[nabs-l] Contacting colleges

[Lillie Pennington]

Hi, 

 

So now I have a working list of colleges, went to the fair and got some
information, and now I'm ready to start contacting the colleges on my list
to get more information beyond the brochures. 

 

How do I contact the admissions counselor? I have heard both a
recommendation to do it by email and by phone. I do know there is value to
talking by phone, but email would help me to probably get the information
faster, as well as being able to let me compare all of the info side by
side. Is there one way that is better or that would help me more? 

 

What questions do I ask? Test scores are generally found on websites. Who
would I ask about special scholarships awarded at the college? Is this the
person to request information such as dates for sending college application
stuff in? Could I ask for more information on my field of choice from this
person, or do I contact the chair of that department? I am assuming I also
ask this person for information regarding current students that go to that
college. What other things should I ask? 

 

When contacting the disability support services offices, what do I ask for?
Understand that I am not going to the school that will automatically give me
the best disability services, but since I will be a bit further away from my
house ideally I will probably at least need to exercise some caution in
picking a college based on what they could give me in terms of accomidation
(for example, I couldn't have my parents probably read me a chapter of a
textbook if I didn't have it, for example.) What other questions do I ask? 

 

I would love to hear any advice about choosing the right college or what to
ask on or off list. 

 

I am also curious to hear what you all have done in regarding college
visits. I want to do visits when students are there, which I am assuming
means they have to be done throughout the week (I'm not sure of this.) 

However, I want to visit four different cities in Kentucky, and 5 colleges
all together in those cities. My school only allows me 2 college visit days,
and I really do not want to miss school. It also is probably not feasible
for me to go down to these cities (all around 1.5-2 hours from my house and
not really sure how near each other they are) very often. How have you
managed this or what suggestions do you have to manage this? Are weekend
visits a good idea? I do have a fall break coming up where I could go down
to 1 or maybe 2 cities, but probably not all 4 and have quality visits at
each college. 

 

Any advice would be appreciated on anything related to this at all. 

 

Thanks, 

 

Lillie