ACT Announcement!

Welcome to high school! The next four years of your life are going to be packed with assignments, exams, extracurricular activities, exciting new social opportunities and – most of all – a LOT of expectations. Many people will give you lists upon lists of all the things to do in high school to create the best college application, but what about what NOT to do? The following list of “DO NOTs” will hopefully provide a guide to help tackle all that high school has in store.

Your head may be spinning with terms like “early decision,” “early action,” “restrictive early action,” and even “early decision II.” You’ll likely apply to some schools by their early deadlines and to others by their regular deadlines — but even within those classifications, the dates of those deadlines vary. Additionally, some schools offer on-campus interviews only after receiving your application, while others require you to sit for a local alumni interview before submitting your application. Still others will even require you to submit “Part One” of their application months before the posted deadline. How do you decide which deadlines are right for which schools? How do you know if you should apply Early Decision, Early Action, or mix and match to get the best of both worlds?

The biggest story in NCAA sports this year has been the change to the college athletics model following multiple lawsuits against the NCAA. The battle over Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) payments was finally resolved on July 26, 2024, when the final rulings from the federal court judges were made public.