Kelly: IT'S SUMMERTIME FOR
STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE.
AS A NEW GROUP OF SENIORS
PREPARE FOR SCHOOL, THAT MEAN AS
APPLICANTS.
DR. ANGIE DOLAN AT LA PIETRA
HAWAII SCHOOL FOR GIRLS JOINS US
THIS MORNING WITH ALL THE
ANSWERS YOU NEED TO KNOW.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
Kelly: THIS IS SUCH AN
IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR SENIORS'DING
INTO SCHOOL.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO BE
DOING 9 APPLICATION PROCESS,
WHAT SHOULD THEY KNOW BEFORE
THE BEST TIPS IS TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE SUMMERTIME.
THEY DON'T HAVE STRESSORS OF
CLASSES.
SO BACKWARDS PLANNING FROM THE
DEADLINES OF THE COLLEGE AND
ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE PLANNING
EARL.
Kelly: TAKE ADVANTAGE.
THOSE DEADLINES CREEP UP FAST.
SO WE'RE TALKING ADMISSION
PROCESS.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
EARLY AND REGULAR.
THERE'S THREE TYPES OF
ADMISSION.
REGULAR IS A STANDARD DEADLINE
BETWEEN DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY
WHERE STUDENTS SUBMIT THEIR
APPLICATION, AND THEY'LL HEAR
BETWEEN MARCH AND APRIL.
ROLLING IS A WIDER WINDOW.
USUALLY OPEN YEAR ROUND WHERE
STUDENTS CAN SUBMIT THEIR
APPLICATION WHEN THEY'RE READY.
THEY'LL HEAR THEIR RESULTS.
AND EARLY IS THEY'LL SUBMIT
THEIR APPLICATION EARLY.
AND THEY'LL HEARING BACK IN
DECEMBER.
THERE'S TWO TYPES FIRST BEING
EARLY ACTION, BY IS A NONBINDING
PROCESS.
STUDENTS APPLY EARLY AND GET IN
THROUGH EARLY ACTION.
THEY CAN PROCEED WITH OTHER
APPLICATION AND LEVERAGE THEIR
OPTIONS.
BINDING.
IF STUDENTS APPLY EARLY DECISION
AND GET IN, THEY USUALLY HAVE TO
THAT TIME.
IT'S A GOOD OPTION IF THEY KNOW
THEY WANT TO GO TO A PARTICULAR
SCHOOL.
OTHERWISE EARLY ACTION OR
REGULAR IS THE WAY TO GO.
Kelly: I DIDN'T REALIZE IF
YOU GOT IN, YOU'RE LOCKED IN.
IT'S FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE
DONE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF TIME
AND IDENTIFY WHAT SCHOOLS THEY
WANT TO ATTEND.
Kelly: THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
SO SUMMERTIME, WHAT CAN KIDS BE
DOING?
IT'S PROBABLY THE LEAST --
NOT WHAT'S ON THEIR MIND.
THERE ARE THINGS STUDENTS CAN
DO.
IN THE FALL IT GETS A BIT CRAZY.
FIRST THING IS MAKING THAT PLAN.
IDENTIFIES SIX TO EIGHT COLLEGES
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING.
SEEING WHICH DEADLINES THEY WANT
TO ATTEND AND BACKWARDS PLANNING
FROM THERE.
THAT CAN ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE
STRESS.
SECOND IS TAKE AN SAT OR ACT.
TAKE IT IN THE SUMMER.
THERE'S MORE TIME TO STUDY.
THEY CAN DEAD -- DEDICATE SOMETIME TO
STUDY.
THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH
THE COLLEGES THAT THEY ARE
CHOOSING.
IF THEY HAVE A GOAL, THEY NEED
HIGHER SCORES OR GIVES THEM A
GOOD BASELINE.
THIRD IS ESSAY WRITING.
ARTICULATE WHO THEY ARE, WHAT
MAKES THEM UNIQUE.
WHAT BETTER TIME DURING THE
SUMMER WHEN THEY'RE TRAVELING
AND HAVING EXPERIENCES THAT OPEN
THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
THESE ARE THEE THINGS STUDENTS
CAN DO DURING THE SUMMER.
Kelly: IT WILL HELP IN THE
MONTHS TO COME.
WHAT ARE WAYS THAT STUDENTS CAN
GET AN EARLY START IN THE
SELECTION PROCESS?
CAN YOU?
THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLAR
QUESTION.
WHAT CAN I BE DOING NOW FOR
COLLEGE?
THERE'S BEEN AN EMPHASIS ON
FINDING THAT ONE COLLEGE FOR ME,
AND WHAT'S THE RIGHT COLLECT?
DO TO FOCUS ON THE SELECTION BUT
STUDENTS HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THEMSELVES,
SCHOOL.
REALLY, USING THE HIGH SCHOOL
YEARS TO FOCUS ON UNDERSTANDING
THEY HOPE TO GET OUT OF COLLEGE.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO 11TH AND
12TH GRADE, IT'S ALIGNING THEIR
VALUES.
NOTHING PERSPECTIVE EXCEPT FOR
FOCUSING ON WHAT MAKES THEM DONE
WHAT THEIR INTERESTS ON AND WHAT
THEY HOPE TO GET.
Kelly: IT'S A LITTLE EARLY
ON BUT ARE THERE SOME IMPORTANT
DATES SENIORS SHOULD BE LOOKING
FORWARD TO?
FIRST IS OCTOBER 1 IS THE
FREE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL
STUDENT AID.
BEFORE THEY APPLY TO COLLEGES,
THEY CAN PUT THEIR FINANCIAL
INFORMATION THERE.
SECOND WOULD BE THE EARLY
APPLICATION DEADLINES.
IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO GO THAT
QUICK.
AND THIRDLY, THE ACT AND SAT
DATES.
KNOWING WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO
TAKE IT.
THEY HAVE TO REGISTER A FEW
WEEKS AGO AND MAKING SURE THEIR
SCORE GETS IN BEFORE THEY APPLY.
Kelly: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US AND FOR THE
GREATS TIPS.
IF YOU HAVE A SENIOR HEADING
INTO HIGH SCHOOL OR IF YOU ARE
ONE, BE PREPARED P THIS IS A
STRESSFUL TIME BUT YOU CAN DO
IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
Kelly: AND IF YOU KNOW
SOMEONE OR IF YOU'RE SOMEONE
THAT WANTS TO GO TO COLLEGE, YOU
CAN ENTER ARGOSY UNIVERSITY
SCHOLAR CONTEST.
ONE LUCKY WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN
EVERY MONTH TO RECEIVE A 10,000 $10,000
SCHOLARSHIP.
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