1. Review Notre Dame - Bishop Gibbons' "College Admission Handbook PDF
2, If you would like more information, and access to 600 admission related,
categorized links:
- Please click the following link to Get In 2 College:
- Insert our school specific user name and password:
- user name: 2008
- password: APPLY
- Here are just some of the topics that this website covers:
- Preparing for college early - it all starts in middle school/junior high
- Early savings plans
- Staying healthy through it all
- Courses to take in Middle School
- Courses to take in High School - the truth about honors, AP, IB classes
- Your GPA - weighted, non-weighted, etc.
- Staying healthy through it all
- Extracurricular activity planning
- Employment ideas
- Volunteer work/Community service planning
- Making the most of summers
- Resume development
- Identifying and developing your “ACE”
- Class and school ranking
- Test schedules and prep referrals (we are not a prepping service)
- Sending test scores DOs and DON’Ts
- Athletic recruiting /NCAA - news for athletes
- Students with disabilities
- College visits and fairs
- Transferring from a Community College
- Thinking about majors - strategy
- College selection and match-up – identifying schools that fit YOU
- Connecting with your target schools
- College rankings
- Your potential colleges’ admit rates, average GPA and test results expected
- Rough assessment of likelihood of admission to target schools
- Early action vs. early decision - and all the other options!
- Applications and the common application
- Essays and personal statements – guidelines, format, DOs and DON’Ts, samples
- Letters of recommendation - how to obtain strong ones - DOs and DON'Ts
- FAFSA and other federal aid
- Finding scholarships
- Avoiding scams
- Interviews – How to get them
- Interviews – Questions often asked; mock interviews
- Interviews – Questions you should ask
- Once you're accepted
- Waitlist assistance (if needed and desired)
- Appeals process (if needed and desired)
- Helpful resources & links ... and much more, with new material being added throughout the year.
If you have any questions
please feel free to contact Mr. Honsinger in Guidance
at (518) 393-3131 ext. 115 - email: honsinger@nd-bg.org