Admissions Committees: Numbers Do Matter
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Admissions Committees: Numbers Do Matter
Katie Cooney LeskoSenior Associate Director of Admissions
Important Factors
• Curriculum• Academic Achievement• Testing• Recommendations• Extracurricular Activities• The “WOW” Factor• Quality of Application
Curriculum
• Course selection• Senior year• Preparation for
area of interest• AP/IB/honors/ college courses
Academic Achievement
• GPA• Weighted /
Non-weighted Grades
TESTING
• SAT Reasoning
• ACT
• SAT II Subject Tests• Testing-optional
colleges
Student A – History Education Single-parent home, one of two children, one visit
Senior Courses: English 4 (H), Pre-Calculus (SUNY), Government and Economics (H), Physics, Accounting
Number of Honors Courses: 7 in Liberal Arts Rank: n/a
Three-year GPA Trend: 83, 86, 80, senior year 86 SAT: 540 cr 540 m 600 wr
Essay: Description of the game-winning catch. “Euphoria wasn’t enough to explain the feeling my teammates and I had.”
Recommendations: “…eager to learn all he can about his future career aspirations.” “…friendly, responsible, mature…” “…a strong writer and is capable of expressing well, both orally and in written form.”
Interested in: Intramural basketball, History Club
Activities: 9-12 baseball outfielder, team captain; 11-12 basketball coach – led team to championship; 11-12 works 15 hours a week; 12 Internship as middle school history teacher – already led 3 lessons
Student B – American StudiesTwo-parent home, one of three children, Catholic school, visited
THREE times before application filed
Senior Courses: English 4, AP Calc, honors civics and psych, Service Class, AP Spanish, chorus, Christian ethics
Number of Honors Courses: 14 Rank: n/a
Three-year GPA Trend: 90, 92, 88 SAT: 660 cr 650 m 700 wrHistory GPA: 88, 92, 88 English GPA: 93, 95, 88
Essay: Little House on the Prairie teaches the young how to live properly.
Recommendations: “…very involved…” “The first one to ask what needs to be done… feels a calling to service.” “Creative research paper on the historical time of Little House on the Prairie…takes risks and rises to the occasion.” “…such a strong sense of self that leads her to helping others.”
Interested in: honors, study abroad, campus groups, chorus and theatre
Activities at home: tutors, drama, captain for community meal programs, chorus at school, church choir
Student C – BiologyTwo-parent home, one of two children, no visit Senior Courses: Literature, AP calculus, government and economics,
marine science, Academy of Finance courses
Number of Honors Courses: 8 Rank: top 38%
Three-year GPA Trend: 88, 86, 87 SAT: 500 cr, 540 m, 430 wrMath: 83, 88, 86; Science: 85, 73, 82
Essay: reader response to “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Interesting take on mental illness.
Recommendations: “…self-confidence without arrogance…“ “…asked to borrow books on marketing…” “…insightful perspective on learning from a group perspective.”
Interested in: lacrosse, communications
Activities: football – capt; lacrosse, business honor society
Keep in touch
Katie Cooney Lesko– [email protected]
Siena College 515 Loudon Road
Loudonville, New York 122111-888-AT-SIENA
www.siena.edu/admissionshttp://www.rusiena.com