VIC Visit, Reminders

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SENIORS: Congratulations to those who have clicked the "submit" button on their final early applications.  For those aiming for the regular decision timeline, keep up the good work!  Just because applications are done, however, doesn't mean your work is.  If you haven't contacted the riding coaches at the schools you're interested in, now is the time to fill out those online recruitment forms and get your resumes and videos to them.  Many will use the upcoming semester break to review recruiting materials - make sure yours are there for them to see!  JUNIORS: Do you have a strategy for the upcoming SAT and ACT testing rounds?  Are you getting signed up?  Do you have questions about what you should do to prepare?  Let me know if you don't know where to begin - the January testing cycle will be here before you know it!  PARENTS:Please remember to send payment on your October invoices as soon as you are able.There was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal this week regarding college preparation for specific careers and preparation for general skill sets.  Apparently, theater majors currently have a higher employment rate than IT majors.  Read the full article here. TRAVEL:I visited Otterbein University yesterday; my blog recap will be up next week.  Still hoping to squeeze in a few more tours before the snow really flies!  From the blog:For many years now, college-bound equestrians have recognized the name of Virginia Intermont College as the home of one of the most successful intercollegiate equestrian programs in both the IHSA and IDA.  And when the first stop on our campus visit took us right up to the riding center, it was easy to see that VIC is a school that embraces its equestrian traditions wholeheartedly.  Read MoreNow, I took some initial flack for what some readers thought was a rosy picture of a school without a rosy picture, so my follow up posting talks a little more about the blog in general and its intent:After posting my last campus visit recap from the CICV college tours yesterday, I received an email through my web site.  The sender pointed out to me (in well-reasoned terms) that the details of my visit to Virginia Intermont College perhaps painted too rosy a picture of a campus that faces severe challenges at present and that my seeming endorsement of the school might cause a student to disregard these challenges based on my word.  I was not able to thank the sender in a private manner for sharing these thoughts, as the email address included in the web form was undeliverable.  Still, my thanks for the message are perhaps better aired in this public forum so that I can share my thoughts with all readers instead of just one.  Read More