[nabs-l] Contacting colleges

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Ask in both email and phone.  See if  any new information is available. Some information found online is not up-to-date. Hope this helps, good luck.

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> On Sep 26, 2014, at 10:45 PM, Lillie Pennington via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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. 
> 
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> 
> Any advice would be appreciated on anything related to this at all. 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> 
> 
> Lillie
> 
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