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What makes a high school student more appealing for college admission?

I’m a high school junior, and I’ll be applying to a few colleges this summer. However, my school officials haven’t told my class about the application process, and I would like to know how to make myself more appealing to the college admissions department.

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Michael’s Answer

Colleges are interested in a variety of things, but I can share with you what I have noticed yields the most value in the shortest amount of time. Personally, my GPA wasn't quite up to par with the colleges I was interested in applying to. In order to still apply and feel competitive with my application I felt that a solid way to pull myself closer to the top in a given applicant pool was through my SAT/ACT score. There are many SAT/ACT prep courses offered nationwide that can help boost your scores significantly. Disclaimer: The good courses may be expensive, but in my opinion they are worth it. GPA takes 4 years to develop, SAT/ACT is viewed almost equally in value and your score is earned in 4 hours. You do the math. Lastly, engaging in more community service can always help show that you have good values as well as academics. The value of the service may depend more so upon the university that you wish to apply to and whether or not they value service.

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Colleges and employers look for people who have demonstrated that they are hard workers and are focused in their education/career journey and in their pursuit of its development application. Steps that you can take towards that are to work as hard as you can to get the best grades possible and develop real life, real time, two way interpersonal networking (different from the disjointed one way internet based networking which provides for no interpersonal relationships or meaningful dialogue). From my many years in Human Resources and College Recruiting, here are some steps that will help you to stand out both to colleges and to future employers.

Ken recommends the following next steps:

The first step is to take an interest and aptitude test and have it interpreted by your school counselor to see if you share the personality traits necessary to enter the field. You might want to do this again upon entry into college, as the interpretation might differ slightly due to the course offering of the school. However, do not wait until entering college, as the information from the test will help to determine the courses that you take in high school. Too many students, due to poor planning, end up paying for courses in college which they could have taken for free in high school.
Next, when you have the results of the testing, talk to the person at your high school and college who tracks and works with graduates to arrange to talk to, visit, and possibly shadow people doing what you think that you might want to do, so that you can get know what they are doing and how they got there. Here are some tips: ## http://www.wikihow.com/Network ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/nonawkward-ways-to-start-and-end-networking-conversations ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/4-questions-to-ask-your-network-besides-can-you-get-me-a-job?ref=carousel-slide-1 ##
Locate and attend meetings of professional associations to which people who are doing what you think that you want to do belong, so that you can get their advice. These associations may offer or know of intern, coop, shadowing, and scholarship opportunities. These associations are the means whereby the professionals keep abreast of their career area following college and advance in their career. Here are some tips: ## https://www.careeronestop.org/BusinessCenter/Toolkit/find-professional-associations.aspx?&frd=true ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/9-tips-for-navigating-your-first-networking-event ##
It is very important to express your appreciation to those who help you along the way to be able to continue to receive helpful information and to create important networking contacts along the way. Here are some good tips: ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-informational-interview-thank-you-note-smart-people-know-to-send?ref=recently-published-2 ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/3-tips-for-writing-a-thank-you-note-thatll-make-you-look-like-the-best-candidate-alive?bsft_eid=7e230cba-a92f-4ec7-8ca3-2f50c8fc9c3c&bsft_pid=d08b95c2-bc8f-4eae-8618-d0826841a284&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_20171020&utm_source=blueshift&utm_content=daily_20171020&bsft_clkid=edfe52ae-9e40-4d90-8e6a-e0bb76116570&bsft_uid=54658fa1-0090-41fd-b88c-20a86c513a6c&bsft_mid=214115cb-cca2-4aec-aa86-92a31d371185&bsft_pp=2 ##
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Cherelle’s Answer

Colleges are interested in top achievers. Highest achievements, awards and honors make a student more appealing for college admission in addition to any major leadership roles and initiatives that student may have undertaken. Additionally, any extracurricular activities, recommendation letters and volunteering would also look great for college admission.


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