Each college or university has its own admission policies and procedures with unique deadlines, plans, or programs for admitting students. It would be a shame to be rejected on a mere technicality! Staying organized during the college application process is vital.
To ensure your college admission plan goes smoothly, follow these steps:
• Write down all the deadlines, admission plans, and admission requirements for the schools you plan to apply to.
• Make a list of all required teacher recommendations and transcripts.
• Set a date with the teacher or counselor that is helping you with your application to go over everything.
• Gather all of your written recommendations as soon as possible.
• Start with the earliest deadline and tackle the easiest application in each deadline category first.
• Use your college's online application if possible, but remember that there will still be some paper documents that have to be mailed or faxed.
• Move to the head of the line by submitting your finished application well before the published deadline.
Admission Plans are structured plans for how colleges are going to admit your class. Depending on how selective your college is and how they make admission decisions, your application process will need to shift to meet their deadlines.
Below are the descriptions of the various college admission plans.