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College App Week 2024
The "official" dates for College App Week 2024 are September 23-27, 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
October
Oct. 2-4: Oklahoma Works Association Partners Conference, OKC
Oct. 4: Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges (OACC) Conference, Tulsa
Oct. 5: SAT Test Date
Oct. 7: Child Health Day
Oct. 7-8: OSRHE Student Preparation Conference, Afton
Oct. 10-11: Oklahoma Association of Collegiate Registrars and Administrators (OACRAO) Conference, OKC
Oct. 14: Columbus Day
Oct. 15: Oklahoma Money Matters Make it Count Webinar: Car Shopping, Virtual
Oct. 16: Boss’s Day
Oct. 19: Oklahoma Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Oct. 23-24: OSRHE Student Preparation Conference, Lone Wollf
Oct. 26: ACT Test Date
Oct. 30-31: OSRHE Student Preparation Conference, Poteau
November
Nov. 2: SAT Test Date
Nov. 3: Daylight Savings Time ends
Nov. 6-9: Association of Middle Level Educators (AMLE) Conference, Nashville, TN
Nov. 11: Veterans Day Observed, OCAP offices open
Nov. 11-15: Southwest and Arkansas Associations of Student Financial Aid Administrators (SWASFAA & AASFAA) Boot Camp & Conference, Little Rock, AR
Nov. 16-19: National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY) Conference, Orlando, FL
Nov. 17: International Students’ Day
Nov. 19: Oklahoma Money Matters Make it Count Webinar: Setting Up & Sticking to a Budget, Virtual
Nov. 28: Thanksgiving Day – OCAP offices closed
Nov. 29: OCAP offices closed
Nov. 29: Native American Heritage Day
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