[nabs-l] help with more college stuff

[Joe]

While I'm sure the counselor has some good information about your colleges
of interest, she doesn't have information that you couldn't find on your
own. Most schools will post their average stats in terms of grades,
standardized exam results, etc. If touring the school is out of the
question, you could also call someone in their admissions offices and talk
to one of their counselors, who will in truth have the most up-to-date
information. But, I wouldn't stress out about your counselor's availability.
The whole point of a fair, after all, is for you to go round and talk to
different schools to determine a good fit for you based on your interests
and qualifications, not someone else's recommendation.

Joe

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-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaley Jemison
via nabs-l
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 5:40 PM
To: Lillie Pennington via nabs-l; Lillie Pennington; National Association of
Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] help with more college stuff

Unfortunately you very often have to be extremely persistent when dealing
with administration email them a lot as far as deciding colleges perhaps you
should send a list of the colleges you're considering to this list and we
can give you some feedback

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On Sep 21, 2014, at 5:36 PM, Lillie Pennington via nabs-l
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> 
> 
> I am having a bit of a delemma here. A couple of  weeks ago (September 
> 12th to be exact), I emailed my guidance counselor about setting up an 
> appointment to talk about colleges. I wanted to get her opinion if the 
> colleges that I was considering would really be a good fit for me so I 
> could make plans on which colleges to talk to at my districts college 
> fair on this Wednesday, the 24th. She emailed me and said she would 
> get back with me next week (in today's  terms last week.)
> 
> She later emailed me and told me last Thursday. She then canceled that 
> meeting because of college visits and class meetings. She rescheduled 
> it for Friday, and then canceled again right before and told my 
> teacher (who she had contacted) that she would email me. I have not 
> received any email from her, and the college fair is in three days.
> 
> Complicating matters, 5 of the 8 colleges that I am currently 
> considering will not be at the fair, and the ones that will be there 
> are not really my first choices. I do not know what to do and if I 
> should go to the fair or not. I need to explore other ways of meeting 
> these colleges in person, and I was hoping to get a gage of which 
> colleges I should visit first (since their a fair distance away from 
> me so I have to plan a bit.)
> 
> I really do not know what to do now so any help would be appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks
> 
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