[nabs-l] help with more college stuff

[Karl Martin Adam]

Hi Lillie,

I think the best thing you could do is find some people in the 
field(s) you want to go into and ask them about the reputations 
of the schools you're considering.  If you're planning on going 
to grad school, where you go to undergrad really doesn't matter, 
but if you're planning on stopping with a bachelor's, it's 
important to find out how potential employers will view the fact 
that you got a degree from a given school.  As others have said, 
I definitely think you should go to the fair unless it's 
massively problematic to do so.  More information can't hurt, and 
at least you'll get to talk to three of the schools on your list.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Lillie Pennington via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
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Date sent: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:36:54 -0400
Subject: [nabs-l] help with more college stuff

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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