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How old were you when you started preparing for college?and what ones did you apply to?

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The time to start giving college serious thought is when you enter high school. Keep in mind, what you do in high school will affect what colleges you get in to. Try to keep your grades up in high school as well as participating in extracurricular activities that will make you stand out to any college admissions board. Also, think about what interests you. Look at what classes you particularly liked in high school (for example, science or english). That may help you decide later on what you want to major in. I myself began to seriously prepare for college in my sophmore year of high school. Around that time, you should begin thinking about what kinds of school you might want to apply to and the SATs, which you should take at least two times during your junior and senior years of HS. In terms of choosing what schools to apply to, you don't have to go to an ivy league school to get a good education. Think about what schools fit your needs and interests, not how they are ranked. Then you should apply to reach schools (schools that might be difficult for you to get into), safety schools (schools that you are positive you will get into) and schools that fall in between those two categories (you'll most likely get in but its not definite). I chose to go to a public university, which provided me with a great education for a good value. Most importantly, do your research and plan ahead.





Good luck!
Reply:you MUST keep college in mind when you first start high school! if you screw up your GPA in the beginning of high school, you have almost no hope of getting into a good college. i'd say how good your GPA is is about 80% of the admission comittee's decision.





prepare for the sat/act early! i'd say this is about 5-10% of the decision.





sports/volunteering/etc. is the rest of the decision. all that stuff looks good, but i don't think it matters all THAT much compared to everything else.





if you're a girl and planning on doing engineering, you get a little bonus points. and if you're a guy and you're planning on doing nursing, you also get bonus points. it's a kind of affimative action (that i don't really like personally), but let's say you're a girl and you're planning on doing engineering, you can use that to your advantage anyway.





good luck!
Reply:First year of highschool and applyed to every school that had the programs I wanted to get into. Also started looking at grants and such right away.
Reply:preparing in which way? i was mentally prepared in ninth grade! i couldnt wait for college! but educationally- i didnt feel my school prepared me enough. start preparing in Ninth grade education wise you want good grades from the beginning and start building a portfolio of your best work and join some clubs and volunteer. start preparing for college mentally and emotionally around 11th/12th grade. its a big step. its not like high school- you are not forced to be around anyone unless you are in the same class and even then you pick your own seat pretty much everyday. you're fully prepared for college the day your graduate from your university- sad but true. (: good luck