Download or read book Succeeding in the College Application Journey written by Sebastian Duque and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written by five students of the Class of 2020, all attending undergraduate universities with a full-ride scholarship. Coming from various backgrounds, including first-generation low-income, people of color, and immigrant upbringings, these writers hope to create a new resource to ease the college application process in its whole. As a one-stop-trip, the book covers each step of the college application process including essay writing, scholarship finding, filling out applications, preparation for interviews, and much more. Each writer also shares their testimonies, mistakes, supplemental essays, and overall journey in their process. There is no one way to apply to college and the writers' various paths hope to not only show, but embrace the diversity when applying. Verified by college counselor. / About the Authors: Steven Li was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota but raised in Chicago, Illinois with a family of immigrants from China. His parents' sacrifice to provide him a life in the United States has fueled his passion for entrepreneurship, an opportunity to express his ideas and projects into the real world. In high school, he was the Intern President of the Economic Awareness Council of On the Money Magazine and environmental researcher winning Illinois awards. His involvement within the community has helped him combine his passions of entrepreneurship and youth impact. He is enrolled at Stanford University studying Management Science & Engineering. / Sebastian Duque was born in Pereira, Colombia, and immigrated to the United States when he was 6 years old. Since then, he has lived in Kendall, a suburb of Miami, Florida. Inspired by his parent's sacrifices, Sebastian worked to succeed throughout high school and was president of the Science National Honor Society chapter as well as the secretary of the International Thespian Honor Society. He is also a regional Science Bowl champion and he has been recognized by the National Hispanic Recognition program. In the future, he hopes to combine his love of science with his love for politics and public relations to study environmental policy. As of now, Sebastian is enrolled at Yale University as an Environmental Studies major. / Santiago Alvillar was born and raised in El Monte, California: a Hispanic community on the outskirts of East Los Angeles. He is the youngest of three sons and comes from an Indigenous, Southern Mexican, immigrant household. He has gained multiple national titles including Gates Scholar, Coca-Cola Scholar, Edison STEM Scholar, National Horatio Alger Association Scholar, and Elks Top Male Winner; Santiago has been recognized regionally and interviewed by LA news stations. Currently, he's enrolled at Stanford University hoping to graduate with a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Engineering Physics. / Narvella is a first-generation American, born to a family of Ghanaian immigrants. Narvella was born in Chicago, Illinois but was raised in Montgomery, Illinois. Narvella is enrolled at the University of Chicago, studying Global Health/Global Studies on the pre-medical track. In high school, she served as the President of National Honors Society, Student Council, and Medical Club. As Narvella continues to pursue her goals, she hopes to inspire other Black girls, and people from all backgrounds, to continue to give back to their communities, appreciate education, and to shoot for their goals no matter how far away they seem. / Dayanna Salas was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador but immigrated to the United States at the age of 6 to live in Chicago, Illinois. Her immigration story have fueled her passion to be involved in Ecuadorians politics and she hopes to make positive contributions to her country in the future. Her mixed-race background has sparked an interest in the representation and intersectionality of different identities. She is currently enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania planning to study international relations and economics.
Download or read book Surviving the College Application Process written by Lisa Bleich and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the college application process overwhelm you? Are you unsure about the topic for your main essay? How about which school is the right fit, or how you are going to pay for college? All the students in this book faced a similar task of trying to figure out which college would be the best fit for them and how best to communicate what made them unique to that college. While many books address what you need to do and offer a step-by-step outline, very few show you how and why. Surviving the College Application Process: Case Studies to Help You Find Your Unique Angle for Success offers a different approach. Imagine following eleven students’ journeys in-depth, getting into their heads when they made a decision about which extracurricular activities to pursue, which schools to apply to, and which topics to choose for their essays. Imagine having a tool that will help you think about your own process in a more strategic way. Surviving the College Application Process is organized so that you can find profiles of students who resemble yourself. Read all the case studies or just those that resonate with your own circumstances. With the strategies outlined in this book, you will be well on your way to Surviving the College Application Process. Lisa Bleich, founder and president of College Bound Mentor, LLC, is an experienced independent educational consultant, entrepreneur, marketing consultant, and writer. She mentors students from all over the world on the college application process, helping them uncover their strengths and weaknesses and developing a personal plan for success. She regularly gives presentations on the college application and selection process both locally and nationally. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and three daughters. Two of them have successfully survived the college application process!
