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College App Week 2024

Oklahoma’s 2024 CAW dates have not been determined, but you are free to host your CAW any week during the months of September through November. Register below!

You can tell us the week you’ve chosen when you register your school, and we’ll send you posters and an "I Applied" sticker for every participating senior.

CAW 2023 Highlights

Oklahoma’s College Application Week (CAW) 2023 was held September 25-29, and many schools opted to hold their CAW during a different week.
We’d like to express a huge THANK YOU to everyone who gave their time and amazing efforts to make this CAW a success!

Here are some highlights from CAW 2023:

• 136 schools, libraries and tribal partners registered for the event.
• Over 3,000 high school seniors participated in CAW events statewide and submitted over 5,000 college applications.
• Applications were sent to colleges in 37 states and Washington, D.C.

At the end of CAW, the 136 site coordinators were asked to submit an exit survey reporting the number of seniors who participated and the number of college applications submitted. They were also given the opportunity to share the various activities they used to engage their students and to make their CAW a success. Each school that submitted an exit survey was considered as a nominee for the annual Oklahoma College Application Week School of Excellence Award.

The first School of Excellence award winners were announced in the spring of 2020. So far, the winners for Oklahoma have been:

• Edmond Memorial High School, 2019
• Miami High School, 2020
• Indianola High School, 2021
• Booker T. Washington High School, Tulsa, 2022
• Bixby High School, 2023

Resources

Visit OKCollegeAppWeek.org to find all of the great resources you need to help you get started.

Upcoming Events

August

Aug. 1-2: OK CareerTech Annual Summit, Tulsa

Aug. 7: OSRHE 1st-Year Counselor Desk Retreat, Virtual  

Aug. 8: OKcollegestart New User Webinar, virtual   

Aug. 20: Make it Count Webinar: A Crash Course in Paying for College, virtual

Aug. 25-29: Regional College Fair, NE Oklahoma (Jill Manning, collegefairs@gpacac.net)

Aug. 27: OK College App Week Planning Webinar, virtual

Aug. 27: College Board Counselor Workshop for Experienced Counselors, virtual

Aug. 29: College Board Counselor Workshop for Newer Counselors, virtual
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September

Sept. 1: Beginning of College Savings Month

Sept. 2: Labor Day (OCAP offices closed)

Sept. 3-6: Regional College Fair, NE Oklahoma Week 2 (Jason Stockbridge, stockbridge-j@mssu.edu)

Sept. 4: Wzhitawen Native American College Fair, Shawnee (contact matt.higdon@potawatomi.org)

Sept. 4: OSRHE Student Preparation Workshop, Woodward  

Sept. 4: OK College App Week Planning Webinar, virtual              

Sept. 5: College Board Counselor Workshops for Experienced Counselors, virtual (click link to see dates)

Sept. 8: Grandparents Day

Sept. 9-12: Regional College Fair, SE Oklahoma (Hannah Truitt, htruitt@eosc.edu)

Sept. 10: College Board Counselor Workshop for Newer Counselors, virtual

Sept. 11: Patriot Day

Sept. 12: OSRHE Student Preparation Fall Workshop, Lawton

Sept. 12: OK College App Week Planning Webinar, virtual

Sept. 14: ACT Test Day

Sept. 15: National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) Virtual College Fair

Sept. 16-18: National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) Conference, Los Angeles

Sept. 16-20: Regional College Fair, Central Oklahoma (Autumn Bennett, autumn.bennett@wichita.edu)

Sept. 17: Oklahoma Money Matters Webinar, “Completing the FAFSA”, virtual

Sept. 17: Constitution & Citizenship Day (required observance for all Title IV schools)

Sept. 18: OSRHE Student Preparation Fall Workshop, Broken Arrow

Sept. 19: OSRHE Student Preparation Fall Workshop, Midwest City

Sept. 23-27: Oklahoma College Application Week, 2024

Sept. 23-27: Regional College Fair, SW Oklahoma (Jenni Rowe, jenni-rowe@utulsa.edu)

Sept. 30-Oct. 4: Regional College Fair, NW Oklahoma (Lana Mark, lana.mark@okstate.edu)

Free College Planning Resources

While the school year is underway, why not use UCanGo2's free college planning resources to educate your students about finding scholarships, completing the FAFSA, visiting a college campus or doing some career exploration?

We have numerous publications to assist your students with every aspect of the transition from high school to college. Check out these materials:

• Are You Looking for Money?
• FAFSA Facts
• College Planning Checklists for grades 9-12
• Your Transition to College
• UCanGo2 High School Student Workbook