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Monday, September 15, 2014

What Admissions Counselors look for.....3 different links

Please read all three as some are different.

http://www.collegexpress.com/articles-and-advice/admission/ask-experts/what-do-admission-counselors-look-college-applications/



The National Association of College Admissions Officers (NACAC) does an annual survey of more than 10,000 public and private college admission counselors to determine what factors they consider when making admission decisions. Twelve items regularly show up, and vary only slightly in their rankings on the list from year to year.
Here is the list of the twelve main factors*, ranked in order of importance:
  1. Grades in College Prep Courses (AP and/or IB)
  2. Strength of Curriculum Offered at High School - honors classes/college classes
  3. ACT and/or SAT Test Scores
  4. Grades in All Courses
  5. Essay
  6. Demonstrated Interest
  7. Class Rank
  8. Counselor Recommendation Letter
  9. Teacher Recommendation Letter
  10. AP and/or IB test scores
  11. Interview
  12. Extracurricular Activities

What they look for instead is that students have taken challenging college prep courses and have made A’s and B’s in those courses. If students focus on challenging themselves andworking for strong grades, they will have the GPA’s they need for merit based scholarships, and also have the credentials they need to be competitive in the college admissions’ process.

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