Download or read book Hacking Elite College Admissions written by Gaelle Pierre Louis and published by New Degree Press. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that most elite colleges typically accept only about 2,000 students for their incoming class? That means that of the 34,000 valedictorians, class presidents, and star athletes graduating from high school every year, an average of only 6% applying to selective colleges will be accepted. Given the stiff competition, you may be wondering, how you can stand out in the college admissions process. In Hacking Elite College Admissions: 50 Surprising Insights on the College Application Process, you will learn: How to write a meaningful college admissions essay The role of testing and grades in the admissions process How to motivate your advocates, i.e. guidance counselors, teachers, mentors, to write excellent letters of recommendation on your behalf How to apply for scholarships in order to make college affordable While the college application process can be overwhelming, this comprehensive guide includes expert advice from admissions officers to help guide you through this process with accurate up-to-date information. You do not need to do this alone! On the Back Cover: Please include Foreword on the Back Cover of my book. Foreword by John Branam, Executive Director of Get Schooled Foundation
Download or read book Surviving the College Application Process written by Jennifer Romano and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The college admissions landscape and the steps to apply can be overwhelming and confusing! This mini guide is a quick resource highlighting key components to consider in the effort to decode and demystify the college application process for the college-bound student and their family. Covering topics such as essential application components, standardizing testing, personal statements, and financial aid, Surviving the College Application Process is your secret weapon for navigating the college research, planning, and selection process. Light-hearted and accessible, this book can be read from cover to cover or referenced as needed by college-bound students, their families, school counselors, and anyone interested in post-secondary education.
Download or read book Acing the College Application written by Michele Hernandez and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With so many qualified applicants, competition for college admissions is fiercer than ever. Now you can put yourself ahead of the pack by making your application flawless! When applying for college, good grades and high standardized test scores are not always enough to guarantee admission. What sets you apart, argues Michele Hernández, is the way you describe yourself in your application. But how do you present yourself with flair, and highlight all your talents, skills, and passions, in just a few pages? A former assistant director of admissions at Dartmouth College, Dr. Hernández takes you step-by-step through the entire application process, revealing the details that make or break an applicant. From the multitude of short and longer essays to the myriad of charts, lists, and personal data sections, she offers essential advice, useful anecdotes, and vivid examples. Included are: • A line-by-line look at the common application • The truth about the essays, with samples of those that made the grade • The best way to ask for teacher and guidance counselor recommendations • When to provide colleges with optional essays and peer evaluations • The ten common myths and misconceptions of the on-campus interview • The most meaningful academic subjects, work experience, and extracurricular activities to mention • Early action versus early decision—the trade offs With this helpful, savvy book, prospective college students—and their parents and counselors—can now vastly improve their chances of getting into the college of their choice. “Want to scale the Ivy wall? Michele Hernández gives you the tools to do it. This brisk, no-nonsense book is built on inside dope, and Hernández’s experience allows her to challenge conventional admissions thinking.” —HARRY BAULD Author of On Writing the College Application Essay
Download or read book Prepped for Success written by A. Nicki Washington and published by Game Educational Services. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College is an exciting time in any young person's life. However, getting there requires much more than simply searching for scholarships. The admissions process requires completing a number of steps before freshman move-in, including: Identifying Schools and Majors Completing Admissions Applications Preparing for and Taking Standardized Tests Understanding and Finding Financial Aid Completing the FAFSA Post-Decision Activities In Prepped for Success, you find all of the information you need and more to ensure your student has the most competitive advantage possible when applying to colleges and universities. In addition to the steps above, this second edition includes new information for parents and students on: Changes to the SAT and ACT New Financial Aid Opportunities Information for First-Generation College Students Each chapter includes a suggested timeline to complete activities and FAQs, ensuring you are actively involved and have an organized plan of action for your student's senior year of high school. Don't wait until it's too late. Get started on your student's future today! Dr. Nicki Washington is also the author of Stay Prepped: 10 Steps to Succeeding in College (and Having a Ball Doing It)! She is a noted professor and speaker, participating in various workshops and events dedicated to college prep, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and computer science.
