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APPLY THIS!
As much as as this process is is is is a a a a a a a a a matter of o working your your intuition and making strong decisions for yourself asking people you you you you trust where they see see you you you you is is is is also a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a useful tool We often have have difficulty seeing ourselves clearly and can can use use use the the the impressions others have have o of us us us us us us as as as input that that we can can use use as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a guide Maybe a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a friend or a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a trusted teacher envisions you you you somewhere in in in in in a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a region that that you you you you hadn’t considered previously and and hearing their impression gives you you you you an an an an exciting impulse to to research that region and and available schools there: suddenly you’re led to to consider consider new major possibilities possibilities Now is not the the the the time for scarcity in in in your thinking about college: let the the the the possibilities possibilities run wherever they may go!
DECIDING WHERE TO APPLY "THE LIST"
Finding out where you you you you want want to to to apply is often the the biggest challenge students face The options seem endless and and you’ll want want to to to to to find a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a few few that truly speak to to to to to you you you you you before you you you you you start the the lengthy and and time-consuming application process We’ll give you you you you you you a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a few few tools here to to to to to to help help narrow it it down help help you you you you find a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a school you’ll be excited about and and and proud to to to to apply to to to to and and and attend We We call this “The List” and and and it it will serve as a a a a a a a a a a a a guide for the remainder of your applications process MAKING YOUR LIST As you you you you start making this list view it it it as as as as as an an an an opportunity to let your mind go in in in in in as as as as as many directions as as as as as it it it it wants The voice voice of where you you you you you you think you you you you you you should apply is is is just just as as as as as important as as as as as the voice voice urging you you you you you towards schools schools you you you you you might never have considered For now it’s all just just finding what feels like a a a a a a a a a a a a potential place Don’t limit yourself On this this first run the the goal is is is is to to to to pick pick 30 to to to to 40 schools schools schools While that that may feel like a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a lot remember this this is is is is the the opportunity to to to to loosen up and pick pick beyond schools schools that that you you know are already a a a a a a a a a a a near certainty you’ll be be applying to to When making your your list this can can be schools suggested to to you you you you by others It can can include a a a a a a a a a a a a parent’s alma mater the the the the the school school school school your your friends are thinking of of applying to to to the the the the the school school school school you’ve always dreamed of of of attending the the the the the school school school that maybe if you you you you were actually going to to to study theater instead of of biomedical science you you would apply to to to On this this first one just get it it all all on on the the the list We’ll be be working in in in this this chapter to to start narrowing it down