College Admissions

• Your Grades - the most important component

• Test Scores - SATs/ACTs/SAT II

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  In an approximate order of importance:

• Both Volunteering,

  and Extracurricular

• Your chance to shine, writing the Application Essays,

• Special request portfolio items requested by university departments of athletes, musicians, dancers, actors, compositors, artists, graphic designers,choreographers, and others
  • Thoroughly read admission requirements for your intended colleges and intended major well before time to submit
• The College Application.
Make paper copies to practice on, then copy to submit online.
• Teacher Recommendations. Generally for private schools and schools using the the Common Application, which is used by about 275 (mostly, but not only) private colleges and universities, to simplify applying to more than one school. Find a list of those schools at this site, forms for teacher recs and mid-year school reports.

  College Interviews

• Last, but certainly not least,

  What are my chances? Enter your scores and GPA to compare with college criteria

  College Tracker

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  Financial Aid, always starting with the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), which is not nearly as daunting as its reputation makes it out to be. Then, some schools require, in addition to the FAFSA, the

  CSS Profile

  • Colleges, universities, and scholarships that use the CSS profile




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A month-to-month schedule for your senior year: Stay on track


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Learn about:

• Loans

• Grants, Google Search Results on Private and Government Grants

• Fellowships, they are everywhere, and here's a start

• Scholarships, too many to list. A partial list of the thousands of resources, and where to find them.

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SATs, ACTs, SAT II

Volunteering

Extracurricular

College Applications-preparing your portfolio

Writing Application Essays

Financial Aid

Financial Aid Terms and Explanations

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