Download or read book Prepped for Success written by A. Nicki Washington and published by Game Educational Services. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Should my child take the SAT or ACT? What types of financial aid are available? What is the FAFSA? When should we schedule campus tours? If you are a parent, and don't know or remember the answer to these questions, then this is the one book you should read. This guide for parents presents what you need to help your child successfully complete the college application process, including: choosing schools, understanding financial aid, information for international students, completing applications, post-decision activities, and standardized tests. Each chapter includes a suggested timeline to complete activities and FAQs, ensuring you are actively involved and have an organized plan of action for your child's senior year of high school.
Download or read book Their College Journey written by Leo Sanada and published by Weadmit. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As parents, we all want our children to succeed-and in today's world, getting into the right college is critical to that success.Unfortunately, the college application process is a complex one, and this holds back far too many students. From the huge variety of paperwork to the fees, requirements, and deadlines, students have a lot of work ahead of them if they want to make the most of their college applications.However, more than any of these logistical hurdles, the one thing that confounds students and their parents the most is a simple question: What's the secret to getting into college?This is a hard question to answer for anyone outside of college admissions. On the one hand, many people preach the importance of perfect grades and high SAT scores, yet students get into top universities every year without these things. Some say colleges want to see students overcoming hardship, while others push for a greater focus on college essays-yet, once again, colleges admit many students without these things.At the end of the day, the reality of college admissions is far more complex than any of these one-sided perspectives. Students need all of these things-good grades, high test scores, compelling writing skills-to some degree, but they also don't need to be perfect. In fact, crafting a successful college application is more about teamwork, passion, and self-reflection than raw numbers.Of course, that doesn't mean you and your child don't have a lot of hard work ahead of you.To truly impress the best colleges in the US, you'll need to help your child not only understand themselves, but their hopes and dreams for the future as well. What are their passions, what drives them, and what story are they trying to tell? These aren't easy questions, and that's where we come in.This book will guide you through far more than just GPA and SAT scores- it will help you understand your role in your child's success and show you how to get them involved too. It will help you take their college applications to another level.In the end, this book will help you push past the myth that college applications are nothing but a numbers game-because they simply aren't. In reality, college is about passion and purpose, and we're here to help your child find both
Download or read book The College Bound Organizer written by Anna Costaras and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College Bound? College Bound Organizer is your step-by-step comprehensive guide to organize every step of the college application process from college search through college admission. College admissions is tougher than ever: Between now and 2020, about 90 million high schoolers in the U.S. will try to get into college. And, nearly three million students are expected to enroll as first-time freshmen in degree-granting institutions in the United States this school year. Each of these students will apply to many schools — five, 10, perhaps as many as 20 — and each of those applications has a daunting number of T’s to cross and I’s to dot. With standardized test taking and school visits, the college application essay to write and forms to fill out, there is so much to do. Applying to college is intimidating and overwhelming for both teenagers and parents. “Planning ahead and “getting there first” can do more than help students get into a good college — it can provide them with life skills, a solid education, and lifelong friends.” – Business Insider If you intend to be college bound: The challenge is to be well informed, prepared, focused and organized throughout the multi-step college search and admission process. Your solution is The College Bound Organizer, the ultimate guide to help students effectively navigate this very complicated and stressful process. "Using The College Bound Organizer is one way to help you stay focused on what is really important."--Edward B. Fiske, bestselling author of Fiske Guide to Colleges The College Bound Organizer helps students: • Understand what admission officers are looking for in an applicant • Prevent common mistakes students make on their applications • Build a personal profile • Plan an individualized testing schedule • Research colleges to identify schools that are a good fit • Develop a balanced list of schools • Secure letters of recommendation • Complete and submit applications accurately and on time • Develop the college application essay • Apply for financial aid and scholarships • Ace interviews • Sort through and manage application results • Make a final decision
Download or read book The Chosen written by Jerome Karabel and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on decades of research, Karabel shines a light on the ever-changing definition of "merit" in college admissions, showing how it shaped--and was shaped by--the country at large.
