College Research

Categorize the colleges you are considering into the following 3 categories:

Reach/Dream Schools: These are colleges that you would love to attend, but statistically there’s not a great likelihood you’ll be accepted.

Match Schools: These are colleges that are a good “match” for you. Your profile aligns with students, who are typically accepted, and you would like to attend these colleges.

Safety School: These are colleges that, based on your individual profile, you should expect be accepted. It is only a “safety school” if you really are interested in it!

Some useful college matching/planning sites:

(Note that some sites are commercially operated. This information is provided as a convenience to our academic community rather than an endorsement.)

https://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=hanoverhigh

http://www.nacacnet.org/StudentResources/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/au/ (list of American Universities)

www.collegeboard.com

www.petersons.com

www.princetonreview.com

In addition to the web, files with school information are located in the Counseling Center and books are available for check-out from the guidance library. Counselors meet individually with students (and parents) for college conferences. Many colleges and universities will be visiting Hanover High School from September through November to present information about their schools. This is a great opportunity to learn more about campus life, academics, and admission requirements. Please log into your Naviance account to find out when colleges/universities will be visiting HHS.

Here are some helpful guides from colleges:

http://www.goucher.edu/documents/Admissions/ShortGuide.pdf

http://admissions.wustl.edu/faq/RoadToCollege/Pages/Download.aspx

http://www.acm.edu. (http://www.acm.edu/uploads/cms/documents/acm-pre-collegeplanner.pdf)

http://www.nescac.com/admissions/prospectives

And some useful college consortium information:

http://www.ecoleague.org

http://www.fivecolleges.edu/

http://www.ctcl.org/

http://www.cowc.org/

http://www.claremont.edu/

And several other sites that may broaden your search: