TOP 10 COLLEGE APPLICATION MISTAKES

1. Misspellings and grammatical errors—This is a big pet peeve of admissions people. Misspellings on something as important as the application shows that either you don't care or you aren't good at spelling. Some students even misspell their intended major. But don't stop with a spell check. Proofread for grammatical errors, too.

2. Applying online, but the application isn't actually submitted—If you apply online, you should receive confirmation that the college or university received it. Confirmation could be an email message, a Web page response or a credit card receipt. Follow through and make sure that your application has been received.

3. Forgotten signatures—Make sure you sign and date the form. Often students overlook that part of the form if it's on the back. Check that all spaces are completed.

4. Not reading carefully—For example, if the form asks what County you live in, don't misread it as Country and write United States or Ethiopia.

5. Listing extracurricular activities that aren't—Those that make the list include sports, the arts, formal organizations and volunteer work. Talking on the phone and hanging out with friends don't make the cut. Make sure your activity information is accurate. Colleges may check with your high school.

6. Not telling your school counselor where you've applied—Let your counselor know which colleges you're applying to, and ask him or her to review your high school transcript before sending it to colleges. Sometimes transcripts have errors. (College admissions shouldn't know you have access to your transcript which is in our country's case)

7. Writing illegibly—First impressions count, so take your time and use your best handwriting. It will make a better impression.

8. Using an email address that friends might laugh about, but colleges won't—Select a professional email address. Keep your fun address for friends, but select an address using your name for college admissions.

9. Not checking your email regularly—If you've given an email address, the college will use it. You don't want to miss out on anything because you didn't read your email.

10. Letting Mom or Dad (friends) help you fill out your application—Admissions people know if your parents help, whether you have two different styles of handwriting or your admissions essay sounds more like a 45-year-old than a 17-year-old. It's fine to get advice, but do the work yourself

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are you sure you are practicing for the SAT with the right questions? After studying a complete guide and doing all the questions there, you have assumed you are all set and ready to go in the SAT arena, but as you would later find out from your score victory was for the SAT. This link claims it has the right questions for you to practice on, seeking in places that were left and forgotten.

http://blog.prepscholar.com/complete-official-sat-practice-tests-free-links

Are you having problems with resources for your SAT studies?
American Embassy is running a section in wemezeker library and they have college board official guide book and other realted books available for anyone interested. Make sure to check it out!

As an Ethiopian, some expressions are not familiar to us. SAT test conventional expression, which you will respond with a hunch only out of experience or otherwise by memorizing the idiom dictionary. This link might help in your studies about conventional expression:

http://blog.prepscholar.com/all-the-sat-idioms-you-need-complete-list-and-tips

Some of you have already taken the SAT and have got your result. You're wondering how you can gather information on colleges you wish to apply. https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/
This link is a great tool to gather college infos; you can consider it as the little google for college.

If you are wondering what you will be writing about on your college essay, you might want to refer 16personalities.com and khanacdemy videos on essays