Building College Lists

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Building College Lists

• Dennis Vasquez Shaviece Harmon Sarah Kneckel
• Livingston High School Drew University Lehigh
  University

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Upcoming Workshops for Juniors
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Agenda

• Building College Lists Nuts and Bolts
• Review of Helpful Resources
• Sample Lists
• Visiting Campuses this summer/next fall
• Tips from both sides of the fence

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Getting StartedWhats important to me?
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STEP I Research

• Naviance / Family Connection
• College websites
• Viewbooks
• Guidebooks
• LHS College Fair
• Students/Alums
• LHS Counselors and Staff

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STEP 2 Visit Campus

• Setting it up
• What to look for and observe
• What questions to ask
• How to record information

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STEP 3 Categorize and Finalize

• Number of schools
• Selectivity
• Are you really interested?

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STEP 4 Apply and FOLLOW UP

• Gather applications
• Find requirements
• Arrange transcripts to be sent, recommendation
  letters, standardized testing scores
• Track applications
• Share news!

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Highest Number of ApplicationsClass of 2009

• Binghamton University University of Rhode Island
• University of Connecticut Rutgers
• University of Delaware Syracuse University
• Indiana University at Bloomington Towson
  University
• University of Maryland
• UMass Amherst
• Montclair State University
• The College of New Jersey
• New York University
• Penn State

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Suggestions for Ra Ra Colleges(LHS Favorites
Penn State, Syracuse, Rutgers)

• Quinnipiac
• James Madison
• Coastal Carolina Univ.
• East Stroudsburg
• Ohio State
• North Carolina State

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Suggestions for Urban Colleges(LHS Favorites
NYU, Columbia, American)

• Pace University
• The New School / Eugene Lang
• Philadelphia University
• Clark University
• Newbury College
• Marymount Manhattan
• Manhattan College

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Suggestions for Small Liberal Arts Colleges(LHS
Favorites Lehigh, Drew, Ithaca)

• Connecticut College
• Gettysburg
• Goucher
• Union College
• Wagner College
• Wheaton College

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Suggestions for New Jersey Colleges(LHS
Favorites Rutgers, Kean, Morris County)
Ramapo Bloomfield College Rutgers Monmouth
Essex County (Newark, Caldwell) Centenary
William Paterson Saint Peters College
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Suggestions for Colleges for Special Needs
Students(LHS Favorites Lynn, Mitchell, Morris
County)

• Adelphi
• Bloomsburg
• Caldwell College
• Centenary College
• C.W. Post
• Farleigh Dickinson
• Misericordia

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Sample College List 1

• Brad
• 2.300 GPA
• 1500 SAT
• Baseball Player
• Wants Ra Ra Schools
• Undecided Major

Syracuse Penn State Rutgers Montclair
State Kean U Conn William Paterson University
of New Haven
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Sample College List 2

• Jennifer
• 3.900 GPA
• 2200 SAT / 33 ACT
• Biology, Pre-Med
• Research Oriented

Harvard Johns Hopkins George Washington
Univ. NYU Boston University Rutgers University
of Maryland University of Scranton
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Sample College List 3

• Robert
• 3.200 GPA
• 1650 SAT
• TV Studio /
• Communications
• Hands On Student

University of Pittsburgh Emerson Hofstra Bard It
haca Rochester Inst. Of Tech. Hunter College
(CUNY) Bennington College
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Sample College List 4

• Charlie
• 2.00 GPA
• 1200 SAT
• Business
• Below average effort

Columbia Iona College Long Island University
Bloomfield College Berkeley College Rider County
College of Morris
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Sample College List 5

• Kristen
• 4.50 GPA
• 2300 SAT
• Liberal Arts
• School Newspaper

Swarthmore Amherst Carleton Middlebury Haverford
Barnard College St. Johns University Skidmore S
arah Lawrence
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Final Tips on Building College Lists

• Avoid falling in love with one college.
• Settle on a balanced list of schools.
• Apply to ones you are interested in!
• Keep your counselor and parents in the loop.
• Use Naviance to help categorize schools.
• Be careful about how you rate a college.
• Understand the ramifications of applying to too
  many schools.