Hey there — it's time to wrap up your applications! Here's everything you should do this month.

Your December Checklist 🎯

• Study for Finals. Finals can be nerve-racking, but you got this! Try active recall and check out some of our resources for topic-specific AP class studying here!
• Check out your early college decisions (If applicable). Most early college decisions will be released around December 15th. If you get deferred from your early application school, be ready to submit a letter of continued interest. Learn more here.
• Submit your regular decision applications. Place the finishing touches on your apps, hit submit, and take that weight off your shoulders before the holidays! Get ahead before you're early decisions are released so you'll be ready, no matter the outcome.
• Beware of senioritis. You'll need to submit a mid-year report to most schools, so keep your grades up!

Upcoming Opportunities 🏅

• Burger King Scholars (Due 12/15): Assists employees, employees' spouses or domestic partners, employees' children and high school seniors continue their education. Find more information and apply here.
• Equitable Excellence Scholarship (Due 12/17): This scholarship seeks to reward students who demonstrate courage to pursue what’s possible, display strength in managing challenges, and share wisdom with others. Find more information and apply here.
• FIRE Free Speech Essay Contest (Due 12/31): This essay contest asks students to express their freedom of speech, with scholarships that range from $500- $10,000. Find more information and apply here.
• Jackie Robinson Foundation (Due 1/12): The Jackie Robinson Foundation provides a multi-faceted experience designed to address the financial needs of minority students who aspire to attend college and guide them through the process of higher education. Find more information and apply here.
• Mensa Scholarship (Due 1/15): The Mensa Foundation Scholarship Program awards more than $150,000 in assistance every year to college-bound students around the globe. Find more information and apply here.

💻 Want to learn to code? Check out some of our favorite free resources: Harvard CS50, Code Academy, code.org, freeCodeCamp, and Ben Awad.

Updates 👀

• Want early access to our website, free profile reviews, and more? Join our Discord here! We'll be sending out a secret link to use our product early soon 👀
• Check out our Instagram page here for more tips for your high school journey and beyond!
• Take a look around missionmentor.org 🤫

Fun Fact 🤩

Connecticut College annually holds Festivus, a secular Seinfeld-inspired holiday party celebrated to contrast the pressures of the Christmas season.

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