5 Simple Rules for Dealing with College Apps

1. Try not to underestimate the time it takes for essays. Start over the summer. If you can get two to three first drafts you will be in amazing shape. I know people who went through 4-5 drafts with several essays before they were approved. Plan ahead so you do not burn out and can somewhat enjoy first semester

2. Get someone to do a final proofread for everything. Even those stupid little short answers. You just might have missed a typo. I did. x_X

3. Buy stamps ... and make sure you bring in tons of extra envelopes. I mean tons. Ten extras might not cut it.

4. Relax. I know it can be hard at times, but you're only going to do yourself more harm than good. Find an activity you can commit yourself to if you don't have one like dance or singing or shooting freethrows. Make that time your time to unwind and restore yourself for the work ahead.

5. You'll get into college. And i know you've probably heard this before, but whatever. It doesn't matter where you go; it's what you do with it. Honesty lies in the cliches, folks.

Hello Seniors.

So... as I was working on college apps today, I began thinking of all the things I wish I had known before senior year started like the need to start early with essays and read closely on college websites. I started remembering even further back and even wishing I had known more about freshman year before our matriculation.

Now that we are seniors, I think we can take what we've learned, bring them together as a collection of tips, and help out the other grades as they go through high school. We'd be making this a real advice guide for succeeding written just by students with an insider's view on Harker.

However, this is not the place to be talking badly about school. Therefore, we have some rules.
1) No bad comments about any classes/teachers/anything...
2) Only tips relevant to school.
3) Only meaningful tips. Nothing sappy. Use discretion when stating the "obvious"
4) Be sure to tag your post with the relevant year (freshman/sophomore/junior/senior/general)
5) Be genuine.

Please email this link to your senior friends. If any seniors would like to help with this, please email me at adriee@gmail.com and I'll add you as an author for this blog.

This blog will be private for now before we find a way to allow the younger classes to see it that's ok with the admin.