[nabs-l] Contacting colleges

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Lillie, and everyone,

         I would think, you ought to send test scores, letters of 
recvia E-mail, following up with a phone call. It is during that 
call, I would think, that you  could get into some of those questions 
with which you seem to be burgeoning.
Good luck, sister Lillie!
Keep us posted on how your exploration goes?
for today, Car  11:12 PM 9/26/2014, wmodnl wmodnl via nabs-l wrote:
>Ask in both email and phone.  See if  any new information is 
>available. Some information found online is not up-to-date. Hope 
>this helps, good luck.
>
>Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Sep 26, 2014, at 10:45 PM, Lillie Pennington via nabs-l 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > So now I have a working list of colleges, went to the fair and got some
> > information, and now I'm ready to start contacting the colleges on my list
> > to get more information beyond the brochures.
> >
> >
> >
> > How do I contact the admissions counselor? I have heard both a
> > recommendation to do it by email and by phone. I do know there is value to
> > talking by phone, but email would help me to probably get the information
> > faster, as well as being able to let me compare all of the info side by
> > side. Is there one way that is better or that would help me more?
> >
> >
> >
> > What questions do I ask? Test scores are generally found on websites. Who
> > would I ask about special scholarships awarded at the college? Is this the
> > person to request information such as dates for sending college application
> > stuff in? Could I ask for more information on my field of choice from this
> > person, or do I contact the chair of that department? I am assuming I also
> > ask this person for information regarding current students that go to that
> > college. What other things should I ask?
> >
> >
> >
> > When contacting the disability support services offices, what do I ask for?
> > Understand that I am not going to the school that will 
> automatically give me
> > the best disability services, but since I will be a bit further 
> away from my
> > house ideally I will probably at least need to exercise some caution in
> > picking a college based on what they could give me in terms of accomidation
> > (for example, I couldn't have my parents probably read me a chapter of a
> > textbook if I didn't have it, for example.) What other questions do I ask?
> >
> >
> >
> > I would love to hear any advice about choosing the right college or what to
> > ask on or off list.
> >
> >
> >
> > I am also curious to hear what you all have done in regarding college
> > visits. I want to do visits when students are there, which I am assuming
> > means they have to be done throughout the week (I'm not sure of this.)
> >
> > However, I want to visit four different cities in Kentucky, and 5 colleges
> > all together in those cities. My school only allows me 2 college 
> visit days,
> > and I really do not want to miss school. It also is probably not feasible
> > for me to go down to these cities (all around 1.5-2 hours from my house and
> > not really sure how near each other they are) very often. How have you
> > managed this or what suggestions do you have to manage this? Are weekend
> > visits a good idea? I do have a fall break coming up where I could go down
> > to 1 or maybe 2 cities, but probably not all 4 and have quality visits at
> > each college.
> >
> >
> >
> > Any advice would be appreciated on anything related to this at all.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Lillie
> >
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