[nabs-l] Contacting colleges

[minh ha]

Lillie,

I want to recommend you do a lot more research about the schools you
want to attend before contacting Admission counselors to get more
information. Many of the questions you posed can be easily answered by
going to the college website and looking through the Admissions
portion of the site. Furthermore, student life stats can be found in
the student life or student affairs section. This way, you can learn
more about the college and have concrete questions to ask the
counselor once you do contact them. Speaking from experience, many
Admission counselors are extremely busy and if you email/call with
questions like, what is the graduation rate of the school or how is
the school broken down in terms of diversity, they will automatically
point you toward their website for those kind of statistics. As for
college tours, don't be afraid to visit on the weekends because
college breaks are completely different from high school breaks and I
guarantee that there will always be students around for you to talk
to. College students are always happy to talk to perspective students
about the good and the bad of their university. Another thing you
should look into when researching your colleges is see whether or not
they have an overnight host program where perspective students can go
and stay with a current student and learn more about the true
environment of the college. I did several of these programs as a
junior/senior in HS and they gave me a glimpse into the student life
of my perspective schools.

Regarding talking to DS offices, this is a lot easier because you
already know what you need as a student. Make a list of the
accommodations you are receiving now as a high school student and
discuss each point with whichever office you are talking to. If
braille is a huge must for you, tell them that you need all your
materials in braille. If you only need braille for math and science,
say that too. I don't think we can create a list of questions for you
to ask because it is so subjective.

Good luck,
Minh

On 9/27/14, wmodnl wmodnl via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any advice would be appreciated on anything related to this at all.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Lillie
>>
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