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1 Winning your college application Jess Thomas Yale - B.A. Psychology Miami University - M.A. Biology (in progress) Teacher & Tutor for SAT/ACT/Revised SAT The Princeton Review (206)

Agenda 2 Application Process SAT and ACT Getting In How we can help Questions

Application process 3 Secure your references Finalize your list Write your essay(s) Complete your applications

Application process 4 Secure your references Who knows you? 2 Teachers 1 Extracurricular Ask them tomorrow if you haven’t yet

Application process 5 Finalize your list 6-10 schools 3-4 Reaches 2-3 Matches 1-2 Safeties Your excitement shouldn’t correspond to their selectivity

Application process 6 Write your essay 650 words Show, don’t tell Be yourself Have 1-2 people help edit and proofread Keep your own voice! Revise over weeks or months, not days

Application process 7 Don’t write about Sports Divorce Destinations Dating Drugs Death Powerful, but too common

Application process 8 Complete your applications Most are common app Rank your activities Leadership Length Love Turn it in a few days early

Agenda 9 Application Process SAT and ACT Getting In How we can help Questions

SAT & ACT 10

SAT & ACT 11

Prepare for once, Plan for twice, Three if need be Many colleges will SuperScore for SAT, and some for ACT SAT & ACT 12

SAT & ACT 13

SAT & ACT SAT takes off ¼ point for every wrong multiple- choice question ACT does not take off points for wrong answers 14

SAT & ACT 15 Tests are LONG! Too many questions Trap answers

SAT & ACT 16 Accuracy is more important than speed SLOW DOWN! Answer fewer questions, but get them right.

SAT & ACT 17 What is the capital of Malawi?

SAT & ACT 18 What is the capital of Malawi? A)London B)Tokyo C)Paris D)Madrid E)Lilongwe Use Process of Elimination and then guess

Agenda 19 Application Process SAT and ACT Getting In How we can help Questions

●Intellectual prowess and curiosity ●Effective passion and leadership A motivated, interesting and diverse study body Getting In 20

Quantitative portion 1)Transcript 2)GPA 3)SAT/ACT 4)Subject Tests* *Required or recommended by about 100 most selective schools Getting In 21

Getting In 22 Most students don’t spend more than 15 hours preparing. Test Scores = 20%

Qualitative portion 1)Essay(s) 2)Extracurriculars 3)Awards/Honors 4)References 5)Interviews 6)Interest Getting In 23

Agenda 24 Application Process SAT and ACT Getting In How we can help Questions

How we can help 25

Online SAT/ACT course ●Best instructors nationwide ●Interactive, structured class ●Better scores guaranteed* $699 or $999 * e How we can help 26

How we can help 27 E.g. Weekends SAT for December

College Search ●Develop your list ●Find new schools ●Get the stats Free -- try tonight! How we can help 28

How we can help 29 E.g. University of Washington

GPA ●Academic tutoring ●Online, on-demand ●Connect within seconds $39.99/hr Billed by the minute First 30 minutes free How we can help 30

How we can help 31 E.g. Help with Calculus

Agenda 32 Application Process SAT and ACT Getting In How we can help Questions

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