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TRUE AND FALSE
Assumptions Clarified
In my my experience students and and and families often have many ideas theories and and and concepts o of of college Before we start choosing schools to to to to apply to to to to I I want to to to to help help dispel some o of of the the myths and and and and rumors about college Once you’re armed with accurate and and helpful information you you you you will be be able to to to to better aim for for for your your first or or or or or second choice choice school instead of settling for for for your your third or or or or or fourth choice choice By dispelling these common myths you you you can go into the the college application process with an an an an open mind and and a a a a a a clear understanding of higher education I’ve I’ve been accepted to my my dream school after three and and half years of the hardest work I’ve I’ve ever done I I can just coast and and enjoy my my life until graduation right?
False So false A school reserves every right to rescind your admission in in in light of a a a a a a a a a a a a poor second semester senior year academic performance Having seen this happen more than once I can assure you you you you you it it is is is indeed embarrassing and and a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a major major letdown to to to to everyone who supported you you you you you and and celebrated with joy as as as as as you you you you you got into your your top choice school as as as as as well as as as as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a major major disservice to to to to to to to yourself to to to to to to to to to quit quit at at at at that time Continue to to to to to to to to to work work hard hard and achieve great things We’re always most likely to to to to to to to to to quit quit hustling when we we see a a a a a a a a a a finish line we’ve worked so hard hard to to to to to get to to to to to Don’t stop now Your life will be ruined if if you you do not get into your perfect college False While it may feel depressing when you receive a a a a a a a a a a a a rejection letter take a a a a a a a a a a a a deep breath and remain calm As I tell my clients there is no such thing thing thing as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a “perfect” college Every school school has good good things things and bad bad things things about it The best best school school for you you you will be be be where where you you you can get the the the the best best education where where where the the the the the good good days days outweigh the the the the the bad bad days days It may feel like you you you you you you did excellent research and and your your top choice was the the the the only college where where you you you you you you could succeed but the the the the reason you you you you you you apply to to more than one school school school is is is that that you you you you you you will be be successful and and and do very well at at at at several schools Do your your your best to to to understand that that excellence is is is not tied to to to a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a single school school school school but is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a combination of your your good good attitude hard work and and the good preparation you you did in in in in applying to to to several great schools Extracurricular activities are fun but not relevant when it it comes to college admissions False While your number one priority in in in in in in high school school should be be to focus on on learning and and achieving good grades schools are are interested in in in in in students students who who are are active and and and engaged in in in in in the the the the world around them Consider two students students who who who took the the the the the the the same same classes and and and achieved the the the the the the the same same GPA It is likely that the the the the the the the the student student student who who who worked on on on on the the the the the the the the yearbook staff played on on on on the the the the the the the the soccer team and and and did regular community service will have the the the the the the edge over the the the the the the student student student who who who only attended school and and and and little else The good student student who who has interests and and and and is active outside the the the classroom appears to to be be a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a better candidate for contributing to to campus life in in in in in in college Participating and and and achieving in in in in in in hobbies sports leadership 89