Application Reality Check

December 1st was a major college application deadline, but it is certainly not the last deadline. Many students arrived in my office in a panic at the end of last week fearing that they had missed their only opportunity to apply to college. I want to assure you that there is still plenty of time to apply to college, but you definitely need to be working on the applications now. So, let's do a quick reality check on where you should be for the application process (if you are a senior)...

- Your need to request your transcript for any colleges with application deadlines before January 1st by December 15th and don't forget to pick up your transcript and mail it to the college.

- If your college forms required a recommendation letter then you should have turned in the parent brag sheet and counselor recommendation supplement forms to me by now. (I have the rec letters written for everyone who had submitted their paperwork prior to this week.)

- If your college applications require a teacher recommendation letter then you should have asked your teacher for a rec letter and provided them a resume or the recommendation request form with information sheet completed.

- If you are still working with January or February deadlines then you should be working on editing the drafts of your essays to perfect them before the deadline.

Hopefully that falls in line with where you are in the application process... and it is even better if you are ahead of the game and have submitted your paperwork in advance or already submitted your applications! Some of you have started hearing back from your colleges, don't forget that we are tracking that information, so please keep me posted as you receive the college admissions decisions from each school.