Your college guidance counselor at your school is an instrumental person in your college admissions process. Though you mostly see them right now for occasional check-ins and receive emails from them, they will ultimately be someone who can be a true advocate for you throughout this process. Most important to consider, though, is that they will be writing you a recommendation letter. In the second round of admissions after grades and scores, their recommendation letter and your teacher recommendation letter are incredibly important factors. They write each student a recommendation letter, so it’s smart to get to know them early. While you can’t control the words that your counselor writes in their recommendation, you can certainly influence the content and tone with your actions. Here are some tips that we recommend for getting on your college guidance counselor’s good side.
How To ask for a Teacher Recommendation for College
While all of the components of your college application are important, one particularly crucial element that requires notice, effort, and thought are your teacher recommendations. Teacher recommendations are an integral part of your application because it’s an outside perspective. Your teachers and counselors are offering a discussion of your character based on their observations and experiences, and that should not be overlooked. It’s important to give this aspect some significant thought, and just FYI: don’t just assume you should ask your English teacher because you’ve gotten straight 100s on all of your quizzes and papers. Think again, and read on.
How To Build a Balanced College List
Building a balanced list is about research and knowing what you want. The first component has to do with identifying the school’s numerical range that you’re interested in--the average SAT/ACT scores are available on the schools’ websites, and from there you compare your own score. If your scores are above, it’s a safety, if they’re around the same, a target, and if you fall below numerically, then the school is a reach. Before we delve into building your list, make sure that you read up on the difference between reaches, targets, and safety schools in our blog post on the topic. This post builds on that knowledge.
The Top 10 Non-BFA Theater and Musical Theater Programs
This list is a combination of the country’s best theater and musical theater programs. Many have the option to specialize in musical theater if it is not specified in the degree name, and all are known to graduate students with a broad and intense understanding of not only how to contribute to a theater, but the origins of theater and where the industry is today. A BA in Theater is ideal for students who are interested in more than the craft of theater, and who also want to understand the industrial context in which they are learning. Where theater is today, how is has evolved, how it might evolve in our lifetime, and how we can contribute effectively to help the art of theater evolve.
How Many Colleges Should I Visit?
How many colleges should you visit? You might think that we are about to tell you to visit as many colleges as humanly possible. If so, you’re wrong. We don’t think that. In fact, we have a very specific view on how many colleges every student should visit in order to maximize the effectiveness of their visit, as well as maximize time spent on the process, and minimize stress.
Schools Similar to the University of Michigan
University of Michigan is a wonderful school with a lot of attributes that our students often look for in a college. We’ve noticed over the last few application cycles it’s increased in popularity. Our students love Michigan because of the culture and academic rigor, but as a highly competitive school, it isn’t an automatic “yes” for most people.
How Many AP Classes Do I Take Senior Year?
Senior year is an incredibly busy time, and there are a lot of considerations to take into account. Namely, classes. Students choose their classes for senior year during junior year and a question we get most often is: “How many AP classes should I take my senior year?” Here we offer one guiding statement about the AP class debacle:
Congratulations to the TKG Class of 2017!
Over the past month our seniors have been receiving their acceptance letters and we’re so excited to share that this year’s class was our most exceptional to date. If we learned one thing during this admission cycle, it’s that the creative and quirky essays work. Our students wrote incredibly dynamic stories that made admission committees laugh and cry. They wrote supplements in Haikus and rhymes, and relentlessly pushed the limits of what they thought was possible. And it paid off. 95%, and this is not an exaggeration, of our students got into one of their top two schools. Now, our students find themselves in the most ideal predicament: they have to choose which schools to attend. We’re so proud of our students and we can’t wait to see where they decide to go.
How To Ace Your Stanford Interview
An alumni interview is an offering that not all schools have. But if they do, you should take advantage of the opportunity. You’ll meet with the interviewer and have an opportunity to highlight your accomplishments, ask questions, and find out more about the school. More than anything, though, it’s an opportunity to get some face-to-face time with someone who has direct contact with the school. It’s your job to give a positive impression. It’s important to demonstrate your knowledge and enthusiasm about the school, but it’s also a balancing act.
The Top 10 Non-BFA Dance Programs
Getting a BA in Dance is, of course, different than getting a BFA, but if you think about it, the world of dance is so much more than just the technicalities of movement. As such, a BA gives you an opportunity to explore the many aspects of the industry and art. Pursuing a BA in Dance gives you a number of career options and an incredibly solid foundational knowledge that will help you throughout your life and career. Regardless of how you want to be involved in the world of dance, a BA is right for you if you’re interested in studying more than the technicalities of dance performance. Getting a BFA is a wonderful option, but the curriculum of a BFA is notoriously narrow and specific. Students who get their BA in Dance go on to be dancers and choreographers, go into dance education, administration, and even therapy.
