Wednesday, May 6, 2009

How to Choose Colleges to Apply to

Ok, so you’re ready to start thinking about your college options. You have to think carefully about which colleges to apply to. Here’s a suggestion on how to go about choosing:

1. First, think about what you want out of a college. Don’t worry too much about detail (the weather, for example); just get down some main ideas. For instance, there’s no point applying to a large state university if you cannot see yourself ever attending a big university.

2. Then, write down a list of colleges that fit your criteria.

3. Separate this list into three categories: the colleges you’re most likely to get into (ones that have a very high acceptance rate, for example) – safeties. The ones that you know would be extremely difficult for you to get into – reaches. And the ones in between – reasonables.

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