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INTRODUCTION

Whether you’re in ninth or tenth grade and just starting to think about your future plans or in your junior or senior year and college bound, we’re here to help you find your way. Applying to college is complicated and can seem like an overwhelming process. Together, we are going to break it down into a series of many small, manageable tasks. With a well-thought-out plan and a good organizing system, you will have all the tools you’ll need to put together an outstanding application and get the best admissions results possible.

The college application process is daunting for both students and their parents. It’s a maze of deadlines, test prep, testing, college fairs, campus tours, applications, resumes, essays, interviews and financial aid forms. It goes without saying that you will be required to do all this while continuing to stay focused on academics, athletics, extracurricular commitments, jobs, family responsibilities and all the interests, obligations and activities that fill your day. Your life is now filled with college chaos.

Here’s your challenge: to successfully apply to college. This will require you to define yourself by understanding who you are, identifying your goals, finding schools that fit your profile, staying on task to meet deadlines and correctly submitting all your application components in a well-executed manner. Here’s your solution: The College Bound Organizer. Our method will help keep you focused and on task, allowing you to organize and manage the massive amount of information that you will be responsible for creating, requesting and submitting while meeting all the different due dates for your applications. Our road map will steer you through the stressful college application process and get you to the college that’s the right fit for you. To keep you in touch with what today’s educators are thinking, a select group of admissions professionals were consulted and are quoted throughout the book.

Going to college is an exciting time in your life. There is much to look forward to: being independent, challenging yourself, acquiring new skills, having new experiences, meeting different people, exploring a variety of interests, making friends, and, of course, learning so many new things. You’ll have a tremendous number of decisions to make, from course selection, to focus of study, to career options to pursue. But first, you have to get there.

Let’s get started!

Anna and Gail