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Aside from looking
good on a college application, participating in an after - school activity could potentially work in your favor when it's time to take those intimidating entrance exams.
«Everyone I know is trying to find any smidgen of time to
work on college applications,» said Kelly Simonson, 17, a Poolesville High senior who is taking six Advanced Placement classes and facing four deadlines in coming days.
Here a reader confronts the mindlessness of the decision that, in the name of ensuring that students are college ready, the Malloy administration is forcing high school juniors to take the Smarter Balanced Assessment Field Test of a test rather than actually spend their
time on the college application process.
Project Kaleidoscope, which involved
including on a college application questions that assessed WICS, goes beyond the Rainbow Project to include in its assessments the construct of wisdom.
Families believe that having a varsity
sport on a college application is important, and cross country is a varsity sport that's good for you — so it combines two positives.
The ACT has scheduled a makeup exam on Jan. 14 for 53 students whose answer sheets went missing after taking the test at Roslyn High School in October, which has left them lacking scores to
submit on their college applications.
According to Variety, 16 year old actress Natalie Alyn Lind (Gotham, The Goldbergs) joins as a series regular, playing Lauren, a «smart, pretty, popular, organized and already
ahead on her college applications, she is the model of a perfect kid.»
Check out the article here, today's editorial in the Denver Post, and several recent NY Times
articles on college applications and what these schools are doing to boost their reputation.
A program that gives students college preparation and a competitive edge on college applications
The best way to «sell» one's teenager on being a hospital volunteer or helping in a summer camp for the retarded is self - interest: «It will look
good on your college application; it will teach you something you can use later on» If the young manage to catch a glimpse of selflessness in the process, fine; but we didn't direct them to value that part of the experience, nor did we expect that they would think of it in terms of «service» to others.
The U.S. Department of Education released a resource guide today to give colleges and universities alternatives to asking for criminal
history on college applications — a question that has been shown to prevent an estimated 70 million citizens from pursing higher education.
For juniors and seniors, some counselors coordinate a zero period before school so students can take practice tests or
work on college applications.
Students were not ashamed to tell me that their parents forced them to join National Honor Society because it looks good
on college applications.
The hilarious and unbelievable part is that it is schools like STANFORD (most specifically), Berkeley and UCLA that demand to see this extreme level of performance and more (they neglected to mention after school tutors)
on college applications.
In the opening moments of «The Spectacular Now,» 17 - year - old Sutter is trying to bluff his way through the infamous personal essay
on a college application.
On some college applications you are required to answer personal insight questions.
Proponents — including President Clinton and former President Bush — say participating in community service builds character, teaches civic responsibility, opens doors to career possibilities, looks good
on college applications and resumes, and often provides services for communities they otherwise might not have.
She was the kind of girl who could do uncool things like act as secretary for the Future Farmers of America after - school club or solicit funds for Unicef during lunch hour (she told me having a wide range of interests looked good
on college applications) and the consensus would still be: Wow.
In describing the trend he notes: «Summers have disappeared completely, sadly, because so many [students] are doing what they think will look good
on college application... So I actually think the gap year may be the new summer.»
Helped teens established career and educational goals, including assisting
them on their college applications, resume writing and job search.