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Daaniel
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« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2010, 10:55:14 PM » |
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Apply early decision to whatever school(s) you really want to go to. Honestly, do your applications in the fall, before December/January. DO THEM EARLY. When I was a senior I waited until late December to start, and aside from essays and stuff, there is a lot more to filling out applications. Make sure you have a resume handy since you will need pretty much everything from. As far as extra curricular stuff goes, what I found is that its not so much how many you are in but how long you have been in the ones you are in. Also, you are going to care a lot about what colleges you get into/where you end up going next year. If you dont make it in where you want, dont worry. Probably 90% of my friends ended up loving where they went even if they wanted no parts of it before they got there.
So my big pointers:
-For extra curricular stuff, try to have one sport, one academic society(NHS, etc.), and one service society.
-If you were ever in Boy Scouts, but down EVERYTHING about it. This helped me so much, even though I never got Eagle. Particularly put down OA if you are in it.
-DO APPLICATIONS EARLY IN THE FALL AND JUST GET THEM SENT. No, really. You arent going to want to do ANYTHING come January. Its going to be a shitty fall, but just do it.
-Most of all, once the apps are sent, dont stress. You will either get in or not. Thats the bottom line.
-Finally, dont go somewhere you cant afford. This may seem obvious, but I have many friends who are going to be in debt for the next 20 years because of all of the loans they have taken out. Aside from a school that is particularly well known for a certain program, a bachelors degree is a bachelors degree, no matter where you get it from. Also, like I said, chances are you are going to end up loving where ever you go anyway.
Good luck, hope I helped some.
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