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Ella
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How to fill out College Applications?
What if on my college application it asks what colleges I have done courses at and for example I have taken a history course? After I add the college it then asks when I expect to graduate said college but I have only taken one course there.
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Doc Frick
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Ella when it comes to entering your dual enrollment courses on your college application, you'll want to include them in the 'Education' section. There, you can add the community college class(es) under 'Colleges & Universities' as an institution you have attended. Make sure you check the box that indicates you have taken college courses prior to graduating high school. After listing the college, you'll enter the dual enrollment courses exactly as they appear on your community college transcript. Select 'Dual Enrollment' for the course level for each one. This helps admissions officers understand that these courses were taken at the college level while you were still in high school. Don’t forget to also include your high school transcript with the courses listed as dual enrollment there, too. This consistency helps keep your application clear and accurate. College admission officers want to know that you’ll be academically successful on their campus and by taking dual enrollment classes shows your academic strength. Your grades, courses, class rank, and test scores provide evidence that you’re capable of conducting college-level work.
Your EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES , LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATIONS , and ESSAY can provide additional context by demonstrating a strong work ethic, a desire for academic challenges. Colleges are looking for all these positive characteristics in their ideal applicants.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Extracurricular activities demonstrate your various interests and talents, also showing that you can excel in areas other than academics. By including extracurriculars on your college application, you can reveal more about your personality and passions. These activities can showcase any deep, specific knowledge of a certain subject or strong leadership qualities.
LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
Letters of recommendation reveal a side of you from a different perspective and are essential to the college application process. Coaches, teachers, advisors, employer and administrators provide insights into your personality that can’t be quantified. They notice things like leadership, kindness, and integrity.
ESSAY
A great way to stand out is with a thoughtful and compelling college essay. Give your reader a sense of who you are as a person, what you’re passionate about and what motivates you. Describe your accomplishments and goals in life. And use your creativity, because admissions committees review many, many essays.
Hope this was helpful Ella
Your EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES , LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATIONS , and ESSAY can provide additional context by demonstrating a strong work ethic, a desire for academic challenges. Colleges are looking for all these positive characteristics in their ideal applicants.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Extracurricular activities demonstrate your various interests and talents, also showing that you can excel in areas other than academics. By including extracurriculars on your college application, you can reveal more about your personality and passions. These activities can showcase any deep, specific knowledge of a certain subject or strong leadership qualities.
LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
Letters of recommendation reveal a side of you from a different perspective and are essential to the college application process. Coaches, teachers, advisors, employer and administrators provide insights into your personality that can’t be quantified. They notice things like leadership, kindness, and integrity.
ESSAY
A great way to stand out is with a thoughtful and compelling college essay. Give your reader a sense of who you are as a person, what you’re passionate about and what motivates you. Describe your accomplishments and goals in life. And use your creativity, because admissions committees review many, many essays.
Hope this was helpful Ella
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Michelle M.
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Hello, Ella !
If you are applying online, there should be boxes, a drop down menu or a typing field at which you may have to choose the only options the college provides or if you can type in something, you can write Not Applicable (N/A). This can be a bit frustrating because many times using online drop down menus or having only certain answer choices may not have one that applies to the applicant as in your case. There might be a few ways around this.
You can just leave it unchecked or if there is a field to type write N/A or Not Applicable. Another choice, because you don't have much choice, you can try selecting this year's date. Third, you can visit the college and ask if they provide hard copy admissions applications that you can hand write on so that you can include your particular information.
Find out what application systems your colleges of choice use and consider applying through one of them if your college accepts them. I left a link below about different college application systems that you may find useful and maybe the way the answers are set up may allow you to put your information about not intending to graduate from the college that you took the course at. If you took only one college course but do not plan to attend and graduate from that college, perhaps forget about answering that question all together and put the course on your resume or write about or mention it in your essay. People always take a course here and there at colleges that they don't intend to go to full time so I do understand how this can be puzzling. You can also always call the admissions department of the college and see what they recommend. This sort of thing happens on many types of forms and applications online. You will get the chance in other ways to let them know you have had one college course. It should not bear any weight on whether you're accepted to the college or not. Remember, the college will receive your transcripts so they will know of any courses you took both in high school as well as the one course you took at a college.
By the same token, no one wants to submit an incomplete application, so you have some choices and the option of the college letting you know what to do or if they have a hard copy application you can write on by simply writing N/A for the answer. Another way you can take this is to enter the date that you expect to graduate from the college you are applying to.
Now that I have thought of these possible options, I wonder what you will decide to do. You can't go wrong by stopping by the college and asking their recommendations for this as it has probably come up before with other students.
I hope that this helps a little and I wish you all the best !
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If you are applying online, there should be boxes, a drop down menu or a typing field at which you may have to choose the only options the college provides or if you can type in something, you can write Not Applicable (N/A). This can be a bit frustrating because many times using online drop down menus or having only certain answer choices may not have one that applies to the applicant as in your case. There might be a few ways around this.
You can just leave it unchecked or if there is a field to type write N/A or Not Applicable. Another choice, because you don't have much choice, you can try selecting this year's date. Third, you can visit the college and ask if they provide hard copy admissions applications that you can hand write on so that you can include your particular information.
Find out what application systems your colleges of choice use and consider applying through one of them if your college accepts them. I left a link below about different college application systems that you may find useful and maybe the way the answers are set up may allow you to put your information about not intending to graduate from the college that you took the course at. If you took only one college course but do not plan to attend and graduate from that college, perhaps forget about answering that question all together and put the course on your resume or write about or mention it in your essay. People always take a course here and there at colleges that they don't intend to go to full time so I do understand how this can be puzzling. You can also always call the admissions department of the college and see what they recommend. This sort of thing happens on many types of forms and applications online. You will get the chance in other ways to let them know you have had one college course. It should not bear any weight on whether you're accepted to the college or not. Remember, the college will receive your transcripts so they will know of any courses you took both in high school as well as the one course you took at a college.
By the same token, no one wants to submit an incomplete application, so you have some choices and the option of the college letting you know what to do or if they have a hard copy application you can write on by simply writing N/A for the answer. Another way you can take this is to enter the date that you expect to graduate from the college you are applying to.
Now that I have thought of these possible options, I wonder what you will decide to do. You can't go wrong by stopping by the college and asking their recommendations for this as it has probably come up before with other students.
I hope that this helps a little and I wish you all the best !
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