ACT Announcement!

In this digital age, the landscape of learning has never looked more different. In the past, students relied on bulky binders and heavy textbooks to aid their studies. Now, they have access to an endless repository of study resources on the internet, making traditional materials obsolete.

Your head may be spinning with terms like “early decision,” “early action,” “restrictive early action,” and even “early decision II.” You’ll likely apply to some schools by their early deadlines and to others by their regular deadlines — but even within those classifications, the dates of those deadlines vary. Additionally, some schools offer on-campus interviews only after receiving your application, while others require you to sit for a local alumni interview before submitting your application. Still others will even require you to submit “Part One” of their application months before the posted deadline. How do you decide which deadlines are right for which schools? How do you know if you should apply Early Decision, Early Action, or mix and match to get the best of both worlds?

When you think of your ideal college experience, do you imagine yourself following a straight academic track, or do you want the flexibility to design your own course load and explore different subjects? Do you picture yourself attending large lectures or small seminars, where the professor knows you by name? Do you want to live on a sprawling campus that can be mistaken for a small city, or a smaller one with a student body size of an average public high school? If you found yourself gravitating to the latter options, you should consider applying to a liberal arts college.