Possible to Make a Sticky Thread on College Selection Criteria?

whenhen
Sat, 01 Mar 2014 15:41:45 +0000

On the parent’s forum, one poster discussed how many new posters to the Search and Selection forum rarely give necessary information about their college criteria. From my perspective, he’s right. Very few students ever state how much they can afford, what their state of residency is, possible majors/ post college plans, what a college should ideally have, etc. Because that information is so useful would it be possible to sticky a thread which lists the information needed to give halfway decent recommendations?

For instance, the thread could include:
State of residency:
EFC (expected financial contribution):
How much can the family actually pay:
Preferred geographic area:
Possible major (ok to put undecided):
General “wants” for a college (think strong greek life or the lack there of, big sports or non dominant sports, etc):

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