College Applications: How to Begin
1. Get Informed
2. Talk to People
3. Brainstorm
4. Get Organized
For more reading: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-in/applying-101/college-applications-how-to-begin-admissions

College Application Checklist

Get the application
Make a note of the regular application deadline
Make a note of the early application deadline
Request high school transcript sent
Request midyear grade report sent
Find out if an admission test is required
Take an admission test, if required
Take other required or recommended tests (e.g., SAT Subject Tests, AP Exams, IB exams)
Send admission-test scores
Send other test scores
Request recommendation letters
Send thank-you notes to recommendation writers
Draft initial essay
Proofread essay for spelling and grammar
Have two people read your essay
Revise your essay
Proofread your revision
Interview at college campus
Have an alumni interview
Submit FAFSA
Submit PROFILE, if needed
Make a note of the priority financial aid deadline
Make a note of the regular financial aid deadline
Complete college application
Make copies of all application materials
Pay application fee
Sign and send application
Submit college aid form, if needed
Submit state aid form, if needed
Confirm receipt of application materials
Send additional material, if needed
Tell school counselor that you applied
Receive letter from office of admission
Receive financial aid award letter
Meet deadline to accept admission and send deposit
Accept financial aid offer
Notify the colleges you will not attend

Word of the day

Captious(adj.) tending to notice and point out trivial mistakes and fualts

Being first-generation to college generally means that your parent(s) did not receive or complete a college education at any degree level. Read this article from the Washington Post about common experiences for first-generation college students:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/06/03/guilt-is-one-of-the-biggest-struggles-first-generation-college-students-face/?utm_term=.61c52e9ea577

Word of the day

Acrimonious (adj.)
1. Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous:
“An acrimonious debate between the two candidates.”

Word of the day:

Construe (v): to interpret in a particular way:
Some opinion polls are unreliable because their biased phrasing encourages people to construe issues to conform to the ideology of the pollster