college application
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Presenters:
Alisha Thompson
Elaine Bush
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*Minimize choices
*Advantages/Disadvantages
*Focus in
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*Application
*Essay and/or Personal Mission Statements
*Supplements (optional)
*SAT/ACT Scores
*Transcripts
*Letters of Recommendation
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*Colleges’ Application vs. Commonapp.org
*Future Plans
*Applicant
*Demographics
*Family
*Education
*Academics
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Common Application Essay Questions:
*Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
*Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
*Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
*Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
*A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.
*Topic of your choice.
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What is it?
*Definition of who you are
*How you will/want to live
Why?
*Tells them what your values are
*Lets them get a sense of what you want
“A personal mission statement becomes the DNA for every other decision
we make.” - Stephen Covey
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* I am at my best when…
* I am at my worst when…
*What do I really love to do at work?
*What do I really love to do in my personal life?
*My natural talents & gifts are…
* If I had unlimited time & resources & knew I could not fail, what would I choose to do?
*My life’s journey is…
*What would people say about you on your 80th birthday?
*“Do what you feel in your heart to be right… for
you’ll be criticized anyway.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
*“If you are not willing to look stupid, nothing
great is ever going to happen to you.” – Dr.
Gregory House
*“There are far, far better things ahead than any
we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis
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Pick one woman in history or fiction to converse with for an hour and explain
your choice.
Alumna and writer Anna Quindlen says that she “majored in unafraid” at Barnard.
Tell us about a time when you majored in unafraid.
List the required readings from courses during the school year or summer
that enjoyed most in the past year
Tell us about something you heard or experienced for the first time and how
the years since have affected your perception of that moment.
What intrigues you? Tell about one work of art, scientific achievement, piece of
literature, method of communication, or place in the world and explain its
significance to you.
*Which one?
*When?
*How?
*Retake?
*Importance?
*Parchment.com
*What shows up on them
*When to send them
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*When should I get them?
*How many do I need/want?
*Who do I get them from?
*How do I get them?