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Show School ond v Home te 7 by Dr. DarylJ. McCarty f Executive Director Utah Education Association SiYvJ In writing to colleges for information, be neat, concise and accurate in providing information about yourself. Remember to include the address to which the college should send you material, your high school graduation date, the high school you at tend, your anticipated major course of study in college (if you have decided) and any pertinent per-tinent information on grades and tesl scores. Ask yourself those questions: Am I in teres! ed in small, medium or large college: Do I want to stay close to home or go away? What will be my major? How academically competitive com-petitive do I want my college to be? What are the costs? Is I inancial aid available? Visit the colleges which are your first preferences, if possible. Remember that college preparation starts in the ninth grade. Four years of English and three years of math (including two years of algebra and one of geometry), are often required. College requirements vary, but it's generally advantageous to have a solid background in biology, chemistry, physics, history and a foreign language. Take the college entry tests early enough so that the college ap plication process isn't delayed. Don't postpone the application process until after Christmas of the senior year. . Good luck, Rod! Rod, a bewildered high school student needs to know how to choose the college he'll enter alter graduation. How does he go about it? Rule number one in this process is to remember that the closest source of information is the counselor at Rod's high school. The counselor is a professional person, skilled in providing in-formation in-formation about preparations for college entry. William B. Stephens, Jr., director of admissions ad-missions at Florida Southern College, also has some suggestions. Among them are Don't make the mistake of choosing a college simply because your friends go there. |