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If I wanted to go to a school like Northwestern, for example, what would I need to prep? |
A. I'm going into the IB (http://www.ibo.org) program . B. Also I want to go to Northwestern's Journalism program (Medill) or Columbia. Something along those lines. C. I plan on taking the newspaper course at my high school for the last two years. I'm taking photography and I'm taking all my required english classes. D. So far I have a 3.95 CGPA and I take ALLLLLL honors classes. E. I'm two math classes ahead for my grade level and I get high As and have only gotten one A- so far (this was in science... which I obiously won't need.) F. I run cross country, and I plan on doing track. G. I find time to volunteer as much as possible. But in todays field of competitive colleges is this really enough? You're doing great. Stick with all those activities, maybe volunteer a little, take some AP classes next year, and write a kick-*** essay for admission. Look: GREET. *G*rades- get good grades and take honors and AP classes, if you can handle them. *R*ecommendations- ask teachers that like you to give you letters for your applications. Give them as much information as possible about you that makes you stand out from a crowd. If they have any anecdotes about your good qualities ask them to include them. *E*xtra-Curricular Activities- If you play sports, do volunteer work, participate in any organizations or clubs, let them know. Defintiely get involved. Be consistent and stick with a small number (1-10) of activities. Choose your favorite couple and take leadership positions. Be the secretary of a club, join the band at church, keep track of your volunteer hours, etc. *E*ssay- Write a kick-*** essay for your application. Really work on it. This is your opportunity to let admissions officers know who you are, what makes you different, and how you did or did not benefit from your life experiences. This is where you explain a semester that you got bad grades or why you chose to quit a sport after your sophomore year. This is where you tell them how you stick out in their applicant pool. The topics are usually general, so if you write 2-3 essays the summer before your senior year (find the prompts online), all you'll really have to do when application time rolls around is tailor each essay a little bit. This is super important. *T*est Scores- study well for SAT, ACT, SAT Subject Tests, AP, IB, whatever exams. Get a good night sleep beforehand, bring extra pencils, a jacket, fuzzy socks, whatever. Do what you need to do to perform well on standardized tests. Grades and Test Scores are the main criteria for most colleges. This is usually how they'll decide to admit you or not. Everything else is a "tipping factor". If the admissions officer is trying to decide whether to admit you or somebody else with the same GPA and Test Scores, that's where your essay, extra-curriculars, and recommendations really come into play. Find a major that you you want to pursue, find colleges that offer that major that fit your criteria (location, size, student body characteristics, etc.) and apply to these schools. Categorize them as follows. "Really Sure" = "I can get into this school no problem". "Range" = "My info matches the average statistics at this school, so I should get in" "Reach" = "I'm on the low end of this school's statistics, but I think that I might be able to get in if I work really hard on my essay" Good luck! E-mail me if you need help! LIke she said, keep up the good work! Can you tour the campus before you apply? Its always good to get to know the administration/admissions people. Get their email address, you can you usually find them on the schools website if you do some digging, and shoot them some questions. Ask them what they look for in essays/applicants. Also, have you ever written any articles for you school newspaper? Wow, you're doing great so far, just keep up the good work. Make sure you study hard for/do well on the SAT. Also try your best in Math and Science courses. My psychology professors told me that college admissions look at Math and Science grades to determine how well you'll do in college. So obviously colleges want someone who will do well in college. |
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