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Collect more information. Fill out the slips of paper on the bulletin boards and walls near the guidance center. Mail them! (They are postage paid!) Information will arrive. Do research in the Guidance Center. Visit the College Information link on the Nolan Catholic High School Library's main page. |
| Too much?
Reduce the amount of information by keeping materials from those universities which meet your own criteria. Some questions to ask:
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My SAT score is ________verbal and ________math: Total________ ACT comp.________ Check the average SAT scores of the college; if yours are within a hundred points of the average, it is a realistic option. I am interested in _______________________ and this school has a good program. (Don't have a clue? Then decide what courses you have enjoyed the most in high school - math and science? Think engineering, medicine, architecture. Art and literature? Think publishing, law. ALL of them? Think a Liberal Arts program. Eliminate all but one of the totally similar: TCU and SMU are too similar - keep only one of the two. Reduce the stack of catalogs/applications to 10-12 ONLY. More than that is too difficult to manage. (Donate the rest to a friend or the Guidance Center.) You will only apply to five or six at the most. |
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unorganized?
Use the following links to print out organizational charts. College Comparison Worksheet - *Print in landscape view
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Additional Internet sources for general college search help: (information from U.S. News & World Report magazine; go to "Best Colleges")
Additional Internet sources for financial aid search help:
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