Monthly Action Plan

05 Monthly Action Plan

This calendar prioritizes the remaining months before applications are submitted. Each step focuses on documenting your leadership impact, strengthening the academic narrative around business and economics, and ensuring your applications to West Chester University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, and New York University are presented as clearly and effectively as possible. Where appropriate, this plan references other sections of your strategy for deeper guidance.

Month Priority Actions Target Outcome
May
  • Audit all current activities and leadership roles. Begin collecting concrete metrics for DECA, the SAT tutoring nonprofit, and student government financial initiatives (membership growth, funds managed, students served).
  • Create a central document where you log outcomes, numbers, and responsibilities; this will feed directly into the Activities section and essays later.
  • Confirm application deadlines and policies for NYU (including Early Decision), Michigan (Early Action), and West Chester so the timeline is locked in.
 Leadership results organized early so your application materials can reference clear impact.
June
  • Design the structured expansion plan for your SAT tutoring nonprofit: outline the tutoring curriculum, build a tutor recruitment pipeline, and define how program outcomes will be tracked.
  • Draft simple program metrics (sessions delivered, score improvement tracking, students served) so results can be reported clearly in the Activities section.
  • Begin outlining your main personal statement concept (see §06 Essay Strategy) and start informal brainstorming notes.
 A clearly organized nonprofit structure and early essay direction.
July
  • Begin an economics or finance project that demonstrates analytical thinking (for example, an investment analysis series, market research study, or financial modeling exercise).
  • Document your process and insights as you go so the project can be summarized effectively in applications or supplemental essays.
  • Produce the first rough draft of your Common Application personal statement (see §06 Essay Strategy).
 A substantive economics-oriented project underway and a first essay draft completed.
August
  • Pursue partnerships with nearby high schools to expand the SAT tutoring program beyond your original campus; track outreach, responses, and participation.
  • Revise the personal statement through multiple drafts and begin outlining school-specific supplemental essays for NYU and Michigan.
  • Finalize your activities list in résumé format with quantified results wherever possible.
 Demonstrated program expansion and a near-final version of your main essay.
September
  • Finalize documentation of leadership outcomes: DECA growth metrics, nonprofit tutoring results, and any student government financial initiatives.
  • Convert those metrics into concise activity descriptions for the Common App Activities section.
  • Complete first full drafts of supplemental essays for your target schools.
 Leadership achievements translated into clear application-ready language.
October
  • Finalize Early Decision strategy if applying ED to NYU and prepare Early Action materials for the University of Michigan.
  • Complete final essay revisions and conduct a full application review for clarity and consistency.
  • Confirm recommendation letters and ensure all application components are uploaded.
 Early applications fully polished and ready before deadlines.
November
  • Submit remaining applications, including West Chester University of Pennsylvania if not already completed.
  • Verify that all test scores, transcripts, and recommendations have been received by each university.
  • Save final copies of every essay and activity description for scholarship or future applications.
 All applications successfully submitted and verified.
December
  • If Early Decision results arrive, follow the required next steps (commitment or regular decision continuation depending on outcome).
  • Update application portals with any significant fall achievements or new leadership metrics if allowed.
  • Prepare materials for potential scholarship applications using your finalized essays and activity summaries.
 Application cycle transitions smoothly into final review and scholarship opportunities.

Priya Patel, the main goal of this timeline is to ensure that your leadership impact and business-oriented interests are clearly documented before submission deadlines. By early fall, your applications should present concrete outcomes from your tutoring nonprofit, DECA involvement, and student government work while also showing intellectual engagement with economics through your summer project. The calendar above keeps those pieces moving forward in the limited time remaining before decisions are made.

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