You've narrowed down your choices. You're filling out applications.
How can you increase your odds?
Use these resources to help you with applications, essays, and the dreaded college interview.
An overview of the process... Check this one out first...
The College Board
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/apply/the-application/23626.html
This site gives you a calendar of the college application process. Use this site to help you stay on track for when you should be visiting campuses, applying to that college, and sending in your application.
Next, Print out this checklist:
College Application Checklist: Keep Track of Your Applications
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/apply/the-application/8435.html
Use this college application checklist and stay on top of your application tasks, paperwork, and deadlines.
Read this article before you apply to too many colleges:
How Many College Applications? Finalizing your College Lists
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/apply/the-application/102.html
Now, prepare those applications.
Check out this site for essay tips:
The College Board: Essay Skills
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/apply/essay-skills/index.html
This site has tips before you write, then tips on writing the essay and also sample essays for you to read to get an idea what an application essay may look like.
These books are the complete package for the application process. Check them out from our library.
Hutchin, Megan. Choose the Right School & Get Accepted! Natavi Guides: New York, 2003.
This book is described as a clear and concise guide to the college application process. It offers tips on essays, interviewing, and has information from an admissions deans.
Metcalf, Linda. How to Say it to Get in to the College of Your Choice: Application, Essay, and Interview Strategies to Get You the Big Envelope. Prentiss Hall Press: New York, 2007.
The latest in the How to Say It Series demystifies the complex college application process and offers students essential resources and information on writing personal essays, successful admisssions interviews and more.
Van Raalte, Susan D. College Applications and Essays, 4th Edition. Arco Thomson Learning: Lawrenceville, NJ, 2001.
Learn how to put together an eye-catching application package, how to answer the essay questions, and the ins and outs of applying online.
If you have to go to a college to interview before they accept you, be sure to print out this interview tips sheet. Read it carefully.
College Pathfinders
http://www.collegepathfinders.com/images/Interviewing_guidelines.doc
Good Luck!
With preparation, you are sure to be successful.
updated February 18th, 2008