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DECK: October 9 - (US): 10 Common Admissions Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them) Google Slides

DECK: October 9 - (US): 10 Common Admissions Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them) Google Slides

DECK: October 9 - (US): 10 Common Admissions Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them) Google Slides

DECK: October 9 - (US): 10 Common Admissions Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them) Google Slides

DECK: October 9 (US): 10 Common Admissions Mistakes (And How t0 Avoid Them) Google Slides

DECK: October 9 - (US): 10 Common Admissions Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them) Google Slides

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DECK: October 9 (US): 10 Common Admissions Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them) Google Slides

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Do honors classes and being apart of honors societies in community college increase your chances of being accepted?

Crimson Education North America 05.12 PM

Honors classes at the community college can certainly bolster your acdemic profile to show admissions officers that you are adding rigor to your courses; especially if you are going beyond the highest level of courses at your school. In terms of being apart of honor societies; you can leave a notbale impact through your participation and you want to be sure to write about impact in the activities list. your

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should we send formal both SAT and AP scores from college board to each college applying

Crimson Education North America 05.13 PM

If a school is test optional; you should be submitting your SAT score if it falls within the should plan on sending scores especially if the content of the exam matches your inteded major/field.

if a school is test this year, is there any advantage to submit a test score? optional

Crimson Education North America 05.14 PM

Yes, there is an advantage because it gives admissions officers another metric to add to your

if we are compared to our cohort of high schools, what if we are the only IB school in the city does that being compared to my other classmates? being

Crimson Education North America

Admissions officers read applications regionally, classmates will evaluate your school's profile to ensure that you are the most rigiorous courses and are excelling: They taking

Scotte Massey

attend a high performing; nationally ranked HS. have told to. Please explain. Thanks!

Aibne Usail

05.17 PM

Does competing in martial art (Taekwondo) at international level (south Asian Games level or Asian Games level) qualify me as an athlete? And Will it help me to in assuming my academics is Top get good?

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On the activities section on the common app should you research that was published be preferable

Crimson Education North America 05.23 PM

Good question! Depending on the degree of impact you left in each activity and the importance to you should be the factors considered when champion that could be listed first, but if not then research should be higher! lisiting

are available in Jan/Feb of previous they year?

Crimson Education North America 05.36 PM

Essay prompts are usually posted on the Common App website in January or February! Here is the link from this year's annoucement:

prompts

Would you include classes you took on Harvard EdX?

Crimson Education North America 05.35 PM

You can certainly list Harvard EdX in the courses

On the common data information given do schools consider the super score when report the 759? Or the median? admitted is that what generally judge you on if take super scores? Or the median? they top they they

Crimson Education North America 05.34 PM

If the school accepts the superscore, will evaluate the superscore rather than the median. they

What is school doesnt offer AP's? Are Schools not going to consider application? Top

Crimson Education North America 05.33 PM

The admissions officers will look over your student's school profile that says what courses are offered. The student's application will be reviewed and will not be penalized for not taking AP courses if are not offered. they they

was at how little room there is for description of activities. What is the most important information to in there: basic description of the activity or achievements within that activity? suprised put

Crimson Education North America 05.38 PM

We are covering this question now! The most important to note is numbers to measure impact and to not use full sentences. Stay tuned for our to receive 1:1 support and our experts can provide guidance on writing activity descriptions. thing using poll

Not everyone can be the Club President but a very strong contributor, how to show case?

Crimson Education North America

Use numbers to show your individual impact and even supplement your participation by developing a capstone project to showcase leadership and your unique skillset. unique

If my school doesn't recognize honors of class rank, how will that affect me?

Crimson Education North America

You will not be affected, because the school profile provided to the admissions officers will school.

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won at the end of 8th Grade ? Or is it an absolute no-no?

How do colleges view IB Diplomas versus regular high school diplomas?

Crimson Education North America 05.40 PM

IB Diplomas are highly regarded; but it is more important to note that students are being compared to what is available at their school. A student whose school does not offer IB will not be penalized.

Crimson Education North America 05.44 PM

If you do not have newer and stronger honors from your time in high school, you can list it. However, it is reccomended to note your honors and awards from 9th-12th grade.

Do you enter the description of the activities in the past or in the present?

For example; 2022-present: participated?

2022-2023: participated?

Crimson Education North America 05.45 PM

Most of the descriptions should be in past-tense; because you want to show the impact that you project or are in the middle of an activityyou can write in the present (and sometimes in the future tense )

How best to explain a down year academically? My son's sophomore year was awful but he rebounded with a 4.2 junior year. Still, the overall GPA is lower than lots of schools might like.

Kimberley 05.55 PM

Utilizing the counselor can be great to explain this dip. The counselor can provide information on what maybe happened, and then underscore just something he mentions in the additional information section too; but recommend leaning in on the rebound