Begin to narrow your list of choices for a postsecondary school.

Arrange with the school for housing and a meal plan, if necessary. Read and follow all provided instruction carefully and completely. Grants and scholarships will reduce the tuition and fees used to determine your credit.

If you are seeking an athletic scholarship, make contact in person or by mail with the coaches at schools of your interest; include a resume of your accomplishments. Apply for a summer job or volunteer opportunity; check with your counselor for possibilities. Meet and talk with your school counselor about yourself and your future. Check with other offices for funding possibilities. Be aware of any summer orientation sessions that you must attend at the school in which you will enroll and make plans accordingly. Continue to talk with your parents about your future plans; become more specific about how you and your parents can finance those plans.

If you don't owe taxes, you won't receive a tax credit. Make a plan for saving a portion of your summer earnings. Fellowships exist for graduate students at all levels of study.

Latino Graduate Fellowship is not awarded for summer study. Deduction is for interest payments made during the first 60 months 5 years in which interest payments are required. Check with your counselor, the school library, and the public library for names and addresses of possible scholarship sources; be aware of the kinds of scholarships that seniors in your high school and community are receiving. The student must not be employed more than 20 hours per week.