This is the time of the year that seniors and their parents are getting anxious about the college application process and the application deadlines. Most parents are new to this process and it seems overwhelming because this is a new territory and out of their comfort zone. With some guidance from the child's high school guidance office, most parents can navigate this mind field without any injuries. If the senior has been working with his or her guidance counselor through out high school, he or she will do fine with this process but the parents are the ones who will need to get up to speed.
The months of November, December and January is the crunch application time and you and your parents have to be keenly aware of the application deadlines. The responsibility of the applications, meeting deadlines and making sure that the supporting documents from the guidance office is sent to the colleges on time is on the shoulder of the student. You as the student are ultimately responsible for everything and you cannot drop the ball.
Common application is a very popular college application process where you can use one (1) application to apply to many schools. There are many schools that don't subscribe to the Common Application but they will accept the Common Application with some of these schools requiring a supplemental form that you can download from the institutions' website. You will need to go to commonapp.org to get your application. College applications fees will range from $0.00 to $80.00 for many of the private institutions.
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