Knowing what you want from a college experience in advance is crucial in a college search. When building up a college list, you may seek the right fit where you feel happy and can thrive emotionally and academically to be productive contributors to the campus and society. You may develop criteria to determine the school’s desirability regarding how it satisfies your needs through research, college visits, and interviews.
Being the right fit goes both ways. Each year, colleges must create a class aligning with their mission and institutional priorities. Admissions officers determine which students are a good fit for their institutions and meet their needs of that year. You won’t be accepted if your application does not match what the school is looking for.
Colleges want everything in applicants: Excellent grades, perfect SAT scores, a glorious list of activities, and so forth. They even want to check on your personality. They want to make sure you are a resilient and creative scholar who wants to make the college a better place for everyone by showing up in your authentic self. Your personal statement will be an ideal document to evidence your authenticity.