[nabs-l] help with more college stuff

[Liliya Asadullina]

Hi Lillie,
I agree with everyone's great ideas  here. It will not hurt to check
out the fair. You don't have to stay the whole time either. You should
definitely work on scheduling an appointment with your guidance
councilor. Have your list of colleges prepared and ranked from the top
schools you'd like to attend to the ones you are not very sure about.
Also, call each schools disabillities office and find out how
accomidating they are. Also, talking to an admissions councilor is a
wonderful idea as well as asking the admissions councilor if they can
connect you with a student that goes there to whom you could speak
with. Getting insight from a student that attends that college is
always beneficial as well.
I know how you feel, I've been in your shoes 4 years ago. I went crazy
my senior year of high school and applied to 16 different schools. So
the more you can narrow down yor list of where you want to go, the
better and easier it will be for you to decide. I would also suggest
checking out the schools course catalog to make sure that they have
the major that you are looking to pursue.
Hope this helps some.
Feel free to email me with other questions at: Lily1127 at me.com
All the best to you!
Liliya

On 9/21/14, Karl Martin Adam via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
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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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