FAQs about applying to college?

DigitalDad
Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:28:04 +0000

Spent the last year helping a friend with their (then HS Junior) student with questions. So much had changed in the almost 4 decades since they had been to HS or college, that they felt lost - never having heard many of today’s considerations/factors.

role of GPA vs. U/W GPA in admission.

role of taking AP classes for admission, vs. role of AP scores after enrollment.

interpreting own ACT/SAT scores vs. those listed for colleges of interest by search engines.

how many colleges to apply for.

how to prepare for in-person college visit “tours”, what to ask/look for, how to “retain” what was learned from each experience.

lack of ECs and if/how/when to “mitigate”.