Senior College Lists

Every day more and more seniors are finalizing their plans for college and where they plan on attending after high school.  Have you seen the Instagram Site @wkhsclassof2020?  It is being put together by 2 WKHS Seniors who wanted to help honor the future plans of those within their class and the pictures and plans are amazing!  I love everything about it.  The kids who are creating the photos are also allowing the district to share the pictures and so you can also see them on the Kilbourne Twitter Feed and the Kilbourne Facebook page.  Soon we will also have it on the websites.  It is definitely worth looking at all of our incredible students in the Class of 2020 and what they are planning for their futures.  Seniors, if you are not on Instagram to send a DM to the students with your information and plans, you or your parents can email your photo and plans to wkhsclassof2020@gmail.com so that they can include you in the recognition.

As I was seeing all of the students sharing that they have finalized their plans it made me wonder how many have already notified their other colleges that they will NOT be attending.  I realize that when you are in the decision making process you are more focused on where you will be going than thinking about the schools that you have eliminated from the running, but it is still really important to make sure that all of your colleges know if you will NOT be coming there in the fall. 

This is important because it allows the college to plan for their upcoming student body and to know if they have room to accept other students off of their wait lists.  When you think about your friends or classmates who might be on the wait list for a school, you know that they are hoping to hear back as soon as possible.  There are other students all across the country in that same position.  If you tell a college that you will not be attending then they know they don't have to hold those slots available for you which can, potentially, give them the ability to pull more students off their wait lists.

Additionally, if you received scholarship offers from any of the colleges that you have eliminated from the running, this can also potentially allow the college to offer that money to other students which, again, can help people like your friends or classmates who might be hoping to attend a college, but are still trying to determine if it is financially feasible or not.

The colleges will not be angry with you for deciding that you won't be attending their school.  They know that this is a part of the process so please, take a few minutes to notify any of the colleges that you have decided FOR SURE are not in your future plans for next year.  I do want to clarify that if you are still debating between a few schools, I am not telling you to notify any of those possible schools yet - just those that you are no longer considering.

And, if you are not sure how to do this, please go back and look at the information you got with your admissions notification.  Often times the college will send you a postcard or tell you an email address to send notifications to if you will not be attending.  If a college did not do that, you can simply send an email to their admissions office to let them know that while you appreciate the offer of admission, you have decided to go a different route and will not be attending their college next year.