The college application process is competitive and daunting. Each year, nearly two million students apply to United States colleges. Among those applicants are more than 20,000 valedictorians and approximately six thousand 2300+ SAT scorers. With admit rates to schools like Harvard in the single digits, the likelihood of receiving a "thick envelope" in the springtime can be awfully thin. This blog will help you chart the path to (your) Harvard. (Veritas Tutors has no affiliation with Harvard University.)
Background photo by Justin Schmauser (http://schmauserphoto.com/home)
Background photo by Justin Schmauser (http://schmauserphoto.com/home)
Producing a List of Schools
Thanks to your own introspective work, your conversations with people you trust, your college visits, and your research on websites like unigo.com and Naviance, you should have a good idea of a chunk of schools at which you would be comfortable spending four years. That is, the following list should include the accumulated awareness of your personal preferences and school priorities that we have cultivated together.
Please take a moment, open Word or TextEdit, and make a list of your top 15 schools.
Done that? Great! Now, if you’re like most, you probably have more than fifteen schools on your radar screen. So do take a second look to make sure these fifteen are the schools most representative of your priorities, preferences, and goals.
