[nabs-l] where to start

Mon Sep 22 16:12:55 UTC 2014

Hi, I admittedly haven't read the thread, so apologies for repeating
anything. I haven't used it since 2007 but found the Counselor-o-matic
feature on the Princeton Review website very helpful. It asks you a
lot of questions about what you want in a school and "matches" you
with schools. I then took this information and explored school's
websites including the pages of the departments I was interested in. I
finally collated a list of schools to visit. The visit really can make
a difference! I recommend visiting if at all possible and doing more
than the canned tour, although at smaller schools, the tours can be
smaller and the guides can offer a lot more information than what is
possible in the giant tours.

I think this is an excellent time for you to be narrowing down where
you are going to apply so you can save senior year for the
applications! I traveled during spring break. I do recommend getting
the SAT/ACT over with this year so if you don't like your score you
can study a lot and try again; I took both twice. My score did not
change as the tests are designed quite well to capture what they want
to capture, but I also did not attend classes or really change the way
I studied between attempts so that could be a reason for the similar
scores as well.

Cindy

On 9/22/14, Miso Kwak via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> The easiest place to start could be your own high school.
> Make an appointment with your guidance counselor and talk to him/her
> about your interest and factors that you are looking for in a college.
> Or you can start by Googling.
> For instance, best undergraduate programs in English
> When you find some programs, go on to respective colleges' website and
> explore.
> Some college resource portals are
> College Board
> www.collegeboard.org
> College Prowler
> www.collegeprowler.com
> and College Confidential
> www.collegeconfidential.com
> -- Miso
> P.S: if you haven't done so already, you should start looking into SAT
> and/or the ACT. Are you signed up to take the upcoming PSAT?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jorge Paez via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> To: Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer <zdreicer at gmail.com>; National
> Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Mon, Sep 22, 2014 8:52 am
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] where to start
>
> Precious:
> That's a very tough question if we don't know what major you're
> thinking of going into.
> You are one step ahead of where I was at that time, at least you know
> the places you don't want to go.
> My best advice is try to get yourself to 1 2 or 3 majors you want to go
> into.
> If you already have those majors, go ahead and share them with us so
> we can help you better.
> As far as searching for colleges, search anything based on those 3
> majors.
> Also, look at colleges not only for tuition and so on, but look at
> what their known for.
> For instance, since I was in New York at the time, I learned that:
> -Hunter College is known for medical and education-related studies,
> -Columbia is well known for education,
> etc.
> And that way you narrow down which colleges you want to go to since
> you want to go to a college that is well known for your major because
> that's where they'll be the most equipped to help you.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9/22/14, Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> Hi! Tell us what you're interested in majoring in, and where you're
>> interested in going. Then we can give you ideas
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone 5S Using VoiceOver
>>
>>> On Sep 22, 2014, at 09:29, Precious via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>> I just started junior year, and I've been thinking about, or
> worring, to
>>> be more accurate, about college hunting.  I already know what fields
> I
>>> want to major in and have an idea of places I don't want to go in the
>>> country, but I don't know where or how to begin looking for colleges
> and
>>> deciding which ones have the best programs I'm interested in.  I
> don't
>>> want to be behind when it comes time to apply.  Do you have any tips?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Precious
>>>
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> --
> Yours in Christ,
>
>
> Jorge
>
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Cindy Bennett
Graduate Student, University of Washington
Human Centered Design and Engineering

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