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One of the most important goals for your senior year is to remain focused on your academics. You can not allow senioritis to creep in and ruin all of your hard work in your previous high school years.
Also you have to be aware of the many deadlines you must deal with as you start the college application process: testing deadlines, financial aid deadlines, scholarship deadlines, and, of course, application deadlines. This is a year where organization is critical.
Hopefully this timeline will help you keep track of the things you need to get done month by month!
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Most high school students think a résumé is not needed until one graduates from college and is in the process of finding employment. This is far from the truth! It is an essemtial part of your college application.
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In a manner of speaking, the SAT is a game – it has a set of predefined rules and a small set of topics that show up again and again, waiting to be learned and beaten. Read this article to learn some general SAT strategies based on the "SAT as a game" approach.
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You're ready to start the college admissions process and everyone is telling you that you have to take a standardized test. But there are two nationally recognized tests, the SAT and the ACT, and virtually all colleges accept either test. So how do you decide which test is best for you? We'll give you some guidance on how to decide which test is right for you to take.
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Would you ever buy a house by simply listening to other people's viewpoints about it, viewing it on a website, or seeing a photo of it in the newspaper or brochure? Of course you wouldn't!! Choosing a college is far too expensive a decision to make without personally examining the campus. You should not even apply to a college without first visiting the college and checking out all of its unique characteristics in person. You need to make sure that the college truly is everything you perceive it to be, and the only way you can do that is by getting a firsthand look.
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Before you begin completing your college applications, it will help you to review the basic tips provided here to prevent application overload.
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Start Early!!
These words can not be said enough or emphasized enough. Really! An essay should grow. It needs time to form in your mind. You need to practice using words to get what's in your head on paper. You will want to let the words cool on the paper and then revisit them, and you will want to edit and revise the essay. All of that takes time, and we're talking about only one essay.
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Congratulations! You have found colleges and/or universities that you would love to attend if admitted. But now the problem you are facing is finding the money to pay for the cost of your education. Are you feeling a bit discouraged and overwhelmed by the financial aid process? Don’t throw your hands up in despair! Perhaps breaking the process of finding financial aid down into consecutive steps might make it more manageable and less frightening. Let’s try that.
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Most students look at a variety of factors in choosing a college to which they will apply. Yet most students, and their families, ignore one of the most important factors; how each college evaluates who receives financial aid.
Here we present 9 questions that students should ask before choosing a college. If these questions are asked there should be fewer surprises when financial aid awards come out with the award letters.
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