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College app resources.

Overview Guide:

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZKLGoO_mfwJcx98yHqeOo4GciK78U67D/view?usp=sharing

Hack the College Essay by John Dewis. (This is the one external source I've added so far, because it's worth it. It's endorsed by many of the other people included in this post).

The u/ScholarGrade Essay series (and his extras!):

• Part 1: How To Start An Essay, "Show Don't Tell," And Showcase Yourself In A Compelling Way
• Part 2: Throw Away Everything You Learned In English Class
• Part 3: Conquering the "Why [School]" Essay
• Part 4: What Makes An Essay Outstanding?
• What to do when you're over the word count
• What to do when your essay is too short
• How To End An Essay Gracefully
• Proofreading Tips
• If You Don't Have a First Draft Yet, Don't Read This
• Help with Essay Topics

35+ Best College Essay Tips

5 High Schoolers and Their College Application Essays About Work, Money and Social Class - The New York Times

Top 41 Common App Admissions Essays - Study Notes

WilliamTheReader: What Your Essay Looks Like From the Other Side + Crucial Essay Advice : ApplyingToCollege

u/BlueLightSpcl :

• A few thoughts on starting your college essays
• "What common errors do you see applicants make when writing their essays?"

u/WilliamTheReader :

• 5 Most Overdone Essays and How to Avoid Them
• What Your Essay Looks Like From the Other Side + Crucial Essay Advice

u/novembrr : When you're over the word count and can't for the life of you cut your essay down...

u/steve_nyc : 5 Steps to Starting Your College Essay

u/mistermcneil (admissions consultant): My World-Ending Guide to the College Essay

u/Jidawg : Tips About Writing Multiple Supplements from a Sophomore @ Dartmouth

u/G0mega : Last Minute "Why X" and Supplement Advice from a Brown sophomore

u/PhAnToM444 : An analysis of why the "mundane topic" seems to work so well for college essays . (Even if you're not writing a mundane essay, you can bring those same components into your own essay).

Activities Section:

novembrr's activities series is so useful:

• Stuck on your activities list? Novembrr can help. (Comment replies give helpful examples of how to phrase ECs)
• How to write your Common App and UC Activities Lists
• What you should do if you have no ECs

u/MrsScholarGrade 's series is new, and I hope I'll be adding more of her great work:

• What counts as an EC, anyway?
• Activities and Awards: Making the Most of Your Character Count

This post links several resources to find competitions/programs for your ECs or to find ECs based on your academic interest! I don't think you should be basing your activities on prestigious awards, but if you are doing something and you want to find ways to get more involved or get rewarded, this is a good resource.

steve_nyc: How to Ask Teachers for College Recommendation Letters

novembrr: The secret to having excellent LORs

ScholarGrade: How to get top LORs that stand out from the stack

AP Score Reporting:

novembrr: When AP Scores Matter and When They Don't (in my experience as an admissions reader at Berkeley and UChicago)

u/admissionsmom : Let's Talk about your AP Score

Interviews:

ScholarGrade: There have been many questions about interviews. Here's my guide

WilliamTheReader: Interview Tips!

novembrr: How to prepare for an interview: a guide by Novembrr, former UChicago admissions reader & alumna interviewer

admissionsmom: Up Close and Personal: The Interview. Here's My Cheat Sheet

AMAs about Admissions

BlueLightSpcl's AMA Series: Former UT-Austin Admissions Counselor, Author of Your Ticket to the Forty Acres, and A2C's First Moderator.

• October 2016
• June 2015 on other sub
• June 2015 on other other sub
• November 2011 while employed for UT

Steve_nyc's AMAs: College Admissions Counselor and Founder of A2C:

WilliamTheReader's AMA: Top 5 USNews University Alum, Worked in Alma Mater's Admissions Office, Part-Time Elite Admissions Consultant

Ethan Sawyer: the College Essay Guy's AMA . He wrote the first essay guide I shared.

Copied from steve_nyc (big shoutout here):

Admissions Officers:

• Former Cornell admission officer, Nelson Ureña
• Current Reed admission officer, Milyon Trulove
• Accepted to all 8 Ivy Leagues, Kwasi Enin
• Helps colleges create interview questions, David Singh
• Works in admissions at major research university in the South
• Current admission officers at Guilford, small liberal arts college
• Duke alumni interviewer
• Admissions student employee
• Admission officer (anonymous)
• Helps international students get into American colleges
• Insider Perspectives from a Highly Selective Admissions Office

Admitted Student AMAs:

• Columbia grad (graduated HS at 15, Columbia at 19)
• Harvard student
• Stanford student
• Cornell student
• Johns Hopkins student
• Michigan student: 1 , 2
• Boston College student
• Northeastern student
• Transferred to top 20 national university
• Got into UC Berkeley
• Got into Davidson College
• Got into University of Missouri
• Got into several top 50 schools
• Helping students get college degree abroad

Information on Colleges

College Lists Wiki / Common Data Sets

Big Future - College Search - Find colleges and universities by major, location, type, more.

College Information - Peterson's - The Real Guide to Colleges and Universities

COMPLETE LIST OF 2019 FLY-IN AND DIVERSITY PROGRAMS - College Greenligh

Questions to Ask

14 Insightful Questions to Ask College Admissions Officers — Elite Educational Institute Admissions Mom

College App Guides

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/wiki/index

Getting Into Your Dream College: A Master Guide | Commonlounge

Admissions Reflections from the Class of 2022 - Google Docs

How to Apply to College Video Course Series

Applying to college infographic.png - Google Drive

https://www.fairopportunityproject.org/#guides

College App Advice

r/A2C Class of 2023 Profile - ADVICE - Google Sheets

Growth Mindset

Information from and about Top School Applicants

Real Safeties, Matches, and Reaches From the Class of 2022- Domestic - Google Docs

Real Safeties, Matches, and Reaches from the Class of 2023 [25 Applicant Profiles + Admissions Advice]

/r/ApplyingtoCollege Survey Respondents

Scholarships

College based

Find College Scholarships - Niche

Scholarship database | DAAD Office New York

Summer Opportunities/Internships

Summer Programs | MIT Admissions

Research Internships - Montgomery High School STEM Board

High School Internships

[Megathread] Summer Programs : ApplyingToCollege

Excel Organizers:

Top 40 (US News) Colleges Application Organizer - Google Sheets

College Application Organizer - Google Sheets

college application organizer - Google Sheets

Criticisms of college

Estimating the Payoff to Attending a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables

Does It Matter Where You Go to College? - The Atlantic

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Hack the College Essay Tapa blanda – 8 Enero 2022

• Número de páginas 91 páginas
• Idioma Inglés
• Fecha de publicación 8 Enero 2022
• Dimensiones 6 x 0.21 x 9 pulgadas
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• Editorial ‏ : ‎ Hack the College Essay (8 Enero 2022)
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• Tapa blanda ‏ : ‎ 91 páginas
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0578356279
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0578356273
• Dimensiones ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.21 x 9 pulgadas
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