What advice do you have for parents of high school seniors? 🎓

deb_mitchell
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edited September 5 in Parents & Guardians

It’s a big year…full of pressure, milestones, and a whole lot of emotions (for students and parents).

Whether you’ve been through it before or are in the thick of it now, what tips, encouragement, or “I wish I had known…” advice would you share?

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  • deb_mitchell
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    One of the best things our family did was to add a couple of rolling admissions colleges to the college application list.

    Apply to these schools ASAP so you hear back quickly. They work on a rolling deadline and review college applications as they come in. They don't wait until one deadline. By applying early, it's easier to get into competitive majors, get housing, and receive scholarship offers.

    For my child, this totally took the admissions pressure off once the first rolling admissions acceptance came in. He applied right after the first day the application period opened and had a quick win in a couple of weeks.

    It might not have been the #1 school on the list…but IT WAS AN ACCEPTANCE! And that meant my child was GOING TO COLLEGE!

    We had many friends who didn't do this and only applied to the University of California schools, and they had to wait months and months without the assurance that they would be headed off to college in the fall!

    It's important to note that this is NOT early decision or early action. You can apply to as many rolling admissions colleges as you want. Additionally, an acceptance isn't binding.

    Some of these colleges also have rolling admissions open later in the year… which is helpful if your child didn't get into their first-choice schools and is scrambling at the end of the year.

    You'll be surprised to see some well-known schools that follow this admissions process:
    Arizona State University
    Penn State University
    Michigan State University
    University of Alabama
    Indiana University
    University of Pittsburgh
    Rutgers University
    University of Minnesota
    Loyola University of Chicago
    Iowa State University
    PLUS there are tons more…

    This is a great database for finding these rolling admissions schools.

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