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Applying for college can be one of a high school senior’s most daunting tasks. But students can make things easier on themselves if they know how to approach the admissions process, says Ted O’Neill, Dean of College Admissions at the University of Chicago.
“The first thing students should know is that the applicant pool of students seeking admission to college has been shrinking over the past three years,” Mr. O’Neill said.
This is good news for high school seniors because it means that colleges must work to attract students to their freshman classes. “Highly selective colleges will still be selective,” Mr. O’Neill says, “but applicants can approach the admissions process with a new sense of confidence and control."
Nonetheless, Mr. O’Neill warped against automatically applying to the big-name schools just because you may have a better chance of getting accepted. “The U of C is generally conceded to be one of the finest colleges in the country, but that
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