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Whoops! If your mailbox was filled with rejection notices, today might be your lucky day. For the student who didn’t receive any “Congratulations!” letters, there is still hope.

TMI: Too much information. I’m not referring to the fact that some students share too much stuff inappropriately in their college applications – though unfortunately some do.

What’s the one thing you don’t want to do if you’re on the wait list? Wait.

I hate to break this to you, but if your child was wait-listed at a dream school, the stats are not encouraging. Getting off the wait list is totally variable year to year and institution to institution.

The biggest question I get this time of year is: “How do we decide?”

Blogs on college admissions are burning up with comments from frustrated parents and students. Many of the most selective colleges received record numbers of applications and thus sent rejection letters to more students than ever before.

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Don’t just rely on printed materials or one tour guide’s opinion.

Here’s what a parent shared with me about his recent college fair experience, “I walked in and was overwhelmed, while I was there I got lost and when I left I was confused.”

Since it’s their last semester in high school, the homework and stress is reduced for many seniors inside the classroom. But outside the classroom, the pressure is on to find scholarships for this fall’s freshman year at college.

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Lee Bierer
Lee Bierer is an independent college adviser based in Charlotte.