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If you have accepted your admission offer...you are not done yet. Not reading and acting on email can lead to the cancellation of your admission acceptance.
If you have accepted your admission offer...you are not done yet. Not reading and acting on email can lead to the cancellation of your admission acceptance.
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Got activity?
Posted on August 24, 2015 at 8:45 PM |
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One of the things that it is too late to fix at college application time is having a good high school and community activity track record. Colleges like to see students who have a track record of involvement in their high school and in their community. Involvement outside the high school classroom is an indication that a student is well-rounded in that the student:
Finding time for summer employment and school year activities plus volunteer hours can be a challenge for high school students who are trying to get good grades and have a social life. |
9th Graders and College
Posted on August 21, 2015 at 11:32 PM |
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Taking a year off from college can be risky
Posted on October 3, 2014 at 10:46 PM |
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I admit to not being a fan of the "gap" year. Gap year refers to the idea of high school grads taking a year off before starting college. The concept sounds like a good idea to exhausted high school seniors and maybe parents worried about paying college tuition. But students who take a gap year are cutting themselves out of some scholarships. There is an even larger risk involved. Research shows that students who take time off during college have a 26% chance of not going back. That is my fear about the gap year. I'm afraid high school grads will move on with their lives to the extent that they will incur debt for cars and other large ticket items not realizing that the new debt could keep them from being able to start college. I do know some seniors who are planning exciting gap years and who have applied to colleges that will accept them now and let them take their year off to gain great experiences. Students who think a gap year is for them need to plan very carefully. |
Reasons not to wait
Posted on November 4, 2013 at 2:50 AM |
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Answers to some questions on college applications involve information only parents have and they often have to look up those answers. The questions that students must answer involve reconstructing all their activities in each grade. Most students have to think about those questions to make sure they list everything. Essays, critical to college applications, take time. Hastily written essays hurt chances for admission. The best approach to completing college applications is to develop a calendar for every task involved with a target date for completion well before the final deadline. Applying for college admission is an unforgiving process. If you miss a deadline, colleges don't usually make exceptions. |
Haunted by College Deadlines?
Posted on October 30, 2013 at 4:25 PM |
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Another great question is whether all supporting documents like high school transcripts and SAT scores need to be received by a college by the admission application due date. The answer is that it depends on the college. The University of Virginia, for example, has a November 1 deadline for early applications but allows school counselors until November 10 to get official transcripts and letters of recommendations sent. Other colleges, want everything by the deadline or give counselors even more time to get documents in. Read the admissions page of your college website carefully for deadline and checklist information to be clear about what is due when. Set up a to-do list for yourself to make sure you give your counselor, test score entities and your recommenders time to get your documents to your colleges in time to meet their deadlines. |
College admission trick or treat
Posted on August 27, 2013 at 9:00 AM |
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Planning to finish college admission tasks by holiday break in December? That's too late. Think Halloween or earlier. Many students and parents think that Thanksgiving and Christmas are good targets for getting college admission work done. The problem with that strategy is that by then many of the perks that can come with admission have all been given away. Perks given away early include seats in campus leadership and honors programs, scholarships, and other campus treats. It is better to aim for early admission and priority deadlines which come before deadlines for honors college, special programs and scholarships. Priority and early admission deadlines begin as early at October 15 and end between November 1 and December 1 each year. You don't have to apply for Early Decision, which is binding, to get consideration for most special programs and scholarships. Early admission and priority deadlines will put a student in a good place to be in the running for the goodies. |
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