Article: What school is right for you? (college-search advice from high school counselors Bonnie Fitzpatrick and Marge Loening)(America's Best Colleges, 1997)(Cover Story)(Interview)

To help students cope with the process of picking colleges, U.S. News asked two veteran high school counselors, Bonnie Fitzpatrick and Marge Loennig, to draw on their collective 47 years of experience to address questions that are often on the minds of prospective applicants and their families. Fitzpatrick is guidance director at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Maryland; Loennig is college counselor at the Holton-Arms School, a private school in Bethesda, Md. Here is their advice:

How do I begin? Before you even try to figure out what schools are best for you, take a personal inventory. Ask yourself: What kind of students do I want around me? What do I expect to ...

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