The official e-newsletter of The Equestrian College Advisor.

From the blog:

Some decisions in life are difficult. Others are so easy it isn’t funny – decisions like the one I made when the folks at Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) asked if I’d like to visit their amazing campus in southern Georgia in the middle of a Michigan winter.

Short answer: Yes please! Read More

Boring but important:

The ACT will begin to offer a summer test date in July 2018.

Somewhere in the world, one of the next great team riders is 9 years old and couldn’t tell if she was on the right posting diagonal if her life depended on it. Read More

Whether you’re the parent who shouts from the bleachers or one who observes quietly from afar, coaches do notice you—and they want to get to know you.

Here are some avoidable mishaps you might endure while watching games, tournaments, or showcases where coaches are present

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Rejection Isn’t Personal (But It Might Feel That Way!)You balanced your college list perfectly with a mix of dream schools and sure things, you submitted your applications on time and with all necessary attachments, and waited. But when the responses began to arrive by mail and email, you were disappointed to learn that you weren’t accepted by all of the schools. Perhaps you even received a letter of rejection from your first choice!What went wrong?The short answer to this question is: nothing. Colleges create their first year classes based on a host of factors - both tangible and intangible – and the qualities they seek in freshman applicants one year may be nothing like the qualities they want in the year that immediately follows. Barring the spontaneous development of psychic abilities, there is no sure way for you to know that you will or will not be accepted to a particular college.You can, however, change the way you view the admission process by:

• Focusing on the schools that admit you. You should never apply to a college that you don’t want to attend because if that’s the only school to send you an acceptance packet, you won’t be very happy come the fall. Instead, spend your time and energy applying to schools that have the right balance of programs, extracurricular activities, culture, and financial aid awards so that you’ll feel just as comfortable enrolling at your second, third, or fourth choice schools as you will your first.

• Understanding that timing matters. Sometimes it isn’t a matter of what your application looks like but when it’s received. Many schools take the majority of their first year classes through early accept and early decision programs so if there’s a school you’re dying to attend, it will benefit you to apply as early as possible to give yourself the best chance of admission.

• Keeping an open mind. Sometimes being rejected by your first choice college can be the best thing that can possibly happen to your budding college career because it will put you on a different path to great things. Though this can be difficult to stomach at first, the best strategy to employ is to give yourself a bit of time to grieve for your lost college (a bit of time, mind you – not a month or more!) and then move on. Look at the other doors before you that are still open and decide which one to walk through. And when you do move on, do so with purpose – otherwise one college rejection will taint your entire undergraduate experience!

Rejection hurts whenever it happens – but taking the time to prepare yourself for its arrival and coming up with alternative plans to employ is the best strategy to help yourself keep moving forward successfully. Copyright RCH 2015

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