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10 ways to improve and strengthen your application in our Top school Tuesdays:
Challenging classes- No application will shine if you don't have strong academic records. Admission officers will not be satisfied by just your extracurricular activities. It is very important to take up classes that challenge your minds and not money. Your core subjects need to have good grades. Your extracurricular activities won't help in calculating your GPA. Join classes that accelerate your knowledge.
Award winning Essays- Application essays are rated as very important in all colleges. Manage the space well. Essays have specific categories where you can list your accomplishments, extracurricular activities. Do not merge them. Be organized in writing your essay. Your essay should reflect your character.
Thoughtful essay topics- Avoid writing on bad essay topics. Topics like drug addiction, GMAT life, politics, and tragedy based events; comic scene, jail life (or anything negative related to you or your family) should be strictly avoided.
Recommendation letters- Recommendation letters are from the people who know you well and not from those who you know well. Avoid letters from celebs or well known authorities as these may appear artificial. Your teachers, mentors and coaches may know you well and can write about your passions and character well. Six blunders that you should avoid-
Be punctual; do not miss your deadlines.
Avoid making early decisions and applying when you are not confirmed which school to apply.
Carelessness in writing wrong college name will directly reject your application.
Inform your counselors that you have applied online too.
Waiting till last minute for letter of recommendation.
Parent's involvement in admission process.
Interview questions- Be precise and prompt in answering questions like 'tell me about yourself'. Be thoughtful while answering questions. Your answers should reflect how ambitious and passionate you are.
Avoid interview mistakes- Reach in time at the Interview location. Do not be late. Dress up properly in formals. Do not talk much. Answer to the point.
Update your social networking sites- To get to know the real image of applicant; admission officers sometimes visit their profiles where they can come to know about your actual image. so try to update them properly and with professional touch try to feed only limited data.
Show interest- You can show that you are interested in specific college by campus visits, contacting the admission officer and asking your doubts, sending a thank you greeting to the ones who have helped you (college representatives).
Extracurricular activities that add- Mention extracurricular activity like volunteering, managing events in families and communities, joining a student council and leading it.
Challenging classes- No application will shine if you don't have strong academic records. Admission officers will not be satisfied by just your extracurricular activities. It is very important to take up classes that challenge your minds and not money. Your core subjects need to have good grades. Your extracurricular activities won't help in calculating your GPA. Join classes that accelerate your knowledge.
Award winning Essays- Application essays are rated as very important in all colleges. Manage the space well. Essays have specific categories where you can list your accomplishments, extracurricular activities. Do not merge them. Be organized in writing your essay. Your essay should reflect your character.
Thoughtful essay topics- Avoid writing on bad essay topics. Topics like drug addiction, GMAT life, politics, and tragedy based events; comic scene, jail life (or anything negative related to you or your family) should be strictly avoided.
Recommendation letters- Recommendation letters are from the people who know you well and not from those who you know well. Avoid letters from celebs or well known authorities as these may appear artificial. Your teachers, mentors and coaches may know you well and can write about your passions and character well. Six blunders that you should avoid-
Be punctual; do not miss your deadlines.
Avoid making early decisions and applying when you are not confirmed which school to apply.
Carelessness in writing wrong college name will directly reject your application.
Inform your counselors that you have applied online too.
Waiting till last minute for letter of recommendation.
Parent's involvement in admission process.
Interview questions- Be precise and prompt in answering questions like 'tell me about yourself'. Be thoughtful while answering questions. Your answers should reflect how ambitious and passionate you are.
Avoid interview mistakes- Reach in time at the Interview location. Do not be late. Dress up properly in formals. Do not talk much. Answer to the point.
Update your social networking sites- To get to know the real image of applicant; admission officers sometimes visit their profiles where they can come to know about your actual image. so try to update them properly and with professional touch try to feed only limited data.
Show interest- You can show that you are interested in specific college by campus visits, contacting the admission officer and asking your doubts, sending a thank you greeting to the ones who have helped you (college representatives).
Extracurricular activities that add- Mention extracurricular activity like volunteering, managing events in families and communities, joining a student council and leading it.
