• Settle into the routine of high school

• Take as strong an academic load as you can handle successfully

• Commit to volunteer projects

• Get involved in extra-curricular activities

• Have at least one serious talk with your parents about your future

• Take trips to visit college campuses as a part of a family vacation

• Make smart decisions – talk to older students and ask them what they would have done differently in high school

• Assess growth and set goals at the end of the school year