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This is an interesting article. It gives advice, but it also highlights the fact that students, especially seniors, should remain calm. Just because you do not get into your dream school does not mean your life will be over. And handling the bulk of work with a calm mind will help you produce better work, and ultimately a better application. How do most of you guys stay calm during the admission process?

This site helps seniors with making scrapbooking easier and staying organized while doing so.

This website proved a task list for college bound seniors, month by month and task by task. This is very helpful because it helps you remember to do everything, such as filed the Fafsa or make sure your test scores are sent to the right schools. It seems that the busiest month is September and October, which is over now, thankfully!

This website is INCREDIBLY useful. This helps you navigate all the quirks of the common app. It take you through each tab and tells you how to fill it out, and what you should and should not say. I filled out my common app with this by my side, and I recommend all you college bound seniors should too.

These helpful tips will help any college bound senior find the right people to write their recommendation for them.

This gives a list of helpful tips for keeping the aging brain stay young.

This website makes the top 10, 50, or 100 best colleges for specific things. For example, if you wanted to look up the best 50 lib real arts colleges, Forbes will give you a list to look at. It is important not to trust these lists completely, since everyone has their own opinion about what makes a school the 'best." But these schools are a good starting point in the research process.

This website lists some mistakes that admissions counselors constantly encounter. I found this website very useful while brainstorming for essay topics, and used it to make sure that my essay did not make these same mistakes. What do you think of these mistakes? Do you find them common? Do you think they are mistakes?

This website describes some common mistakes that you might make on the common app. With all the stress in applying to college, it is easy to let the little things, such as typos, fall under our radar. By checking this website you can make sure that your common app is accurate before you submit it to any schools.