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POPULAR (MIS)CONCEPTIONS
ABOUT COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
- Senior grades don’t
count.
- Schools that cost more are
of higher quality.
- Future employers and graduate
schools give an edge to those who have degrees from prestigious
universities.
- Being a competitive athlete
means I don’t need to be a competitive scholar.
- I can’t apply to a school
I’ve never visited.
- I should only apply to schools
that seem to be inexpensive.
- The more rigorous the admission
standards, the higher the quality of education.
- Test scores are the most
important criterion in college admission: My SAT (or
ACT) is the only thing preventing me from being admitted.
Or, my SAT (or ACT) is the only thing I need to be admitted.
- Colleges don’t take
more than one student from the same high school.
- I can increase my chances
of admission to a competitive school or a "reach" school
by applying Early Action/Early Decision.
- Some secret strategy can
get me admitted to college.
- I can’t apply to colleges;
I haven’t picked my major or career yet.
- I’m a failure if I don’t
get into College X.
- Relying on magazine lists
of "Best Colleges" is the best way to determine
whether a college is right for me.
- A big, metropolitan state
university outside of Utah will be completely different
from the big, metropolitan state university in Utah.
- My mom/dad attended this
college so I should get in without problems.
- Admissions Officers are too
busy/dumb/disinterested to notice how carefully or truthfully
I have completed their application.
- It’s better to take
easier classes in high school and get better grades.
- A college I’ve heard
about is better, or at least safer, than one I haven’t.
- What my friends say about
a college is a good indicator.
- I have to make my college
selection early on in my senior year and have all my
applications in by Christmas.
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