**Colorado FREE College Application Week 2021 October 19-21**
Want to Play Sports in College?
What are your next steps?
What are your next steps?
- 10th grade year you should create the NCAA Eligibility Center.
- You will receive an NCAA student number.
- When you take the SAT's 11th grade year, be sure to add the NCAA number into the college search box 9999 so the Eligibility Center receives your scores.
- Create a video clip of your best games between 1:30-2:00 long
- Email the coach(es) of the college(s) you want to attend. Introduce yourself, provide some game stats, let them know why you're interested in their team, their coach, their school. Complete the interest form.
- Here is an article about social media and how some apps can support your recruitment/college search. Click here.
Here are a few articles to help prepare you:
Tips on College Essays
Seven Self-care Tips for College Students
College Vs. Trade School: Earning Potential
7 Ways to Successfully Land College Scholarships
Imposter Syndrome - Don't let it get you down
Tips on College Essays
Seven Self-care Tips for College Students
College Vs. Trade School: Earning Potential
7 Ways to Successfully Land College Scholarships
Imposter Syndrome - Don't let it get you down
Planning for after high school? Here are some resources to review.
* Click here for tips on how to write an email. It could help when asking for
letters of recommendation, transcripts, or anything else.
Best Colleges Website - Student Resources, Career Surveys, Blogs, and more.
NYT Article about Indirect college costs - something to consider.
Please use this form, make a copy, fill it out, and give it to each person you are requesting a letter of recommendation from.
LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION REQUEST FORM
RESUME SAMPLE (found on Pinterest)
EDITABLE RESUME SAMPLE (Make a copy to use.)
College Resources
www.collegeexpress.org
www.collegedata.org
www.collegescorecard.com
www.cappex.com
www.niche.com
www.bigfuture.collegeboard.com
https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/
https://collegecompletion.chronicle.com/
www.ctcl.org
www.wiche.edu/wue
TESTS & TEST PREP
ACT - www.act.org
FREE Test prep - www.academy.act.org
SAT - www.collegeboard.org
FREE Test prep - www.kahnacademy.org
National Merit - https://nationalmerit.org/
Fair Test - www.fairtest.org
NOTEWORTHY BOOKS/BLOGS
Truth About College Admissions, Rick Clark
The College Finder, David Antonoff
Fiske Guide to the Colleges, Edward Fiske
Insiders Guide to the Colleges, Yale Daily Press
Colleges That Changes Lives, Loren Pope
Where You Go is Not Who You Will Be, Frank Bruni
Grown and Flown www.grownandflown.org
Tulane http://tuadmissionjeff.blogspot.com/
Georgia Tech http://pwp.gatech.edu/admission-blog/
U of VA - http://uvaaplication.blogspot.com/
Vanderbilt - https://admisions/vanderbilt.edu/vandybloggers/
Tufts - http://admissions.tufts.edu/blogs/
Higher Ed - www.insidehighered.com
* Click here for tips on how to write an email. It could help when asking for
letters of recommendation, transcripts, or anything else.
Best Colleges Website - Student Resources, Career Surveys, Blogs, and more.
NYT Article about Indirect college costs - something to consider.
Please use this form, make a copy, fill it out, and give it to each person you are requesting a letter of recommendation from.
LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION REQUEST FORM
RESUME SAMPLE (found on Pinterest)
EDITABLE RESUME SAMPLE (Make a copy to use.)
College Resources
www.collegeexpress.org
www.collegedata.org
www.collegescorecard.com
www.cappex.com
www.niche.com
www.bigfuture.collegeboard.com
https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/
https://collegecompletion.chronicle.com/
www.ctcl.org
www.wiche.edu/wue
TESTS & TEST PREP
ACT - www.act.org
FREE Test prep - www.academy.act.org
SAT - www.collegeboard.org
FREE Test prep - www.kahnacademy.org
National Merit - https://nationalmerit.org/
Fair Test - www.fairtest.org
NOTEWORTHY BOOKS/BLOGS
Truth About College Admissions, Rick Clark
The College Finder, David Antonoff
Fiske Guide to the Colleges, Edward Fiske
Insiders Guide to the Colleges, Yale Daily Press
Colleges That Changes Lives, Loren Pope
Where You Go is Not Who You Will Be, Frank Bruni
Grown and Flown www.grownandflown.org
Tulane http://tuadmissionjeff.blogspot.com/
Georgia Tech http://pwp.gatech.edu/admission-blog/
U of VA - http://uvaaplication.blogspot.com/
Vanderbilt - https://admisions/vanderbilt.edu/vandybloggers/
Tufts - http://admissions.tufts.edu/blogs/
Higher Ed - www.insidehighered.com
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