function getFocus() {
		document.getElementById("fname").focus();
	}
	
	function clearBackground(field) {
		document.getElementById(field.id).style.background = "#FFFFFF";
	}
	
	function validateForm() {
		if (document.getElementById("fname").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide your First Name.");
			document.getElementById("fname").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("fname").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("lname").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide your Last Name.");
			document.getElementById("lname").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("lname").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("parents").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide your parents' / guardians' names.");
			document.getElementById("parents").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("parents").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("address").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide your home address.");
			document.getElementById("address").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("address").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("city").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide your city of residence.");
			document.getElementById("city").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("city").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("state").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide your state of residence.");
			document.getElementById("state").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("state").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("zip").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide your zip code.");
			document.getElementById("zip").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("zip").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("phone_home").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide a home phone number.");
			document.getElementById("phone_home").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("phone_home").focus();
			return false;
		/*} else if (document.getElementById("phone_cell").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide a cell phone number.");
			document.getElementById("phone_cell").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("phone_cell").focus();
			return false;*/
		} else if (document.getElementById("email").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide your e-mail address.");
			document.getElementById("email").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("email").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("highschool").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide the name of your high school.");
			document.getElementById("highschool").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("highschool").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("athletics1").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide at least one of your athletic activities.");
			document.getElementById("athletics1").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("athletics1").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("activities1").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide at least one of your high school extracurricular activities.");
			document.getElementById("activities1").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("activities1").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("rank_ind").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide your class rank.");
			document.getElementById("rank_ind").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("rank_ind").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("rank_tot").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide the total number in your high school class.");
			document.getElementById("rank_tot").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("rank_tot").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("sat").value == "" && document.getElementById("act").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide at least one standardized test score");
			document.getElementById("sat").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("sat").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("gpa").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide your Cumulative GPA.");
			document.getElementById("gpa").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("gpa").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("major").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide your intended major while you will be attending Indiana University.");
			document.getElementById("major").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("major").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("hobby1").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide specify a hobby of interest.");
			document.getElementById("hobby1").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("hobby1").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("hobby2").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide specify a hobby of interest.");
			document.getElementById("hobby2").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("hobby2").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("sao1").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide specify a campus activity of interest.");
			document.getElementById("sao1").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("sao1").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("sao2").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide specify a campus activity of interest.");
			document.getElementById("sao2").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("sao2").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("goal1").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide specify a goal for college career.");
			document.getElementById("goal1").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("goal1").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("goal2").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide specify a goal for college career.");
			document.getElementById("goal2").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("goal2").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("goal3").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide specify a goal for college career.");
			document.getElementById("goal3").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("goal3").focus();
			return false;
			
		} else if (document.getElementById("admissions0").checked == false && document.getElementById("admissions1").checked == false && document.getElementById("admissions2").checked == false) {
			alert("Please specify your IU Admissions Status.");
			//document.getElementById("admissions").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("admissions0").focus();
			return false;
		/*} else if (document.getElementById("rushevent").checked == false) {
			alert("Please specify your choice for a Rush Weekend.");
			document.getElementById("rushevent").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("rushevent").focus();
			return false;*/
		} else if (document.getElementById("photo").value == "") {
			alert("Please provide a JPG of a recent photo of yourself.");
			//document.getElementById("ack").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("photo").focus();
			return false;
		} else if (document.getElementById("ack").checked == false) {
			alert("Please acknowledge that the information you have provided is accurate.");
			document.getElementById("ack").style.background = "#FFFF99";
			document.getElementById("ack").focus();
			return false;
		/* } else if (document.getElementById("relocate").checked == false) {
			alert("Please specify if you are willing to relocate.");
			document.getElementById("relocate").focus();
			return false;*/
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	}