By Dayshaun Clark Many students are stressed over the long process of finding a college that is a perfect fit for them because they wait too long. Many high school students don't start looking for colleges until their senior year. Some students might even think that they have all year to pick out a college but you don't. For most colleges, “The majority of college deadlines will fall in November or January of your senior year,” explained blog.prepscholar.com. It is better to know or have an idea of what college you would like to attend before heading into your senior year. Especially if you play a sport because not every college has the sport you play. There are a few steps that you will need to do before going to college like getting financial aid with FAFSA, which is an application that will take a few hours to complete with a parent or guardian. Look for a college that has everything you need to be successful, looking for scholarships to lower the cost of college and having connections would also help especially as a recommendation. If you have already done these before your senior year, you can get a head start by getting to know the people there first hand and building a connection. Personally, as a senior I wished I had an idea of what school I would want to attend because I have options to go to college here in Rochester, in Florida with my mom, or Arizona with my dad and now I have less time to decide where I want to go especially with me wanting to play lacrosse in college so my environment is also a factor of where I want to go. So there's a lot of thought that has to go into picking a college and it can be stressful so to help avoid that it is better to get a head start into knowing where you want to go.
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Lynn Girven
11/28/2021 02:06:04 pm
I understand! Maybe we should have scholars beginning to look in to colleges in their Junior year. Remember...your first decision is only that. I became a teacher at 40, and worked as a marketing writer after college. The imporant thing to do is get a degree - - no one can ever take that from you.
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Mary Gilbert
11/29/2021 05:40:44 am
Thanks for reminding seniors that college application deadlines are approaching! Now is the time to get them done.
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