10 Colleges That Are Great for Introverts
The word “introvert” has a lot of connotations and can be tough to define for people who define themselves as extroverts. There are a lot of misconceptions about the behaviors of an introvert, namely that all introverts are quiet or shy. This is not the case, nor is it the case that all quiet or shy people are introverts. Introversion and extroversion have to do with gaining energy and exhausting--extroverts gain energy at parties because they are fueled by being surrounded by other people, whereas some introverts are drained by parties and restore their energy by being alone. All of that being said, if your student is feeling like the college environment might be a bit daunting for whatever reason, it’s important to take note of that and consider these personality traits when selecting a college.
What to Wear to an Alumni Interview
Our student, Alice, had her first alumni interview a few years ago with her dream school: Hamilton. She was the normal mixture of excited and nervous and the interview was to take place at a coffee shop near her house. She had done her research and prepared a few answers, so her mom took her to get a manicure and some piece of mind before the interview. At the nail salon, Alice selected her favorite color, bright blue, but her mother forbade her from getting it. Her mom said the color was unprofessional and would make the interviewer think Alice wasn’t a serious student or serious about Hamilton.
Graphic Engineering and Digital Media Design Undergraduate Programs
Graphic engineering and digital media designers are often creatively-minded with a knack and eye for artistic quality, aesthetic, and design. They often thrive in teams, are self-starters, intuitive, and organized. Some popular career paths for graphic engineers and digital media designers include working for animation production studios and interactive software companies, but many go on to work in healthcare, software programming, and pursue graduate degrees in their field. The top schools for students interested in graphic engineering or digital media design are:
How to Answer the USC Short Answer Questions
Let’s start with the question you asked yourself that led you to this blog post: “WHAT DO THEY WANT TO HEAR?!” Here’s the answer: nothing. There isn’t one right answer. Repeat and internalize that. The purpose of these questions, like the Columbia short answer questions, is to get to know you. Think about it: if you heard someone’s favorite snack was a kale salad, you would think of them differently than someone who answered ‘Cheetos.’ Remember that everything you put in any application represents who you are, and while the admissions committee is going to analyze your answers to some extent, don’t freak out. These answers are just an extension of you. It’s not complicated, so don’t overcomplicate it, but by all means be thoughtful. As a rule of thumb, don’t try to stand out by being controversial, and definitely don’t lie. That being said, there truly is no wrong answer as long as you don’t go for the most boring/obvious/provocative option for everything.
Hidden Gem: Connecticut College
For the start of our Hidden Gems series, we’re spotlighting Connecticut College. Hidden Gems are colleges that aren’t on the top of everyone’s mind: they’re non-Ivy League schools that are often overlooked, but shouldn’t be. We’ve decided to do a series on colleges like these because when we help students form their college lists, they always miss or disregard schools that would be great fits but the name isn’t Harvard or the school isn’t necessarily ranked high by US News & World Report. These Hidden Gem schools have a lot of amazing programs and features that are snubbed. We’re here to change that, and as a result, change your perception of which schools do and don’t belong on your college list.
Top Undergraduate Biomedical and Bioengineering Schools
Bioengineering/biomedical engineering is the utilization of engineering principles within the context of medicine and biology. Students who have an interest in medicine tend to choose Biomedical and Bioengineering as opposed to the other concentrations.
How to Write a Thank You Note After Your College Tour
We’re sure you’re all so well-mannered that you’ve been writing thank you notes since you learned script. Your grandma probably still has boxes of your letters saved. Now, we enter the adult thank you note realm. Scene: you’re visiting a college. Someone gives you a tour of the college. Two students host the information session and answer some of the questions that you had prepared. You sit in on a class with a particularly inspiring professor.
How to Answer the USC Long-Answer Supplements
USC’s supplement is not the easiest to tackle, but it’s also not hard if you look at the prompts from an objective perspective. That said, if you are applying to USC you’re going to have to do some work. Like most other top-tier colleges, they have a few supplemental questions for you to answer. We happen to love the USC long-answer supplements because they make you interrogate your reasons for applying more so than other universities. USC has two longer supplements to tackle. The first is:
The Top 10 Non-BFA Drama Programs
Pursuing a BA in acting or drama, as opposed to a BFA in acting or drama, means that you will be focusing on many of the same things, but with a slightly different scope. A BFA degree is highly technical and does not stray from acting content and technique. If you are interested in studying about the concepts and theories behind acting, as well as other fields of the industry, then a BA is for you. It provides you with a much more solid set of generalized knowledge about acting, including the skills required for voice training, movement, improvisation, auditioning, stage performance. You will be trained in the techniques of the art and skill of acting in addition to learning about the entire industry and the importance of critical thinking in the context of a liberal arts or interdisciplinary education setting. Graduates go on to become actors and directors in theater, film, and television, as well as editors, literary agents, marketing and business professionals, educators, and change-makers in countless other creative industries.
What are the Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges?
Mechanical engineers must be excellent presenters and impeccable communicators, in addition to being an effective manager, a team player, and skilled at managing multiple projects at once. A high number of mechanical engineers end up with careers working for companies that manufacture machinery, such as automotive parts and underwater structures, either doing research and development, engineering services, or manufacturing. If you’re unsure if mechanical engineering is right for you, click here. We’ve compiled a list of the best mechanical engineering colleges in the US.