Keep Score
While you're looking at colleges, use these resources to help you assess your preferences:
Big Future Campus Visit Checklist
Big Future Campus Visit Score Card
Questions to Ask on a College Tour
We recommend students set up spreadsheet(s) for the college search process that includes information about each school:
Majors of interest to you
Application deadlines
Average/median SAT/ACT scores for the incoming class
Average/median GPA for the incoming class
Types of housing
Type of college - large/small, urban/rural, etc. etc.
Other things in which you're interested - do they offer study abroad? dual degree programs? 3/2 options where you can earn your masters as well, etc.
Financial aid opportunities
Scholarship opportunities to include application deadlines
Whatever else interests you - quality of food, dorm rooms, etc.
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