The college guidance program begins in freshman year -- as students are encouraged to build a strong foundation for college success. Students are offered counsel about curricular and co-curricular choices, standardized testing, and how best to approach the college admissions process. GSB students begin standardized test practice in their sophomore year. Sophomores take the PLAN test as a preview of the ACT and both Sophomores and Juniors take the PSAT.
Formal advising begins for students (and their families) in the winter of junior year. It is at this point when guidance staff will collaborate with students and families to identify and investigate potential college options. Seniors are given individual guidance and direction with applications, interviewing, fulfillment of required testing, and financial assistance applications, when appropriate.