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| Advice from Current College Students | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Visit a variety of types of schools (big, small, private, public, different geographical locations) during the summer so you'll be sure of what kind of school you want to go to. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Start early in organizing your application materials. Ask for applications to all of the colleges you are considering as early as possible. Keep a list of your schools and what you have to send them so you don't miss any deadlines. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Don't forget to make copies of everything!!!!! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Start early and reduce stress! Apply to rolling admission schools as early in the fall as possible- it makes you feel good to know you're in somewhere, and you have a better chance of being accepted. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Don't let anyone tell you that you cannot be accepted at a specific college. The worst is you get a no or ;waitlist; and the best is you get a yes, but you will never know unless you try. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Check the Common Application. If more than one school you're going to apply to accepts the Common Application, just do that. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Be patient and get your applications in on time. Apply where you want and don't let your friends influence you. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Don't rule out schools just because they're too expensive; you never know what will come through scholarships or financial aid. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Don't apply early to a school just to be "done with it; if you are not POSITIVE that that is the school for you. There's a school that's right for everyone, you just have to take the time to find it. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Start looking for scholarship opportunities early. Some scholarship deadlines are before the start of school. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| In your essay, be sure to write about something that is really a part of you, something important. It shows if you bluff. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| If there is an optional essay, do it anyway to show that you are really interested in the college. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| If you are asking teachers for recommendations, give them at least a week so that you do not inconvenience them. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Have an open mind and go where you feel comfortable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Visit the colleges before accepting an offer of admission. Get a feel for the campus. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| I think it is important to spend the night at the schools you are interested in and talk to as many people as possible. Also see what the weekends are like and what the atmosphere of the school is like. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| I think that the CollegeView Program (located in the library) was a big help. It taught me a lot about the basic ideas and statistics of the school without having to send off for a brochure. | |||||||||||||||||||||||