<p>With all the papers from visits and information and statistics you can gather, how do you stay organized? My GC suggested buying a file box and creating a folder for each school, along with test scores, letters of recommendation, etc. I've also seen several people talk about using spreadsheets to sort info about each school. What is/was your method?</p>
<p>all the paperwork, except for the acceptance letters, has been a thorough waste of money. It sits in a box under the piano. The records are kept on spread sheets. I try to keep each spread sheet on one screen page but that isn’t always possible. Spreadsheets are the only way I can begin to keep track of what I know. That and the records of CC.</p>
<p>I agree - all the stuff D received on visits never got looked at again. Everything we researched was stored in spreadsheets - average admissions stats, important dates, forms required, and so on. Things like letters of recommendation all went out through Naviance so we never worried about hard copy of those. If you do have hard copies of anything important, you can always scan them and store them with your spreadsheet.</p>