WOWING COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PEOPLE
This section deals with early and regular admissions applications, as well as how to make the most of specific aspects of applications: writing essays, getting excellent recommendations and acing admissions interviews.
To be successful with your college applications, you don’t want to just complete them; you want to wow admissions readers!
- Early Applications
Early applications offer the opportunity to apply in November and hear if a college has accepted you by the middle of December.
- What is the difference between Early Action, Restricted Early Action, Early Decision and Rolling Admissions?
- What are the potential outcomes of applying early?
- What should you do about applying regular decision to other schools?
These and other questions are answered in Early Applications.
- Completing Applications
While every phase of the college admissions process is important, nothing is more important than actually completing the applications.
- So that you don’t miss a step, what is involved in completing a college application?
- When do you do what to make sure everything is done on time?
- How can parents be helpful in this process?
Completing Applications identifies every step of the application process.
- Writing Essays
Application essays have the potential for putting you over the top in the application process.
- How can you write essays that help you stand out from the applicant crowd?
- What can you do to make writing essays a little easier, if not fun?
- Is it okay to have other people edit your essays?
Writing Essays shows you how to help admissions readers discovers something about you that is not revealed in the application.
- Recommendations
College applications involve three kinds of recommendations: The Secondary School Report, Teacher Evaluation forms and Optional Recommendations.
- Who should complete your application recommendations?
- What should you provide recommenders so that they can write the best possible recs for you?
- Why should you say yes to the confidentiality waiver on the forms?
Since admissions officers pay a lot of attention to recommendations, this Buzz will be helpful to you.
- Admissions Interviews
A good interview can create a friend and advocate for you when the final decision about your application is made. At the very least, interviews help you to become a real person to someone in the admissions office.
- How do you prepare for an interview?
- What are some good things to do in an interview?
- When is the best time to interview?
Admissions Interviews gives you ideas about how to turn a potentially stressful experience into one that you can even enjoy.