Does Your #1 Choice Know They Are #1?

You have a favorite school—one that you really want to attend. You've filled out applications, gone on visits, completed questionnaires, and submitted forms. And now you wait.

But have you done one very important item?

If the school is your number one choice—really your number one choice—have you told them? Do they know that the moment you get their acceptance notification you will jump about three-miles-high?

They don't? You need to.

Here is why you would want to tell them . . . during the decision-making process many different attributes are reviewed. If you express a strong level of interest in the school, that is a positive attribute. And everything positive may help.

Tell them by words. Make a call to the Admissions Office, or one to the Director of Admissions. Send an email or note to the coach. However, actions speak much louder than words.

Visits to the school, meeting with an alumni off campus, going to a regatta to watch their team row (and seeing the coach). All of those actions show a sincere interest in the school. And actions like those say to the school that it is at the top of your list.

And that might help the school put you at the top of their's.