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A2A. Should I apply to a college I really want to go to early decision even if the financial aid ends up sucking, or just wait for the regular decision?If you cannot afford a college, you should not apply to it.Most universities have cost of attendance calculators that will tell prospective students what they can expect for financial aid. You decision to apply should be cost of attendance that will determine the amount of student debt.

SAT: 1560 (800 Math, 760 Reading & Writing, 20 Essay)ACT: 35 (36 Math, 36 Science, 35 English, 34 Reading, 10 (out of 12) Writing (Essay))Awards: National Merit Finalist (Semifinalist at time of application submission), AP Scholar with Distinction, Math Club Awards, Rowing Awards, School Departmental AwardsGPA: 4.0 Unweighted, 4.63 WeightedClass Rank: 2/366Accepted: Amherst College, Middlebury College, Davidson College, Vassar College, Bates College, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State, Satellite UNC CampusWaitlisted: Williams College, Bowdoin College, Colby CollegeRejected: Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Brown University (Deferred Early Decision, Rejected Regular Decision)AP Scores:5: English Language, Calculus BC (& AB Subscore), United States History, Environmental Science4: European History, Physics 23: Physics 1Curriculum was as rigorous as possible.Senior Year Schedule: AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Psychology, AP Statistics (full course load; takes up all 8 class slots due to weird scheduling system at my school)Foreign Language Track: Latin I, Latin II, Latin III Honors (only levels three and four are honors; could not take Latin IV Honors due to scheduling conflict)Demographics: White High-Income Male, Slightly Above-Average North Carolina Public School, Amherst College Legacy, Relative attended Harvard for college and law school, Prospective Chemistry Major, Indicated Interest in Pre-Med (though I have changed my mind about that)Will Be Attending: Amherst College

Here's a scenario we used in Righthello to get our first 100 customers:identify your target companies. Digital and creative agencies is a vast segment, it might make sense to narrow it down at the beginning. You can do it by size (f.e. only 1 - 10 employees), location (only California) or company type (only Branding Agencies). The ideal segment size to start with is 1.000 - 10.000 companies.identify decision makers in those companies, that have authority to buy your product - in smaller agencies (up to 50 employees) it will probably be the CEO, but in larger organisations Ceo's are super-busy. In this case you want to target the Chief or Manager of a certain department.Start with your closest network and try to get as many warm introduction as possible. Go through your close network (comb through Linkedin) and look for two kind of people:people that might be your potential customers - schedule a meeting to say what you have (and you want feedback)people that might know your potential customers - ask for introductions (this hack will help you generate more introductions Use Linkedin to easily get referrals)You will be suprised at how much help your network can provide. Here's an article about setting up efficient network sales: How To Stop Being Awkward and Master Network SalesWhen you're done getting referalls and selling to your network, the next step is cold outreach - in case of your target audience, the best way to get to them is by cold email (I've been selling to this segment a lot, trust me ;) )You have two options here: DIY (described below) or hire a company that specilizes in cold mailing like my company, RightHello does ;)Build your list of prospects - regularly collect email adressess of decision makers from agencies you want get to. It's a lot of work, but there are tools on the market that make it easier. Buying ready made lists might work but what I find is that they are usually outdated and not fully relevant.write a pitch - short & concise. There is a lot of materials on the web on writing cold emails. Here's one article I wrote: http://righthello.com/2015/09/cold-email-introduction/organise a cold email outreach campaign - write an introduction email and several follow-ups, tailoring messages to your target group.automate sending and followups, measure performanceiterate and repeat - until you achieve a steady stream of leads in your inbox. Send 50-100 emails weekly, test different subject lines, value propositions, but generally keep it short and simple. Present your value from the point of view of your recipients benefit.And remember: if you are solving a real problem and providing your customers a value, you won't be seen as salesy.Here's an article about getting our first 100 customers that I wrote for Lincoln Murphy at Sixteen Ventures: Achieve Network Effect on a Smaller Scale