When creating a personalized, comprehensive college list, plan to dedicate ample time to researching what schools among the thousands out there fit your academic stats, academic and extracurricular interests, and your preferences in regard to location, size, culture, and prestige. Remember: it's important to understand not just what each school costs, but also what financial aid it tends to offer students and how that aligns with your family’s financial resources.
By gathering and studying this information, you’ll be able to take a data-based approach that ensures that your college list not only has a balanced range of reach, target, and safety schools—but also that every school you apply to is one that you would be delighted to attend. Putting a
Completing Your College Applications: 10 Tips
Once you've narrowed down the list of schools you're interested in, complete an application for each.
