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• Seniors-About-To-Become-College-Students: 10 Things You Can Do To Get Ready for College
  Orientations that are wonderful opportunities to meet other freshmen. Some of the cool experiences they offer include river-rafting trips, retreats in the mountains or at the ocean, special seminars with star faculty members, and unique community service projects. Sign up early because there is often limited space.
  Published 29Aug2010, viewed 193 times

• Getting On Top of the College Application Game Early
  The process is demanding, complex, and stressful. However, there are some things you can do early on to make the job easier and also end up with unique, better-than-the competition's applications.
  Published 08Aug2010, viewed 175 times

• Five Steps to Getting Great Letters of Recommendation
  After you've given each name a number, go back and circle the two teachers with the highest numbers. These are the people you should ask. Who you choose to complete the School Report is simple: Your assigned college counselor. It's very important that you communicate well and often with this person.
  Published 08Aug2010, viewed 196 times

• The Five Biggest Mistakes Students Make When Choosing a College
  Unless you're a glutton for punishment, you'll probably apply to no more than 10 or 12 colleges. How are you going to come up with that list? Which colleges fit you are as a person and student? How do you avoid the five biggest mistakes students make in choosing colleges?
  Published 03Aug2010, viewed 168 times

• Soon-To-Be-College-Freshmen: How To Make Your First Semester at College a Success
  If you get excellent grades first semester, your reputation as a good student will follow you. Special internships and honors programs might open up, jobs will be easier to get, scholarships may become available, and you'll go to the top of the Study Abroad list.
  Published 03Aug2010, viewed 202 times

• Who Are You? The Most Important Question in College Admissions!
  What I tell the family is that this exercise is just the beginning of the process to help their student come up with "messages" that he or she wants colleges to get about him or her. Clear, sharp images should leap out as the student completes applications, writes essays and goes through interviews.
  Published 19Jun2010, viewed 306 times

• Testing/Schmesting Part IV: Test Optional Colleges
  Even if you only apply to colleges that are test optional, you might consider taking the SAT or ACT, mostly because you have nothing to lose. In other words, if you apply
  Published 03May2010, viewed 247 times

• Testing/Schmesting Part III: PSAT/SAT and PLAN/ACT
  Like it or not, standardized testing is probably going to be a part of college admissions for some time to come. What you need to do is prepare for it in such a way that you can get the most out of a test that you can.
  Published 03May2010, viewed 202 times

• Testing/Schmesting Part 1: SAT Subject Tests
  How do you know if you have to take Subject Tests? Well, that depends on the test requirements of the colleges and universities to which you are applying. Some colleges require no Subject Tests, others require two, and a couple require three.
  Published 25Apr2010, viewed 578 times

• Testing/Schmesting Part 2: SAT Subject Tests
  Many students are not aware that there are awards given to students who take a number of AP tests and score well. And they're even more clueless that college admissions offices pay a lot of attention to these awards.
  Published 24Apr2010, viewed 429 times

• Final Decision Letters From College Admissions Offices: What You Need To Know
  If you are waitlisted, but still want to attend the college, you should let the admissions office know immediately that you want to remain on the waitlist. Since you can't count on getting off the waitlist, in the meantime you should accept admission to another school by the May 1 deadline.
  Published 16Apr2010, viewed 323 times

• High School Students! So What Are You Doing This Summer?
  Most of the time, your answers were probably pretty predictable: "Just hung out;" "Went to the beach;" "Went to camp;" "Went on a vacation with my parents." Well, now that you're in high school and planning to apply to college in the not-so-far-off future, what you do with your summers can affect your college admissions.
  Published 16Apr2010, viewed 187 times

• Attention Juniors! Admissions Tests To Get Under Your Best Before The School Year Ends
  Should you not be able to complete your testing junior year, the first ACT test is offered in September by ACT and the first SAT or Subject Tests are offered in October.
  Published 16Apr2010, viewed 182 times

• I've Been Waitlisted At A College...What do I Do Now?
  Second, if there are no wait list directions or vague instructions, call the admissions office and ask them what you should do. Be sure to let them know how interested you are in their school.
  Published 11Apr2010, viewed 349 times

• "I Didn't Get Into A College, But I Think Should Have"
  Even though you did everything right: sent in your application before the due date, had your transcripts and test scores sent, and asked your recommenders to get their letters in on time, sometimes things go wrong. Human error does occur, as in the college didn't receive a piece of your application.
  Published 11Apr2010, viewed 203 times

• The Admission Decision Letters Are In! How Do You Make Your Final College Choice?
  If making college visits is not within your family's financial circumstances, then call the colleges to see if they have funds to help you make the trips. Any number of colleges provide this kind of assistance.
  Published 04Apr2010, viewed 200 times

• College Admissions Interviews
  Of course, there are a series of other things you can do to be prepared. For example, 1) Call the Admissions Office to set up an interview and follow that up immediately by making travel arrangements to get to the campus. Just so you know, for students who have limited financial resources, some colleges and universities provide financial assistance to help students travel to their campuses.
  Published 26Mar2010, viewed 218 times

• College Visits Are An Important Part Of The College Admissions Process
  College visits offer a great opportunity to meet with admissions people. In a concept called "demonstrated interest," some colleges respond very positively to students showing interest in their colleges. In fact, making contact with an admissions office can be a tip factor in your acceptance there. You see, admissions staffs prefer to accept students who really want to go to their schools and there is no better way
  Published 26Mar2010, viewed 252 times

• Choosing To Apply In An Early Application Program Is A Matter For Your Head And Your Heart
  Applying Early can have a major impact on your college admissions results. So before you decide to do that, you need to understand what the programs are, as well as the implications for your choosing to participate in one or more of them.
  Published 18Mar2010, viewed 475 times

• Writing Admissions Essays Doesn't Have To Be That Hard
  One of the most daunting challenges seniors face as they go through the college application process is writing application essays. Unfortunately, most student start off thinking that they have to do this completely on their own and as a result often get stuck, sitting in front of their computers, trying to squeeze words out, one at a time.
  Published 17Mar2010, viewed 194 times

• Letters of Recommendation: Making the Job Easier
  While it may seem obvious, the first thing to do is make sure that you're asking people who know you the best and are likely to write very positive things about you.
  Published 10Mar2010, viewed 176 times

• What You Need to Know About Developing Relationships With College Admissions Offices
  And did you know that this tracking could later on influence whether or not they get accepted? This is one of those pieces of admission information that most people are unaware of. It's kind of an admissions secret.
  Published 09Mar2010, viewed 167 times

• Standing Out From The Application Crowd At Selective Colleges
  Sure, admissions officers take into consideration counselor, teacher and other recommendations, but what they're really interested in is you as a person. Who are you? What have you done in and outside of school that will give them a clue as to what your interests and talents are.
  Published 07Mar2010, viewed 156 times

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