{"title":"College","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"high-school-senior-college-application-checklist","title":"High School Senior College Application Timeline","description":"\u003cp\u003eA college application checklist covers research and list building, testing, essays, and recommendations across four timed zones, so senior year deadlines stay tracked instead of scattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollege applications involve dozens of deadlines across different portals, tests, essays, and recommendation requests, and it's easy for one deadline to slip through while managing everything else senior year brings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy This Happens\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach school has its own portal, deadline, and requirements, so without one consolidated tracker, students are juggling information across a dozen different systems with no single source of truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat's Inside\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis checklist is split into four timed zones, research and list building, testing and academics, essays and applications, and recommendations and forms, each with a realistic time estimate. 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