<p>Unqualified approval of your brochure outline from here--</p>
<p>I believe it is a superb summary of the many useful conversations going on all the time on CC's boards...it's general, but it's supposed to be general. If I understand the concept correctly, its purpose is to help students frame the process of creating their college lists.</p>
<p>The only thing I'd add is a section on "fudge factor"...note that these guidelines are in fact general, and work well in general--but that specific students and specific situations might vary, and still be successful--e.g., my S categorically refused to visit college campuses prior to acceptance--his view--which I fully understand, particularly after his SCEA rejection--was why fall in love w/a place he wouldn't be allowed to attend? But hugely important here is the fact that to him, "place" was not an important factor--he could care less what a campus looks like or "feels" like--he believes he'll find his niche anywhere. And so he made his selections based on web research, e-mail correspondence with the schools that interested him, and with students at those schools. This worked well for him, although it's a departure from the "usual" (good) advice to visit if you can.</p>
<p>I also think it's worth a "caution" in the "visit if you can" section--lots of kids and their families CAN'T--for logistical and/or financial reasons. Don't leave the impression that the college search is doomed to failure (or less than ideal results) if visits are just not going to work in a student's real world...</p>
<p>Anyway--GREAT job...I think your outline is so good that you could seriously consider expanding it a mite and turning it into something that would be valuable on a national basis...ask your GC if one of the GC assn's might want to reproduce copies to make available to GCs nationwide! (Maybe you could even sell the idea!!!)</p>