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Winning your college application

Jess ThomasYale - B.A. PsychologyMiami University - M.A. Biology (in progress)Teacher & Tutor for SAT/ACT/Revised SAT

The Princeton Review(206) 204-4924infonorthwest@review.com

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Application Process

SAT and ACT

Getting In

How we can help

Questions

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Secure your references

Finalize your list

Write your essay(s)

Complete your applications

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Secure your references

• Who knows you?

• 2 Teachers

• 1 Extracurricular

• Ask them tomorrow if you haven’t yet

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Finalize your list

• 6-10 schools

• 3-4 Reaches

• 2-3 Matches

• 1-2 Safeties

Your excitement shouldn’t correspond to their selectivity

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Write your essay

• 650 words

• Show, don’t tell

• Be yourself

• Have 1-2 people help edit and proofread

• Keep your own voice!

Revise over weeks or months, not days

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Don’t write about

• Sports

• Divorce

• Destinations

• Dating

• Drugs

• Death

Powerful, but too common

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Complete your applications

• Most are common app

• Rank your activities

• Leadership

• Length

• Love

• Turn it in a few days early

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Application Process

SAT and ACT

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Prepare for once,

Plan for twice,

Three if need be

Many colleges will SuperScore for SAT, and some for ACT

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SAT & ACT

SAT takes off ¼ point for every wrong multiple-choice question

ACT does not take off points for wrong answers

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Tests are LONG!

Too many questions

Trap answers

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Accuracy is more important than speed

SLOW DOWN!Answer fewer questions, but get

them right.

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What is the capital of Malawi?

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What is the capital of Malawi?

A) London

B) Tokyo

C) Paris

D) Madrid

E) Lilongwe

Use Process of Elimination and then guess

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Application Process

SAT and ACT

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● Intellectual prowess and curiosity

● Effective passion and leadership

A motivated, interesting and diverse study body

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Quantitative portion

1) Transcript

2) GPA

3) SAT/ACT

4) Subject Tests*

*Required or recommended by about 100 most selective schools

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Most students don’t spend more than 15 hours preparing.

Test Scores =

20%

Qualitative portion

1) Essay(s)

2) Extracurriculars

3) Awards/Honors

4) References

5) Interviews

6) Interest

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Application Process

SAT and ACT

Getting In

How we can help

Questions

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$699 or $999

*www.princetonreview.com/legal/guarantee

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E.g. Weekends SAT for December

College Search● Develop your list● Find new schools● Get the stats

Free -- try tonight!

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E.g. University of Washington

GPA● Academic tutoring● Online, on-demand ● Connect within seconds

$39.99/hrBilled by the minute

First 30 minutes free

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E.g. Help with Calculus

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Application Process

SAT and ACT

Getting In

How we can help

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Questions

Please fill out the green sheet• Track attendance so we can come back next year• Feedback for the presenter• Let us contact you with more info

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