience and your college process will continue in the direction of becoming “more normal,” than the past eighteen months have been.....