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Teen People
September, 1999
By Karen Robinovitz
Get Smart
Does the thought of applying to college put you in panic mode? Relax. Everything
you need to know to get into the school of your dreams is right here.
Summer before senior year:
Prepare for the final push
Send away for applications (they're usually available at the end of the summer or early
fall, but you can get on a college’s mailing list as early as spring of junior year).
Check out www.review.com, where you can download software to apply to more than 500 schools.
Start brainstorming ideas for your application essays. "Try free writing for ten minutes
at a time," suggests Vedant Mimani, CEO of myessay.com, a Web site that offers online
essay tips. For $100, you can submit your work in progress, and an advisory staff
(including former admission staff from Harvard and Yale) will give you a careful critique.
Apply for scholarships. As the saying goes, you’ve got to be in it to win it. There are
zillions of scholarships in existence. Visit www.collegeboard.org for a list of more than
one million awards from essay contests to prizes for golf caddies. Or pick up Winning
Scholarships for College, by Marianne Ragins (Owl Books/Henry Holt, $13).
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