Download or read book The College Bound Organizer written by Anna Costaras and published by Mango Media. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your step-by-step comprehensive guide to organize every step of the college application process from college search through college admission. College admissions is tougher than ever. With standardized test taking and school visits, the college application essay to write and forms to fill out, there is so much to do. Applying to college is intimidating and overwhelming for both teenagers and parents. The challenge is to be well informed, prepared, focused and organized throughout the multi-step college search and admission process. Your solution is The College Bound Organizer, the ultimate guide to help students effectively navigate this very complicated and stressful process. The College Bound Organizer helps students: Understand what admission officers are looking for in an applicant Prevent common mistakes students make on their applications Build a personal profile Plan an individualized testing schedule Research colleges to identify schools that are a good fit Develop a balanced list of schools Secure letters of recommendation Complete and submit applications accurately and on time Develop the college application essay Apply for financial aid and scholarships Ace interviews Sort and manage application results Make a final decision “Planning ahead and ‘getting there first’ can do more than help students get into a good college—it can provide them with life skills, a solid education, and lifelong friends.” — Business Insider “Using The College Bound Organizer is one way to help you stay focused on what is really important.” —Edward B. Fiske, bestselling author of Fiske Guide to Colleges
Download or read book Tackling College Admissions written by Cheryl Paradis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tackling College Admissions provides parents with timely strategies and management skills to successfully steer their teen into the college that is best suited for them. With unique insights and tactics for organizing, motivating, and negotiating with their teen, the book also provides parents with important "survival" strategies to cope with this stressful time in the parent-teen relationship.
Download or read book Writing a Successful College Application Essay written by George Ehrenhaft and published by Barrons Educational Series Incorporated. This book was released on 1993 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the qualities of effective college application essays and offers tips on topics, composition, rewriting, editing, and proofreading
Download or read book Pathways to Success written by Alrick S. Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The University Bound Organizer written by Anna Costaras and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For international students: the only book you’ll ever need to guide you through the US college and university admissions process. University admissions in the United States is tougher than ever. Nearly three million students are expected to enroll as first-time freshmen in colleges and universities in the United States this school year. How can you prepare, get organized, and stay focused throughout the search and admission process? Applying to university can be intimidating and overwhelming for both teens and parents. The process is a maze of standardized tests, school research, university fairs, applications, interviews, CVs, essays, and deadlines. This university planner will guide you easily through each stage and includes tips to help you submit your best application. The University Bound Organizer helps students: Understand what US admission officers are looking for in an applicant Prevent common mistakes students make on their applications Build a personal profile Plan an individualized testing schedule Research universities to identify schools that are a good fit Develop a balanced list of schools Secure letters of recommendation Complete and submit applications accurately and on time Develop their university application essay Apply for financial aid and scholarships Ace interviews Sort and manage application results Make a final decision
Download or read book Admission Matters written by Sally P. Springer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Third edition of the go-to reference to college admission Getting into college has never been more complicated or competitive. Parents and students need expert guidance to navigate the maze of college admissions. This thoroughly updated edition of Admission Matters is the best source, covering the whole process for any applicant. The authors offer great practical advice for selecting the right school, writing effective essays, navigating financial aid, and much more. No matter what type of school a college-bound student may select, Admission Matters will give them the edge they need. Offers an essential resource for understanding the admission process for all students applying to college Addresses the most recent changes to the college application process New sections include information for international students, transfer students, and students with learning disabilities, as well as expanded advice for athletes, artists, and homeschoolers This is an essential handbook for any family facing the college admission process.
Download or read book How They Got into Harvard written by Staff of the Harvard Crimson and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proven Admissions Strategies from Successful Students In How They Got into Harvard, fifty successful applicants to Harvard University share their tips and tactics for succeeding in the college admissions process. The students profiled in this book were not all class valedictorians, star athletes, or Harvard "legacies." In fact, many were simply strong all-around applicants who beat the odds and got into one of the country's most selective institutions. Through each concise account of a single student's résumé and admissions story, you'll learn lessons and strategies that you can use on your own applications. In all, eight key admissions strategies are addressed, including: -How to identify and present a key talent -How to make your well-roundedness an asset, not a weakness -How to forge connections and use them to your advantage Each student profile also includes all their vital information, including: -Test scores and GPA -Extracurricular activities and awards -Family background and hometown
