| Many colleges offer the ability to apply online in | | | | Your high school guidance counselor can sit with |
| today's world. There are many advantages to | | | | you while you fill out your application for all of |
| applying online versus sending an application the | | | | your colleges if you need them to do so. |
| old way. Most colleges and universities will let you | | | | You may be wondering if you should fill out an |
| know what they prefer when you request | | | | application the old-fashioned way or just apply |
| information from them. When they tell you what | | | | online. Many students even think that doing both |
| type of application they prefer you submit, listen | | | | will help their chances of getting admitted. No |
| and do exactly what they say. | | | | matter how you apply, you will want to make |
| It used to be many years ago that the only way | | | | sure you are one of the first students who get |
| to apply was filling out the application and sending | | | | their application turned in. This means you will |
| it in by mail. There were some students who | | | | have to start getting applications and early |
| would take the application to the college | | | | October or November to have them ready to |
| admissions office, in hopes that this would help by | | | | send in. |
| showing initiative. Another way universities and | | | | There are many college applications that have |
| colleges use to accept applications were on floppy | | | | what is called a common application. This means |
| disks. They would send you out a floppy disk with | | | | you can fill out one application with all of your |
| an application on it, you would fill it out, and then | | | | information, make copies of it, and send it in to |
| mail it back to them. We have come a long ways | | | | each college you apply to. The majority of |
| since those days. | | | | universities and colleges have their own unique |
| The majority of high schools in today's world | | | | applications that are required to be filled out. |
| have hundreds of computers at the student's | | | | Check to see if your college or university you are |
| disposal. Many high school libraries have 10 to 50 | | | | applying to accepts common applications. If they |
| computers, depending on the size of the school. | | | | do, this can save you a lot of time. |