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ANATOMY OF THE APPLICATION

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· College admissions officers are looking at your grades, rank (if provided) GPA, and rigor of your coursework relative to what is offered at your school.

· Know that you are only evaluated within the context of your school. For example, if your school’s curriculum does not offer Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) programs, you will not be penalized for not taking those courses.

Standardized testing:

· Colleges have various requirements for standardized testing, so play close attention to what the schools on your list want.

· Score Choice, through the College Board, gives students the option to pick specific SAT scores they want to send to specific schools. To find out more about Score Choice check out the Score Choice webpage.

· You cannot go wrong with reporting all standardized testing scores because most colleges super-score (take the highest of the individualized parts of the SAT) and will give you the advantage of the highest testing overall.

· Many institutions, including some of our finest, are test optional – meaning that testing is not required in order to complete your admissions application. For more information on test optional schools check out The National Center for Fair & Open Testing.

Recommendations:

· Your guidance counselor will always write a recommendation on your behalf (so be very nice to him or her).

· Colleges will require anywhere from 0 to 3 teacher recommendations. Pay close attention to each school’s requirements.

· Ask teachers who know you well!

· Teacher recommendations serve as academic references; therefore recommendations should be in the core subject areas: natural science, social science, math, English, and foreign Languages.

· It is recommended that you ask for a recommendation from a teacher that taught you in Junior or Senior year.

· Do not shy away from asking teachers from tough classes for a recommendation, even if you did not get an A in the course.

Extracurricular Activities:

· Colleges like high school students who are involved because they want those same students to come to their campuses and be an engaged member of the community. They also want to see that there is more to you and your life than school and academics.

· The quality of your involvement is more important than the quantity of things you are doing. Highlight activities that you have been involved with for a long time and activities that you have a passion for.

· Organize your activities from most to least important and fill out the Common or Universal application accordingly, and/o school specific application.

· Remember: List all things outside of your classes, including community involvement, jobs, research, responsibilities at home, etc.

· If your school requires you to do a resume, then send that along with your application. We suggest keeping this to 1-2 pages, max!

Essays:

· Your personal essay should speak to your personal experience.

· It is recommended to stay away from addressing “hot topic” issues (i.e. war, healthcare, state laws) or controversial topics (i.e. religion, politics).

· Make sure you are reading the question(s) carefully and answering what the question(s) is asking.

· Many students try to write about too much in their essays – remember this should be just a slice of your life. Instead of trying to summarize 4 years, focus on 5 minutes.

· Don’t write what you think admissions officers want to hear. Write about something that is relevant, interesting, and exciting to you.

· Feel free to express your personality in the essays. Treat the essay as if you are having a conversation with the admissions officer.

· If you don’t normally consider yourself a funny person, the college essay is not the time to try to be funny!

· Read, re-read, edit and spell check your essays. Have someone else read your essays to make sure they are saying what you wanted them to say and that they sound like you (and not a 40-something lawyer)!

Interviews:

· There are generally two types of interviewing that colleges and

universities do:

o Informational Interview: in this type of interview the person you interview with simply gives you more information about the institution that you are applying to

o Evaluative Interview: in this type of interview the person interviewing you asks questions in order to find out more about you and will typically do an evaluative write up after the interview to document what happened

· It is good to be aware of both types and be sure to ask specific colleges and universities what type of interviewing they do

· Ask schools about their interviewing policy in order to find out how to sign up for an interview and to find out who will be conducting the interview (i.e.an alum or an admissions officer, etc.)

· Come prepared to the interview with thoughtful questions to ask your interviewer

Some colleges may also require the following:

·Peer recommendations

·Portfolio review, usually for art/design/music majors.

·Writing sample/essay from English Class

·Supplemental recommendations/portfolio/abstract from research, etc.

Tips on where to apply
Europe is one of the best because they give mostly full scholarship( you don't have to be 4.0 Gpa student)
P.s I just don't want you to think America is the one and only 😂

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Who are you outside of class

Question for today
1 what are you doing related for your application
2 do yo think you are behind or you are on the right track
3 Did you creat a common app account? And is it a good time to create an account

You can answer on @CollegeApplicationDiscussion

Check out today's question and yesterday's discussion additional points that I think you should now and I expect at least 20 people commenting on today's question that way we can now that you guys are taking this seriously