College Admission Helpful TRICKS?

dchow08
Tue, 27 May 2008 01:21:19 +0000

Definitely do not contact them if they’re just simple questions that your high school guidance counselor can answer, or that you can find the answer to on the college website, like “How many SAT Subject tests do you require? What teacher recommendations do you require?” Honestly, if I were the admissions person I would get kind of annoyed and be like, “Um, you clearly didn’t do your research on the website.” Only ask them stuff if you really need to, and I found that I really didn’t have any questions to ask them, and that’s fine.
You don’t need to do that. On the Common App (or whatever application they have), there’s a section for Additional Information, which is where you explain low grades. But don’t bother if you are a straight-A student and got a B in something. There’s probably no need to explain that.