[nabs-l] FW: help with more college stuff

Tue Sep 23 00:56:53 UTC 2014

I thought this went trough earlier,but it didn't. Ayway, here is my respose. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lillie Pennington [mailto:lilliepennington at fuse.net] 
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 4:24 PM
To: 'Liliya Asadullina'
Subject: RE: [nabs-l] help with more college stuff

Hi Everyone, 

Thanks for all of the good advice so far. 

My counselor emailed me today saying she could meet me on Wednesday, so we'll see if that happens and how it goes. 
Calling the admissions people and dss people are good ideas which I will take advantage of. Do you think they would be able to tell me about public transportation opportunities in those cities and what is near the university, or would someone else have a better reference for that? 

I am doing a lot of this this myself because although I feel that my parents do support me, they kind of want me to go to a school that is closer to my house; so if I do the work and find the perfect school and can justify why it is important then I am more likely to gain their support. 

I do plan to go to the fair on Wednesday. 

For those who asked, I am writing my college list in this email. 

1. University of Kentucky
2. Eastern Kentucky University
3. University of Louisville
4. Kentucky State University
5. Spalding University
6. Northern Kentucky University
7. College of Mount St. Joseph (although I think it may be Mount St. Joseph University now. 
8. Miami University
9. Capital University

Thanks again

-----Original Message-----
From: Liliya Asadullina [mailto:lily2011a at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 10:35 AM
To: Karl Martin Adam; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Cc: Lillie Pennington
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] help with more college stuff

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'"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> 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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