What to Avoid on Your College Application
Jose Flores, vice president of enrollment at Manhattanville College, is the guest on a video chat on the Hall Monitor blog. Go to the mid-way point in the video to find some tips on what to beware of when sending out your college applications. His advice:
- Watch your handwriting. A college can’t call you back if they can’t read your address
- Get someone who really knows you to write your letter of recommendation. If you’re not comfortable with a teacher yet then now is the time to make some friends.
- Watch out for technology. A mail merge might let you send the same essay to several schools, but it won’t change that last line. So when you say it’s your dream to go to State U., make sure that’s who will read the letter.
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