Spring of Junior Year is the ideal time to start building a list of colleges you plan to apply to in the fall. By February, you should have a shortlist of 15-20 schools that have caught your eye, so you can spend the rest of the semester taking notes, planning college visits, and scrolling on …
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A lot of students don’t think much about their extracurricular resume – after all, you’re going to enter your activities on the Common App anyway, right? On the contrary, your resume is an essential component of your college application. It provides admissions officers with a snapshot of your interests, skills, and achievements outside of academics. …
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Your university is watching you. Actually, every university you’re interested in is keeping track of the interactions you have with their emails and website. Called behavioral tracking, the schools collect your interactions and add them to your applicant profile – even if you haven’t yet applied. It might start when an email from a university …
Well, folks, spring has (almost) sprung, and summer will be here before we know it! And you know what’s just around the corner from summer? That’s right – college application deadlines! Below, I’ve curated a checklist with 10 ways for high school juniors to stay on track for college application season. Copy it into your …
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After researching college after college, you’ve put together a list of universities you’re seriously interested in. But how can you show them that you really care about matriculating to their school? With applications to highly ranked schools trending upwards, universities want to know that each student is invested before they extend an admissions offer. Through …
Each year, I see students make the mistake of choosing which colleges they’ll apply to by referencing a national college ranking list (like U.S. News or Forbes), copy/pasting a few well-recognized names, and calling it a day. While college rankings can be a helpful starting point while exploring options, they tend to exclude or undervalue …
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Don’t want your college application essay to get in the way of enjoying your summer? Considering that the Common Application Essay prompts and Apply Texas prompts rarely change and the objectives are always the same, now is a great time to start! In our Narrative Roadmap post, we gave a few suggestions of how to …
There’s nothing more frustrating than being applying to your dream school and getting deferred or waitlisted. Being stuck in limbo can be excruciating, however, there are steps you can take while you wait for the final answer. In this post, we’ll answer all of your burning questions about writing college appeal letters: When should I …
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So you’re diligently following your ACT/SAT practice test routine, you’re making good grades in all your classes, you’ve joined a handful of school clubs, and to top it all off, you volunteered at a blood drive last month! First of all, you’re doing great; keep up the good work! But in the middle of juggling …
In our last post about extracurriculars and resume-building, Madison talked about finding a summer program that works for you. Now that you’ve figured that out, I’m here to give some pointers on how to write the application essays for whichever program you choose. As in the college application process, these essays are going to show …
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