Let’s be realistic. You must match your college criteria with the college’s admissions requirements. Large public universities often make decisions based on high school courses, grade-point average and your SAT/ACT scores. Private, select institutions may also consider more subjective information such as special talents, extracurricular activities and leaderships qualities, and personal qualifications you can bring to their campus.

Break your final choices down into three categories.

• ‘Reaches’ - these colleges represent an academic challenge, their admissions’ requirements are competitive and their intake is small.
• ‘Mid-Range’- these colleges’ admissions requirements closely match your abilities.
• ‘Safety’ your qualifications exceed those of other students who are applying to these colleges.

Apply only to colleges that you believe you can be happy, comfortable and productive at. At the end of the day, a high-quality college is concerned about outcomes. The college will ask questions about your development that go beyond the evaluation of academic skill. The college will want to be sure their students -

• can think clearly
• are well informed
• are able to use their knowledge
• can apply what they have learned.

Good luck!

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