Your Questions
Q. How should I decide where to apply?
A. We recommend that you visit the schools to which you might likely apply – before filling out
the applications. You may save yourself a ton of work, as a first glance at some universities may send you packing, ecstatic
that you won't have to spend four years there. Please visit our college applications
and college application essays page for more details.
Q. How should I decide where to go?
A. Pick the school that's right for you academically, athletically, socially, and financially.
Pick a school where you'll enjoy spending four years, with people you'll like, majors you're interested in,
and extracurriculars for fun in your spare time. Try to meet with alumni from the schools you are
considering to see if you want to be like them. What do the school's alumni do after graduation? Do they go
into investment banking, consulting, engineering, graduate school in science, law, or medicine, seminary, or do
they go to business school and start companies?
Be wary of accepting a huge debt load, but be aware that it is much easier to appeal the financial
aid office's decisions once you have been accepted. If you are seriously considering attending a school with a
sub-par financial aid package, make a point of visiting the financial aid office and investigating the
possibility of their matching your best available package. It has happened before!
