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How to Research Colleges During the Coronavirus Crisis

Updated for March 2020:

With the rise of infections due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, this is a time of understandable concern and anxiety across the country and around the world. There are a lot of questions regarding the best way to strike a balance between living normal life and making health conscious choices. Companies and individuals in several countries are making decisions on travel and gatherings in an effort to mitigate the spread of the virus. For high school students who had hoped to use spring break to visit prospective colleges, this can be an especially frustrating and uncertain time. However, there are still plenty of things you can do to learn more about potential schools and maintain control over your future.

How to Research Colleges

The letters come almost every day now. The emails come every hour. There are college nights, city wide info sessions, online webinars, campus prospective invitations. You order the big heavy book from Amazon. You pick up the brochures from the counselor’s office. You search Google. Before you know it, your college list is 30 schools deep and you haven’t even touched the west coast. Starting the college search process can be daunting for any student at any age. How on earth is it possible to filter between the hundreds of options in an effort to discover the elusive “ideal school”?

How to Choose Which Colleges to Apply to

Senior year is an exciting time, but it can also be overwhelming. With literally thousands of colleges and universities across the country and around the world, it can be difficult for students to determine which schools are worth applying to. Here are some things to keep in mind as you begin the college search and work towards polishing your application list: