November 4, 2003

'Dean's Promise' offers tips on college search

Dan Lundquist, vice president for admissions, has developed a "Dean's Promise" for those in the college search that "guarantees [students] they will get into [their] best college."

Among his bits of useful advice:

-- Applicants should redefine "best college" to "right college for me."

-- For most students there is not one perfect college. Feel buoyed by the variety of options, rather than oppressed by competition and process.

-- Apply Early Decision only if it is true love … not to "get it over with" or game the system.

-- Students control two-thirds of the process, by choosing where to apply and where to attend. Colleges only make admission decisions.

-- Don't forget the "heart factor." Consider the objective criteria -- academics, size, location, and cost. But your choice also needs to make you feel: "This is home."

To read the complete document, visit:

http://www.union.edu/Admissions/Applying/deans_promise.php

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