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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

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

December

Dec. 7: SAT Test Date

Dec. 14: ACT Test Date

Dec. 17: Make it Count webinar: The Psychology of Spending

Dec. 24-25: Holiday Break, OCAP offices closed

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