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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Right:
When my oldest was going through the search process, I had never heard of the Common Data Set or Naviance.  Both turned out to be valuable tools he used in his search process.

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College Fairs are a waste of time.  We just went to the college fair at GMU last night.  It was packed and difficult to even walk around there were SO many people there.  But there were quite a range of colleges represented - lots of big state schools, most of the schools in Virginia, a handful of high academic schools, all of the military academies.  My youngest is a senior and is in the middle of the application process.  He has his reach and target schools but needs a safety school, which has not been easy.  He went in last night with a positive attitude and had the list of schools he wanted to talk to plus the couple my DH and I suggested.  He tends to ask the non-academic questions: dorm situation, food, greek life, sporting events, etc.  We braved the crowds and talked to several reps.  I'm happy to report that he found a school that [b]peaked [/b]his interest and he did more research once he got home.  This morning, he took his transcript request into school, adding this school to his list.  Yeah for college fairs!

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Uh, no. [b]piqued[/b].[/quote]

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