Answer: C. speaking to students who were recently accepted into the college Opal would like to attend.
According to the guidelines of the text, one should take advantage of the research that others have performed instead of wasting time compiling information on your own. Therefore, the best thing for Opal to do is to talk to people who might be able to help her. As she already has a college in mind, the best strategy would be to talk to students that were able to get in. It is likely that they followed strategies that would prove to be useful for Opal.
This may not be what your teacher wants, but making a New Years resolution is a way for people to make a bold statement aout something they want to change in themselves. They dont always follow it, but they pout it out in the universe on New Years so they can start the New Year with a plan to make themselves better.
