The past 6 years have changed the face of higher education admission. The number of college aged students has increased, those students have doubled the number of colleges they apply to, and as a result, college admission rates have continued to plummet. Highly selective schools, historically those schools that accept 30 percent or fewer of their applicants, are now in the single digits for the percentage of students they accept.
This shift has increased the stress for students and moved forward the timeline for when students and parents start thinking about college.
How can you decrease college related stress?
Knowledge.
Learn about colleges. Start visiting them when you are driving through - on vacation, on the way to grandmom's house, etc. Make it a point to write down what you like/don't like about the school (students). Use that information to start a list of colleges that you want to look into. You'll learn about the process, about what each college says they are looking for, and about what you are looking for in a college.
This is a great place to start, and should lead to a feeling of empowerment - you are in control of the college search.
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