Are you playing the college acceptance waiting game? Photo: College Candy
If you’re checking your mailbox six times a day, praying to the college gods, and waiting with bated breath for college acceptance letters from your schools of choice, it may be time to get a life. For today’s back to school tips, here are some suggestions of how to play the college acceptance letter waiting game.
- Make sure your application was received. One productive thing to do is make sure that your college applications were received in good order. Otherwise you’ll be waiting for a whole lot longer. See if your college has a website that confirms your received application. If you applied online, chances are you’ll receive a confirmation email within 24 hours.
- Check on the status of your application. Many colleges will allow you to check on your college application status and make sure that each portion of your application has been received.
- Don’t despair! Though you’ll likely be seeing Facebook updates from your friends about the colleges they were accepted into, stay positive. You may think that college acceptance letters are all mailed at once, but they are typically sent in waves. Yours may be on its way as we speak.
- Research the colleges you applied for. While you wait, sign up for a campus tour for the colleges you’ve applied for. Seeing the campus, meeting people, and experiencing the college environment first hand will help you weigh the pros and cons of each college and prepare you for the big decision of which campus you’ll pick.
- Get your finances together. Start putting a plan together with your parents about how you’re going to pay for college. The paperwork process for financial aid can be extensive, so it’s good to get a head start on things.
- Give yourself a break! The college application process is intense. You totally deserve a break.
