- Know your college appealing strengths and have a plan to build upon them
- Establish well-thought out criteria for selecting and evaluating colleges
- Identify the colleges that truly are a “best-fit” for them
- Know the criteria your targeted colleges utilize to make their admissions decisions
- Know the criteria your targeted colleges utilize when issuing scholarship and financial assistance funds
- Become a highly visible candidate – well before you apply
- Have identified someone at the college who might advocate for you
- Have a well-identified strategy to get into each college of interest
- Provide guidance to your references on the strengths to stress
- Show each college why you FIT and the VALUE you provide
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