Effective student positioning is vital to a successful college application process and the earlier one begins, the better!
Did you know that a college will take approximately 10 – 30 minutes to make a decision on a college application! With thousands of students applying each year, colleges have this process down to a science and they are able to quickly identify which student’s they think will be a good fit for their school and which ones will not. This is because they are looking for very specific applicants and the ranking system they use enables them to make rapid decisions.
It is no mystery that all schools look at grades and test scores, but the process is so much more complex than those two factors. In fact, the process of successfully positioning a student for acceptance into a four-year university involves many steps and, ideally begins in the ninth or tenth grade so a student can stand out above his/her competition during application season in their senior year.
Students who begin their application process in the fall of their senior year may miss out on great opportunities for colleges that would have been a perfect fit for them, all because they did not plan ahead like much of their competition. Now, if you did not plan in advance, do not panic! Just take action and do as much as you can by starting today!!!
Below are a few of the important factors for proper positioning into college:
You must know what your strengths in your application are as well as your weaknesses, and do your best to strengthen your future application. Be careful you do not overload yourself in high school with activities so much that it affects your GPA or your sanity!!! Colleges are not looking for students that “have it all”, they are just looking for students that have enough.
These are only a few of the many steps a student must take in today’s competitive college environment, and at NCPS we provide support and expertise with all of it.
Arizona State University
Baylor University
Boise State University
California Baptist
California Lutheran University
Cal Poly SLO
Cal Poly Pomona
CSU Channel Islands
CSU Dominguez Hills
CSU Fullerton
CSU Long Beach
CSU Los Angeles
CSU Northridge
CSU San Marcos
CSU Stanislaus
Chapman University
Colorado Mesa University
Concordia University
Duke University
Eastern Washington University
Elon University
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University – Prescott
Emory University
High Point University
Indiana University – Bloomington
Linfield College
Loyola Marymount University
McGill University
Mount St. Mary’s College
Northern Arizona University
Occidental College
Pacific Lutheran University
Pepperdine University
Portland State University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Saint Edward’s University
San Diego State University
San Francisco State University
Seattle Pacific University
Sonoma State University
Southern Methodist University
Texas A&M University
Texas Christian University
Tulane University of Louisiana
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UCLA
UC Merced
UC Riverside
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Cruz
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Denver
University of Denver
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Nevada – Reno
University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina Wilmington
University of Oregon
University of Portland
University of Redlands
University of San Diego
USC
University of the Pacific
University of Utah
University of Wyoming
Utah State University
Vanderbilt University
Washington State University
Westmont College
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