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College Awareness Day 2010 Application Tips

College Awareness Day 2010 Application Tips . General Tips . Check the various “web portals” to stay up to date on important deadlines Change your computer settings for receiving spam and to allow for pop-up windows Read the “Commonly Asked Questions” section for your college application

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College Awareness Day 2010 Application Tips

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  1. College Awareness Day 2010Application Tips

  2. General Tips • Check the various “web portals” to stay up to date on important deadlines • Change your computer settings for receiving spam and to allow for pop-up windows • Read the “Commonly Asked Questions” section for your college application • For CSU and UC: Statewide ID is located at bottom of your transcript

  3. Apply Online

  4. Apply Online Click here to start For low income or first generation college student

  5. Apply Online – Undergraduate Application Click here

  6. Application Manager Click here for Help Tutorial • Apply to at least one local area service CSU campus: • SJSU • SFSU

  7. Application Instructions Read instructions, then scroll all the way to the bottom to begin

  8. GPA Calculator Your GPA is based on A-G approved courses grades 10th and 11th

  9. Find this at bottom of your transcript

  10. University of California Hints Learn what is in each section. Use the progress bar to navigate to different sections of the application. Read commonly asked questions for helpful information.

  11. Academic History UC transferable courses are pulled from the ASSIST database Calif. community college nontransferable courses can be self-entered.

  12. Biographical Students applying for EOP will be required to provide information on parent education, income and family size in the next steps of the Biographical section.

  13. Activities and Awards • Other categories include Educational Preparation Programs, Work Experience, Awards & Honors, and Extracurricular Activities. • Applicants are limited to five entries for each, so select the ones that are most meaningful.

  14. Review and Submit Check all, especially if you would like SAT scores released to other UCs

  15. The Personal Statement • Personal Statement Instructions • Respond to both prompts, using a maximum of 1,000 words total. • Allocate the word count as desired. An applicant may wish to respond to one • prompt at greater length; we suggest the shorter answer be no less than 250 words. • Stay within the word limit as anything over 1,000 will result in an error message. • Only use standard American English characters (the numbers 0 through 9 and the • letters a through z) and symbols (! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + - = [ ] \ { } | ` ~ ; : ' " , < . > / ? ) • found on a standard English keyboard. • Do not compose your essay in the application. The application will time-out after 30 minutes of inactivity, and your work may be lost.

  16. Common Application Hints • If your teachers want to submit their recs online, there is no longer a way to send them a link. • They MUST see Ms. Brock to get a Naviance account.

  17. Common Application Hints • When you enter ranks and GPA: • We are an exact rank school. • Your graduating class has 456 people. • Your cumulative GPA is your 9-12 weighted academic GPA. • Our GPA scale is 4.0. • Please select “weighted.”

  18. Common Application Hints DO NOT forget about your supplements – these take time and planning!

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