When should I start applying for colleges?

Start looking and researching as soon as possible. Your junior year, you should work on building your profile, getting good grades, and looking at colleges. Go tour colleges you might like, reasearch as much as you can about the schools, look for things that align with what you want from a college. Then towards the end of the school year and the summer after junior year start writting your essay(s) for your applications, make sure you have people you trust read them and give you feedback. Then once senior year starts, start applying.

Hello! You typically start applying to colleges in the fall semester of your senior year. That being said, start doing some research on which colleges/universities you prefer and also what majors you would like to pursue. I would analyze things such as cost, living arrangements, what the surrounding cities are like, etc. It also helps to have your college essays done sooner rather than later so the application process is quicker. Hope this helps! :)