YOUR WORKSPACE
Mark the parent-watched items
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Mark every item before copy turns on. Not yet is a valid mark when the window has not opened. Not applicable is a valid mark after you have checked requirements.
Testing window known
You know whether your student has a first official sit window this year. You do not pick the dates here.
Sit dates stay on the junior testing date sheet.
Copy the status list
Paste this into a shared note. If an item is Missing, the next step is a parent-watched reminder, not taking the work. Entries are temporary and disappear when you leave or reload. Copy your note before you go.
Mark every item before copy turns on. Not yet is a valid mark when the window has not opened. Not applicable is a valid mark after you have checked requirements.
How to use this worksheet
Mark the seven application-preparation items below, review the ones still open, then copy the status list. Most families need 5 to 15 minutes. Use this page when junior year is underway and you want a calm read on these items. It is not a verdict on the whole year, and it is not a student to-do list.
Entries are temporary and disappear when you leave or reload. Copy your note before you go.
This is not the month-by-month student plan in the junior-year college planning checklist. It is not the already-behind crisis post on what parents should do when a student falls behind. It is also not the early-senior parent prep checkpoint: leave ED lock, Common App account launch, and FAFSA gather for that later sheet.
| This checklist | Not this checklist |
|---|---|
| Application-preparation status: testing window, stated constraints, recommender ask watch, summer feasibility, essay-start timing, counselor plan, family calendar. | A full judgment of junior-year academics, a senior course plan, a dated student task list, an ED lock, a Common App account launch, or a FAFSA document gather. |
| You leave with seven statuses and a short open-item copy-out. | You take over the list, the teacher ask, or the essays. Standing owners live on the responsibility map. |
Mark the parent-watched items
Choose one status for each item. Use Missing when it should already exist. Use Not yet when the window has not opened. Use Not applicable after checking requirements when you have looked at the colleges on the working list and this step does not apply. On track can also record a decision you have already checked. Do not use Not applicable as a guess. Testing and recommendation rules differ by college. Current classes and the senior-year course plan are not on this checkpoint. Use the senior-year course-load review for that job. Test dates live on the junior testing date sheet. Summer pay-or-skip lives on the junior summer funding and logistics sheet. Your student chooses recommenders on choosing recommenders.
If you want a hosted conversation after this list, use the parent pre-application family meeting. Role language (what you do not take over) stays on how parents can help without taking over. Testing spend and score-talk rules are a separate sheet: parent testing support boundaries.