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The college interview used to be a standard component of a student’s application file, but that was when students were applying to one or two colleges.
Today, more and more students are applying to 5, 10 and frequently 12 or more colleges. Admissions offices simply don’t have the manpower to conduct that many interviews.
Some colleges, such as Wake Forest University require an interview; either in-person, on campus or via skype. Many of the more selective colleges and universities offer an optional alumni interview in a student’s hometown or nearby.
Alumni interviews don’t generally...
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Take a deep breath, hit the “submit” button and then exhale.
Thousands of students are doing this every day. But, at the same time they are wondering if they really need to be applying to as many colleges as they had originally planned.
September and October produce long lists of dream schools and right around the beginning of November, reality sets in and students begin revising their list and hone in on their favorites. It’s a lot of work between the application, the essays, personal statement, letters of recommendation, transcripts and testing.
If you’re thinking about narrowing...
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Juniors, the mantle has officially been passed from the seniors to you. You’ve been watching and hearing your senior friends go through the college admissions process, and now it’s your turn.
Buckle up parents and students – it won’t necessarily be bumpy, but it will be an eye-opening ride.
Here are some things you should be thinking about over the next few months:
Academics: Focus on doing well in your classes. You will be applying next fall, so the grades from junior year are the last grades most colleges will see unless they request a first semester senior year transcript. Make an...
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You hear it all the time. When it comes to getting into the college of your choice, put it in caps and punctuate it with a bunch of exclamation points: PLAN AHEAD!!!
“Students who may find their choices limited fall into two categories: lack of college preparatory courses or lack of preparation for college level work in high school,” said Penny Bundy, admissions director at Western Michigan University. “Or, not doing well in college preparatory courses; not having a good academic record in which rigorous courses were attempted and passed.”
With entrance into college continually...
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Josh Isackson, an 18-year-old graduate of Tenafly High School in New Jersey, spent the summer after his sophomore year studying Mandarin in Nanjing, China. The next year he was an intern at a market research firm in Shanghai. When it came time to write a personal statement for his college applications, those summers offered a lot of inspiration.
“When I was thinking about the essay, I realized that taking Chinese was a big part of me,” he said.
So Mr. Isackson wrote about exploring the ancient tombs of the Ming dynasty in the Purple Mountain region of Nanjing, “trading jokes with...
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