Start Your College Search with Confidence
How do I Start?
This video invites students to begin not with pressure, but with reflection — and to approach the college search as a process of discernment.
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Our 10-part series “Demystifying the College Search” is designed to help students and parents put first things first in the college admission process.
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Before choosing a major, a campus, or a city, the college search begins by understanding yourself.
So much of the college search is framed as a checklist — applications, majors, rankings, and deadlines. But college is not just a transaction. It is a formative season of life.
It’s a time when students grow intellectually, build lasting friendships, explore new ideas, and learn how their talents can serve the world. That’s why the first step in the college search is not asking where you’ll apply, but something deeper: Who do I want to become?