What Is The Admissions Process All About?

Matchmaking

The game of admissions is brutal; you usually only get one chance at it, and it’s up to you to gather whatever information you can in order to compete. Once you have decided that college is where you want to be after graduating from high school, you'd want to look around for all the information you can get.

Basically, it all boils down to one word:College picking is matchmaking. The colleges are looking for people that match their class profile, and you are looking for schools that match your needs, and goals. Much like bartering a trade; if you have what the colleges want, and if what the school offers interest you, there is a match.

A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that they MUST get into XY University that ranks in the top 5 of the US News. Some look at the top 300, others look only at the top 30; while yet others look at only the Big Three: Harvard, Princeton, Stanford.

But looking at colleges, does not mean looking at only the top 5 or 300 schools in the United States. Rather, you have to know what you are looking for! As I said earlier, college picking is all about matchmaking. To know what schools match you, you must do a self-assessment, and think about what you want.

What do you want in a college?

Why do you want to go to college? What do you hope to do when you're in college? Asking yourself these questions will help you discover more about yourself and what you want in life.

Believe me, this can be one of the most fun part of the college admissions process. In fact, every part can be fun if you want it to be.