COMING SOON: The answers
| Should my teacher recommendation be from current year teacher or is sophomore year ok? | |||
| What can you get merit based scholarships for? And how likely are you to receive one? | |||
| What happens to a student who is not accepted at any college? | |||
| What is the SAT criteria | |||
| If you apply early decision and don’t get in what happens to your application? Are you denied or put into the pool? | |||
| When we visit college campuses, it seems like all of the information sessions are the same/say the same things. as an admissions officer, G G what kind of questions would you ask outside of the standard “fit” questions? | |||
| Does early action impact chances the way early decision might? | |||
| Any advice how can I help my son to choose his major ? | |||
| Is there any practice for college essays in any extra classes? | |||
| What advice do you have for someone looking to go outside of the country? | |||
| If you add a college to the “I’m thinking about it” list” in Naviance, does the college know you favorited it? | |||
| For the parent: how far do you push your unmotivated child who can’t focus beyond the next video game session he has planned for the weekend afternoon? | |||
| How many words should our college essays be? | |||
| Will teachers let students know if they don’t feel they can write a good recommendation letter? | |||
| Should I write my essays about sports? | |||
| Does the school can help to get Soccer scholarship ? How ? | |||
| Do certain counselors have relationships with specific colleges? | |||
| Is there a resource that will estimate chance of acceptance to a school before applying? | |||
| Should I take a break between taking SATs or is it okay to do them back to back? | |||
| How important are school activities in college app | |||
| What is the best way to try to explain a bad grade? | |||
| How many AP subject should be taken in order to graduate next year ? | |||
| Do Virginia public colleges share info on applicants? | |||
| Is GPA calculated quarterly or does only the end of year grade count? So if you got a “B” for one quarter, but an A for end of year, did the B bring your grade come down? | |||
| Can colleges see which other colleges I am applying to? If so what is the effect on my application? | |||
| Do colleges recognize the Girl Scout gold award the same as Eagle Scouts? | |||
| If you’re fortunate enough to be able to hire a college counselor, how would you use that service for your student? | |||
| How can I make out of state and private in state colleges more affordable? | |||
| How many APs should I take senior year? More than junior year or less? | |||
| As the nice game is played so how much the GPA works for finding the best colleges? | |||
| Is demonstrated interest really a thing? | |||
| If you apply early decision, but you don’t get the aid you need, what happens? Is it assumed that you’re not depending on aid/scholarships? | |||
