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We
hope that this information will prove to be helpful as we
negotiate this process together.
Time
Line
• April of junior year -- college
advisors are assigned; initial meetings
• Spring Arts Weekend -- meeting
with junior parents and college advisors
• Summer -- using preliminary
long list, students and
parents decide which colleges are to be visited
• Late August, early September
-- visits, with interviews when possible and appropriate,
to a number of colleges of interest
• September of senior year -- long
list begins to narrow with help from college advisors and
advice from parents
• October -- candidates for early
decision write essays and complete applications. Regular
decision candidates compile final list of colleges. Parents
applying for financial aid collect forms and initiate process
• November 15 -- early decision deadline
for many colleges
• Late December, early January --
early decision candidates notified by colleges
• January 1 to February 15 -- application
deadlines for most colleges
• April 15 -- most colleges notify
candidates
• May 1 -- deadline for enrolling
in college of choice and paying enrollment deposit
College
Advisors
In the spring term, before the Arts Weekend, the faculty
meet to settle on individual college advisors. All faculty
members serve as advisors and all meet together to discuss
each student’s college choices. This allows for the
collective experience of the entire faculty to guide students
through the application process.
The initial meetings between a student and advisor involve
making a preliminary long list of colleges of interest.
This information is shared with parents by students and
advisors at various steps along the way.
Seniors return to Buxton in the fall before other students.
Some of this time is set aside for advisors and seniors
to go back over original lists, to discuss family concerns
and interests, and to begin to settle on final college choices.
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