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Schnieders, Ph. D. and Becky L. Bobek, Ph. D.  \nSeptember 2023  \n Introduction  \nA successful transition from high school to college requires that students have the necessary knowledge, skills, and mindsets in both academic and nonacademic areas (Venezia & Jaeger, 2013) . College preparation is a long process. Students complete a series of tasks including taking academic courses, searching for potential colleges, taking standardized tests, choosing a program of study, writing a college application essay, submitting applications to colleges, and applying for financial aid (Oreopoulos & Ford, 2019) . High schools and colleges offer a wide range of programs and services to support and guide students in this process. These opportunities aim to increase students’ exposure to college and assist with their college applications (Xing et al., 2019) . Such supports are likely to increase students’ chances of applying to colleges and eventually enrolling.  \nHowever, the COVID-19 pandemic caused unexpected changes in students’ high school experiences, including their college preparation experiences. When the pandemic hit the United States in the spring of 2020, the class of 2023 were in their freshman year of high school. These students experienced substantial disruptions in their education, such as increased remote learning, canceled extracurricular activities, and limited access to school counselors due to school closures (Anand & Bhatia, 2021) . Meanwhile, postsecondary institutions modified their policies in response to the disruptions: They established test-optional admissions policies, moved to hybrid learning, and changed some program offerings (Schultz & Backstrom, 2021; Tilak & Kumar, 2022) . All these changes likely affected the college preparation experiences of students in this cohort, and it is therefore important to better understand these college-bound students’ experiences. Did college-bound students in this cohort feel prepared for college? What were their college preparation experiences in high school? What were some key elements that helped them prepare for college? Were there any supports they wished they had received? The answers to these questions can provide insights into how to better help these students as they enter college and how to better support students in future cohorts.  \nTo learn how students from the high school class of 2023 prepared for college, we reached out to a random sample of high school seniors in September 2022. As part of a broader survey on the college and career preparation of students from the class of 2023, we asked students  \nto report on their preparedness for college, the college preparation activities in which they participated, the college preparation supports they received, and the supports they wished they had received. In this brief, we share what we learned from 1,485 students who reported that they planned to attend a postsecondary institution the fall after graduating high school (see the appendix for more details about the sample) .  \nACT Research | September 2023  \nStudents Reported High Academic, Social, and Personal Preparedness but Relatively Low Financial Preparedness  \nThe surveyed college-bound students rated their college preparedness in four areas: academic, social, personal, and financial preparedness.  \nThey were asked how prepared they were to do tasks in these four areas during their first year of college. Overall, most of the high school seniors felt academically prepared (Figure 1) . A large majority (86%) reported that they were very or mostly prepared for earning Bs or higher grades inmost college courses. A similar percentage (85%) rated themselves very or mostly prepared for keeping up with the work required in college (e.g., studying, attending classes and labs) . 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