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College Applications & Essays

This article provides essential information for college applications and essays, including selecting colleges, SAT/ACT scores, recommendations, and financial aid. It also offers resources and tips for personal statements and the application process.

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College Applications & Essays

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  1. College Applications & Essays AP Language and Composition

  2. Things to think about now... • What colleges do you want to apply to? • Safety, match, reach • The numbers • GPA, SAT/ACT/AP scores • Recommedations • Time

  3. Numbers • GPA requirements • Use collegeconfidential.com & others to get a profile of the average scores accepted at different schools • You have control over your scores • And you can always supplement weaker areas with quality essays, activity descriptions, and recommendations.

  4. The SAT and the ACT • Similarities and differences - a matter of personality • Check college requirements • Study and practice • Identify areas of strength and weaknesses • Take it twice • Send your scores directly

  5. Finding a College • bigfuture.collegeboard.org • Collegescorecard.ed.gov • Consider long-term programs • Factor in cost, location, and personality of schools (big/small, focus, reputation) • Possible formula: 5schools - 1 reach, 3 match, 1 safety • Deciding • Financial aid offered • Visit • Intended major & Undergraduate requirements

  6. Application Process • Familiarize yourself with each school’s requirements early • ORGANIZE • Understand college websites • Activity log, recommendations, essays

  7. Recommendations • Strongly rely on academic recommendations • Non-academic recommendations • Coaches, work supervisors, club/organization coordinators • 3-4 possible recommendation-writers • Let them know EARLY • Provide a current resume

  8. Recommendations • Information to provide to people who you are asking to write you a letter of recommendation: • Your name • Due date (specific or estimate) • What is the letter for? (Which university are you applying for? What do you intend to study? What is the scholarship you’re applying for? Etc.) • 3+ specifics about you to include – highlights from your resume

  9. Personal Statements and Essays • Understand the prompt • Be honest • Try to avoid cliché topics • Sentence variation • PURPOSE • Sensory imagery, narrative “showing not telling” • Get different perspectives and revise

  10. Resources • http://www.hemingwayapp.com/ • College application websites • Have conversations with friends, family, teachers • Pre-writing, journaling, researching narrative writing strategies • Find examples

  11. The Application Process • College application timeline • Organize due dates, your own personal application timeline, and college info • Spend enough time on each application • Tailor your application, essay, recommendations to the college’s requirements as much as possible

  12. Financial Aid • FAFSA: fafsa.ed.gov • FAFSA forecaster • Grants, loans, scholarships • Send FAFSA info to schools you apply to • As much as you can, seek out other sources of aid such as private scholarships

  13. Scholarships • Steilacoom Historical Education Foundation • fastweb.com • School-specific scholarships • Check clubs, organizations, employers and parents’ employers, scholarships specific to your situation • Mrs. Dagan

  14. Questions?

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