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How to Plan and Execute a Campus Visit Like a Pro: A Parent and Student Checklist

How to Plan and Execute a Campus Visit Like a Pro: A Parent and Student Checklist

When you visit a college, there is so much more to do than just show up for your tour and walk around the campus. In order to make the most of a visit that frequently involves a hotel stay and a plane flight, it’s critical that your student do the legwork before the tour in order to make the most of the half-day you will spend on campus.

Make sure that you know the basic statistics, or have the research easily accessible on a phone or in a notebook, so that you don’t ask those questions during your time on campus. Keep your attention on the higher-value questions that you can’t get answers to on the website.

Managing Emotions While Waitlisted or Deferred: Staying Positive and Productive

Managing Emotions While Waitlisted or Deferred: Staying Positive and Productive

How do you cope with uncertainty, especially when you receive a deferral or waitlist? You may have gotten a few acceptances, yes, but you may be surrounded by friends celebrating their admissions decisions while you accumulate a pile of “thin envelopes”. What’s an anxious high-schooler to do?

Crafting a Compelling Letter of Continued Interest: What To Include and How To Stand Out

Crafting a Compelling Letter of Continued Interest: What To Include and How To Stand Out

So we’ve discussed what to do if you are deferred or waitlisted already, and now we’re at the Letter of Continued Interest. There are two possible uses for a LOCI: expressing interest in the event of a deferral, or expressing interest in the event of a waitlist. We’ll talk about how to approach both, but the approach will be fairly similar.

How to Respond to a Deferral: Next Steps

How to Respond to a Deferral: Next Steps

So your child has been deferred. It’s definitely disappointing, but again: if your child’s college list was designed properly, it will happen. Deferrals and denials are a natural part of this process. But what do you do now? Do you email your school counselor, the admissions office, the admissions rep for your region? What do you say? What else do the colleges need in order to move your application over to the regular admission round? Let’s go over the steps that you should take.