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This was the fifth email in a series of weekly emails sent out to seniors and their parents. Hello Seniors and Parents! We’re fast approaching a holiday weekend, and I hope each of you have a great weekend!   It gives us a great topic to cover:

Holidays + College & Scholarship Apps

During your senior year--some "big" deadlines happen around holidays, such as a December 1st deadline that comes just days after Thanksgiving break or a January 1st deadline that comes during Christmas break.  So...what to do?  Simply put:  move up the deadline yourself!  Dec. 1st deadlines move up to Nov. 15th--so that you're completed several days before going on break.  Jan. 1st deadlines move up to December 15th--also a few days before going on break.  This is good for a few reasons:

• You finish the application before the break--and then truly get a "break".  This is the #1 reason:  it helps YOU!  You get to check it off, and then actually enjoy the break, rather than having deadlines looming over you while you're eating a turkey dinner!

• You can receive help during school from the College Prep Advisor and the office--editing essays, getting transcripts sent in, making sure the letters of recommendation got sent in.  This can only happen while school is in session!!

• Going to repeat that:  school counselors, school advisors, teachers, and office staff do NOT work during school breaks, and cannot help you with applications or submitting necessary letters of recommendation and/or transcripts.  So...get it done BEFORE the break.  We DO want to help you--so plan ahead and get it done before  any holiday!

• You submit far ahead of the deadline (which I always recommend--even w/o a holiday)-- and then aren't trying to submit at the last hour, and possibly a server crashes (yes, I've seen this happen--and it's heartbreaking--don't let that be you!)

This is why I'm always suggesting writing down the "application window"--rather than just the deadline. The application window tells you when the window opens--and you can start and complete the application as close to that date as you'd like!  You don't have to wait for the deadline--you can get it checked off your list early.  

So, grab your "one-sheet" planning sheet, and be sure to write in the dates that YOUR colleges have open applications, and then move up the final deadline 2+ weeks (especially if it falls right around a holiday!!!

Never Give Up!  

Brooke Krim

College Prep Advisor

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