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[quote=Anonymous]Reach, target, safety — classifying likelihood of admission.

NPC — net price calculator. Specific to each college and can be found on the admissions website. Input your financial information and it spits out your DC’s estimated cost of attendance, or yearly cost to attend that college, all things included.

Liberal arts college vs. national university. 2 different educational focuses — the former focuses more on teaching and instruction traditionally, while the latter focuses more on research output.

Scoir/Naviance are both platforms that provide graphs of historical outcomes from your DC’s school. There are different graphs that show data for different colleges. Your DC’s school will use one or the other. Use the scattergrams to see where your DC lands.

Ensure you know whether your DC wants an urban/suburban/rural college experience, big/medium/small student population, etc. to help tailor the list.

Aim for 12-13 schools total, 1-3 safeties, maximum 5 reaches, all else targets.

Paths to admission vary by school. Most have both ED/EA and RD.

Early Decision 1/ED1: if admitted, DC has to attend if the financial aid package works. Results come in December usually. DC should apply ED to their favorite school, if ED is offered. Submit in October/November.

Early Action/EA: non-binding (unlike ED). Results come anytime from December to February. Submit EA apps in October/November.

Early Decision 2/ED2: if admitted, DC has to attend. Submit in December, hear in February typically. This comes after ED1 and should be DC’s second or third favorite school.

Regular Decision/RD: non-binding, largest applicant pool. Submit in December, hear back in March typically.[/quote]

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