APPLYING TO AMERICAN COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES

AGENDA

• OVERVIEW OF STATISTICS• TYPES OF U.S. COLLEGES• WHAT DO COLLEGES LOOK FOR• ADMISSIONS CRITERIA• THE COMMON APPLICATION• APPLICATION TYPES• ATHLETES• PREPARATIONS BEFORE GRADE 12

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Types of Schools

Public Universities

Private Universities

Arts & Design and

MusicSchoolsLiberal Arts

Ivy League

COLLEGE SELECTION IS A FIT TO BE MADE…NOT A PRIZE TO BE WON!

APPLICATION #’S UPHARVARD +15%

PRINCETON +29%BROWN +20%CORNELL +35%

THE RESULT ?

ACCEPTANCE RATES DOWN

passion, commitment and expressed interest in the school

TYPES OF SCHOOLS

• LIBERAL ARTS• PRIVATE • IVY LEAGUE• ART DESIGN SCHOOLS• MUSIC SCHOOLS• PUBLIC

IVY LEAGUE

Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, U Penn., Yale.

TOP PRIVATE UNIVERSITIESCALTECHDUKE,

GEORGETOWNJOHNS HOPKINS

MITNORTHWESTERN

STANFORD

TOP PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

• COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY• UC BERKLEY• UCLA• UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN• UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA• US MILITARY ACADEMY• US NAVAL ACADEMY

TOP LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES

• AMHERST• BOWDOIN• HAVERFORD• MIDDLEBURY• SWARTHMORE• WILLIAMS

TOP ART AND DESIGN SCHOOLS

• CAL ARTS• COOPER UNION• R.I.S.D.• YALE UNIVERSITY

TOP MUSIC SCHOOLS

• BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC• CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC• JULLIARD SCHOOL• NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY

WHAT DO SCHOOLS LOOK FOR?

PERSONAL

GRADES

SAT/ACT

SMALL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE

WHAT DO SCHOOLS LOOK FOR?

PERSONAL

GRADES

SAT/ACT

IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL

WHAT DO SCHOOLS LOOK FOR?

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SAT/ACT

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Criteria for Admissions Weighting

THE COMMON APPLICATION

THE COMMON APP

CHECK LIST• The Common Application form• High School transcripts• SAT/ACT scores• 2 SAT subject tests• Long Essay• Short Essay• Supplementals• List of Extra-curriculars• 2 teacher recommendations• Counsellor recommendation• Interview

WHAT THEY CONSIDER

APPLICATION TYPES

ROLLING NOV-MARCH ROLLING

EARLY DECISION NOV 1ST DEC 15TH

REGULAR JANUARY 1ST APRIL 1ST

PREPARING YOURSELF FOR THE PROCESS

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