The STEP Application is now closed.

Arizona High School Sophomores

STEP wants to help YOU succeed in college.

We will guide you through every step of the college application process from sophomore year through senior year.

STEP is a lot of work – but the return on your investment of effort is amazing!

 Student Qualifications

You must meet all qualifications to apply:

• Sophomore

• Un-weighted GPA of 3.6 or higher

• Taking multiple Honors classes and on track to take AP/IB level classes in junior/senior year

• Low income (qualify or slightly above qualifying for free/reduced lunch)

• Neither parent has a 4-year college degree

A Completed Online Application Includes

• STEP Application – digitally SIGNED by student and parent/legal guardian

• Essay responses

• Two (2) teacher recommendations - submitted by teachers

• Copy of Transcript (can be unofficial) - submitted by counselor

• Current Progress Report - submitted by counselor

Some notes on the online application

• It is likely you WILL NOT finish it in one sitting. Plan to work on it for at least a week or more so you can edit it and get feedback from someone you trust (especially on your essays!)

• You will be prompted to SAVE your work throughout the form. You will be able to resume your saved application by clicking through the completed pages (check your answers as you click through!)

• Your essay responses are the CORE of your application. Spend time on those responses and PROOFREAD, PROOFREAD, PROOFREAD!! We also recommend sharing them with your English teacher to ask for feedback (write them outside of the application form and paste them in when they are ready).

• Recommendation Forms and Process. You will enter names and email addresses of your recommenders into the online application, once you submit your application they will get an email from our system with instructions and a link to the form. Good idea to check with your teachers AFTER YOU SUBMIT to see if they got their email.