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Will the cost of higher education continue to escalate
at the current rate? Yes |
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Who is eligible for Financial Aid—and how much? Almost
everyone? What is Discounting. |
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What does a typical package look like? That depends. |
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Will the absence of Class Rank have a noticeable impact?
Depends on what schools. |
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Why are the Catholic colleges so popular? |
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How many times should I take the S.A.T.II? |
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How about the A.C.T.?—What is it? |
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What is Rolling Admissions? |
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What is Early Decision (biding)/Early Action? |
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When are students notified? |
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How much time do we have to then make a decision? |
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What about payment plans? Can you spread it out on a monthly
basis? |
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Do colleges have quotas on Financial Aid students, nationalities,
religions, and foreign students? I.B. students, number from
one high school? |
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Is it easier to get into the college if you live some distance
from the campus? |
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How are out-of-state candidates treated in North Carolina,
Virginia and California? |
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Is the quality of life question affecting Stanford, U.S.C.,
Brown and Yale? |
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Are the state universities that much better than the state
colleges?—How about in Massachusetts? |
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How many extra-curricula activities are good enough? |
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What relative weights are given to: Class Rank-Grades over
4years- Senior Grades – A.P.- Enriched – Honors Activities – Honor
Society – Chorus – Athletics – Newspaper – Class Officer
Student Government – Debate – Theater – S.A.D.D. – Orchestra? |
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How many Achievements should I take and when? |
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Why does Brown reject No. 1, 3, and 6 in the class, then
accept number 9, 13, 17 and 84? |
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Does a legacy really count for much? |
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What about outside letter of reference? How many letters
of reference are needed and from whom? |
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What if my guidance counselor doesn’t know me—what can
I do? |
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What essays are the best? |
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What does academic rigor and intensity mean? |
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Are the published S.A.T. scores true? |
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May I see my references? |
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May I ask my counselor to reshape the evaluation of my
candidacy? |
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How many college visits are realistic? |
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What is an evaluative interview—a non-evaluative interview? |
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Do college students interviewing me count as much as a
staff interview? Alumni Interviews? |
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What’s the most important part of the application—second,
third, fourth? |
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What about the Princeton Review—Kaplan, Ennis-O’Hearn tutors? |
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Where will my young woman or young man “fit” culturally,
personality-wise, intellectually, physically, emotionally? |
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College or university? Liberal arts or Professional School? |
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How Big? |
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Close to city? |
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What flavor? |
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Social setting? |
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Drugs & Differences? Dating? |
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Gay and lesbian, deadheads or phish-heads? |
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Church, temple, granola or all three? |
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Grand school? |
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Pre-Med—Is there such A thing anymore? What about 3+2’s,
4+2’s(4+1MBA) |
