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Rachel Korn is a internationally recognized college advisor and consultant. She attended Brandeis University as a Justice Brandeis Scholar, and Harvard University, where she earned a Master's Degree in Higher Education Administration. Rachel worked on the admissions staffs at Wellesley College, Brandeis University, and The University of Pennsylvania, where she visited hundreds of high schools across the nation, interviewed prospective students, and read and advised committees on approximately 10,000 applications. Rachel shares her wisdom regularly at Hundreds of Heads. Rachel has been a frequent guest on The Today Show discussing the college admissions process.
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Plan Summertime Visits (If Possible)

There are advantages to seeing a school prior to application time.

If you'll be able to visit campuses in the summer, see if you'll have the opportunity to have an on-campus interview. If so, this will be important in your summer preparations and planning. Most interviews are conducted with alumni that live near you, but some schools will give you the chance to meet admissions professionals and students in an on-campus interview. This may be the method you prefer.

 

 

HEAD Lines

 

Summer is a popular time to visit colleges. Although classes aren't in session, you can attend information sessions, take tours, and speak with students. Some schools also interview on campus. Talk to your parents about the possibility of visiting schools in the summer, and make sure that if you want to interview on campus as part of your application, you make those arrangements when they become available.

 

If you can visit schools, check out the admissions Web page:

What are the admissions requirements (and do they involve interviews)?

 

 

What are the interviewing policies?

 

 

When can interviews be scheduled?

If they can be scheduled in the coming weeks, mark down on a calendar at home to call the school when the scheduling begins. It's generally first come, first served, so make yourself first!

 

 

From Other HEADS

 

 

I DID A UNIVERSITY-SPONSORED VISIT with my parents, and a visit with friends; both are a good idea. If I just relied on my friends, I'd only get a feel for the social scene (which was fun to experience, too!).

-- JESSICA NEWMAN

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

 

 

 

THE MAIN QUESTION I HAD WAS, "Can I see myself walking across this quad and talking to these people for the next four years?" When I visited Harvard, it took me about three minutes on the campus before I looked at my father and pleaded with him to get me out of there. Listen to those instincts.

-- CATHERINE HOWARD

SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY

 

 

 

 Web Resources

 

Curious about what other students think about school visits?

Check out this forum: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/   

 

 

HoH Tip

 

Some schools ask for a "Why are you applying here?" essay, and your visits will give you material for the essay.

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