<p>Sorry, just learning the ropes in this whole college app stuff…can you tell me where on this site I can get information as to what a college wants with regard to SATs SATlls AP’s and GPA? ranges, I mean…also do they give a personal interview if the applicant wants it? THANKS!</p>
<p>It would be a whole lot easier to look on the college’s own website.</p>
<p>Other may have better answers for you, with more efficiency from THIS site, but what I do is go to Princeton Review [The</a> Princeton Review](<a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com%5DThe”>http://www.princetonreview.com)</p>
<p>Then click on the name of the college you want by name.</p>
<p>Then click on Admissions.</p>
<p>As an example, here’s the SAT range for American University in Washington, D.C.</p>
<p><a href=“College Search | Find Colleges | The Princeton Review”>College Search | Find Colleges | The Princeton Review; </p>
<p>As for other requirements, your most accurate approach is to go onto EACH college’s website and click on Admissions, reading about their requirements and whetehr or not they’ll give personal interviews.</p>
<p>You can also phone an admissions office secretary for questions, during business hours, but first be sure you’ve looked on their website.</p>
<p>The Princeton Review site was my bible during Ds initial application process and then again during her transfer applications. Sign up (I didn’t ever upgrade to the paying portion).</p>
<p>Also, although the US News College ranking guide is quite controversial, as long as you don’t get too wrapped up in the actual rankings, they do have standardized information that you can use yourself to compare schools, too. I put together an excel spreadsheet with many of the “important” factors that my D identified…it helped her compare them on paper… I actually liked having the actual paper book to look at, in conjunction w/ the Princeton review site, and of course–colleges’ own websites.</p>
<p>I agree that the college websites for each school are the place to look. The specifics for each school should be under admissions. You will have to check each school separately as the requirements for standardized tests (or not) vary wildly from school to school.</p>
<p>If you are starting from square one, I’d suggest establishing some parameters- for example:</p>
<p>major: Fine arts? Business? Engineering? Liberal Arts? Journalism?
location: region- anywhere in the world? the east? the northeast? the southwest?
campus ambience- urban? country? small? large? not preference?
sports/social- big sports? greek presence? quirky artsy? preppy? conservative? liberal?
finances- how much can you spend?
selectivity- where do you stand with regard to GPA/SAT? how selective are they? If they are over 40/50% acceptance range, you can probably assume that if you’re in the 50%+ range of grades/scores, you’re a match. Under 40% it gets a little more touchy. Under 20%, everyone is a Reach.</p>
<p>There are plenty of what I call “match-o-matics” on the internet (one is on Princeton Review; another on College Board). They aren’t foolproof, but a good way to start, especially if you do more than one.</p>
<p>collegeboard has this info on their site too</p>
<p>I think that you can get the most detailed and useful info by paying $15 to access the U.S. News Premium college on-line site until next Aug. This also allows you to create a chart comparing colleges on certain criteria.</p>