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Your high school counselor will hopefully be a great resource for questions along the way, whether it be pointing you to potential college majors, standardized test advice, local collegefair details, local scholarship information, and help with high school course selection.
If time and cost are a concern, you can begin this process by visiting your local college(s). College admissions offices usually offer information sessions and campustours on a regular basis. Be sure to visit the admissions website of your college of interest to schedule a visit.
Collegefairs. Overview of collegefairs. This brief guide from WACAC covers the basics of representing your college at a fair. Represent your college. Campustours. Tips for CampusTours. Read pointers on how to host an engaging tour. Improve your tours.
How can you demonstrate interest in a college? There are many ways to demonstrate interest in a college, including attending information sessions and campustours, meeting with admissions officers or current students, participating in online chats or webinars, and reaching out to faculty members in your intended major.
Virtual CollegeFair – Virtual collegefairs allow you to attend several information sessions from various colleges all in one day. Social Media – You can easily learn more about the student culture and various organizations on campus by investigating them on social media. Check out the clubs, etc.
You can use the various forms of social media to find them ( LinkedIn is great to find recent grads) or reach out to the college and ask if they would connect you with someone. Virtual CollegeFair – Virtual collegefairs allow you to attend several information sessions from various colleges all in one day.
During the spring of your junior year, set aside some time to talk with your college counselor (if you haven’t already) and attend any collegefairs or information sessions in your area. This is also a great time to tourcolleges and see what campuses look like while school is in session!
Another great way to get on their digital radar is to sign up for virtual information sessions, campustours, and webinars. Check out regional collegefairs and make absolutely sure to attend college information sessions when they’re offered at your high school (even if it means missing out on a study hall or occasional class).
Attend virtual information sessions and campustours Follow the college on social media Contact your regional admissions officer by email or, even better, by phone with questions (make sure the answers are not easily found online) Attend admissions officers’ visits at your high school Attend collegefairs in your area Participate in an admissions (..)
This is great news for accessibility and equity in college admissions — there are plenty of people who, no matter how fervently they admire their dream school, simply cannot visit for a campustour or apply for its summer programs.
As you construct your college list, check to see if each college tracks demonstrated interest. If they do, make a list of the colleges that track interest and pay particular attention to your interaction with them during the admissions process. Sign up for campustours and information sessions.
You can visit virtually by doing their online campustour , but what you really need to do is to sign up for one of the webinars that requires registration. Bates also does a variety of collegefairs throughout the year, but most are clustered in the northeast.
Colleges will recruit students through mailings, high school visits, collegefairs and on-campustours/events, but for the most part, we do not control who applies. Students (and sometimes parents) control who applies to what colleges, and the admissions offices can only wait and see who hits submit.
Read on to see who applied ED II to three, yes three schools; who banned their embarrassing father from campustours; and who waited until April 30 to make a decision. Washington University in St.
Anita, our humanities-oriented student, writes that she’s interested in studying history, and includes a tidbit in her “Why Yale” essay from the campustour she was able to take about how Yale’s architects were so obsessed with the past that they built the campus to look even older than it is.
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