College Applica tion WorkshopPa rt I: Orienta tion & Stra tegy Sa n Dieguito Unified School District Septem ber 28, 2021... Building a School List Ta ilored to Your Long Term Goa ls 4..
Trang 1College Applica tion Workshop
Pa rt I: Orienta tion & Stra tegy
Sa n Dieguito Unified School District
Septem ber 28, 2021
Trang 21 How the Process Works: Wha t Ma tters Most
2 Tim eline
3 Building a School List Ta ilored to Your Long
Term Goa ls
4 How You Ca n Sta nd Out a nd Ea rn Adm ission
Trang 3How the College Application Process Works
○ Numbers
■ Gra des
■ Test Scores
○ Story
■ Applica tion Essa ys
■ Activity Descriptions
Trang 4What Matters Most
Dem onstra te your a bility
to a dd va lue to a college com m unity through your story
I Grit
II Leadership III Passion
Trang 5Nov 1: Ea rly Action/ Ea rly Decision I
a pplica tions due
Nov 15: Univ of Wa shington
a pplica tion due
Nov 30: UC/ Ca l Sta te a pplica tions
due
Dec 1: USC priority a pplica tion
dea dline
Jan 1: Regula r Decision/ Ea rly
Decision II due
Trang 6Crafting Your School List
● Reach
● Targets
● Safeties
Trang 7Crafting Your School List: This Process Has Changed !
Trang 81 Com m on App/ Coa lition App Persona l Sta tem ent
2 Supplem enta l Essa ys- why m a jor/ college
(esta blish fit)/ lea dership/ com m unity service/ va lues
(NEXT WEBINAR: 10/12)
3 Activity Descriptions (NEXT WEBINAR: 10/12)
Demonstrate Your Ability To Add Value
Trang 9Demonstrate Your Ability To Add Value
The Persona l Sta tem ent: Your Va lue Proposition
500-650 words to showca se wha t m a kes you specia l
Not wha t you ha ve done BUT How you have grown: perspective
Click Here for Personal Statement Analysis ( Earning Admission Ch 3-4)
Click Here for Picking a Common App Prompt Worksheet
Click Here for Personal Statement Drafting Worksheet
Click Here for additional personal statement examples
Trang 101 Ea rly Decision/ Ea rly Action
2 Priva te Ma tch/ Sa feties for Merit Schola rships
3 Stra tegic Ma jor Selection
4 Disclosing Applica nt Ba ckground
Application Strategy
Trang 111 Ea rly Decision/ Ea rly Action: Not All Are Crea ted
Equa l
Application Strategy
School Admit % (ED) Admit % (RD) ED/Enrolled %
Bucknell University 73 31 62
Claremont McKenna College 35 10 70
Johns Hopkins University 15 5 63
Middlebury College 41 13 69
University of Pennsylvania 15 4 51
Washington University in STL 29 11 60
Trang 122 Priva te Ma tch/ Sa fety Schools for Merit Schola rships
Ba sed on the strength of the a pplica tion (especia lly
gra des/ test scores)
I.e.: Ca se Western (up to ½ tuition); SMU ( up to ½-full tuition); Cha pm a n (up to ½-full tuition)
Application Strategy
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“Majors matter, they say At UC Irvine, admissions officers had to review a record
10 8 ,0 0 0 a p p lica tion s for fre sh m e n sp ots Almost half of the students
applied to just six of 85 majors — with biological sciences the top
choice, selected by nearly 12,000 applicants Oth e r p op u la r m a jors w e re
b u sin e ss a d m in istra tion , n u rsin g scie n ce , com p u te r scie n ce a n d p sych olog y.”
Ap ril 14 , 20 21
Application Strategy
Trang 144 Disclosing Applica nt Ba ckground
Worried a bout being “overrepresented”?
Ra ce/ Gender/ Religion/ Poverty(Wea lth) a re a ll
protected cla sses: NOT REQUIRED TO ANSWER
Application Strategy
Trang 151 Priva te & Out of Sta te University Workshop: 10/ 12
2 UC a nd Ca l Sta te Workshop: 10/ 26
3 Merit Schola rship a nd Fina ncia l Aid Workshop: 11/ 9
Additional Guidance
Trang 16We a re here to provide guida nce a nd support to help you sta nd out a nd ea rn a dm ission to colleges tha t a re grea t fits
for your long-term goa ls
Website: www.kaplaneducationalgroup.com
Email: alex@earningadmission.com
Phone: (858) 395-6791
Questions?