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APPLYING TO AMERICAN COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES. AGENDA. OVERVIEW OF STATISTICS TYPES OF U.S. COLLEGES WHAT DO COLLEGES LOOK FOR ADMISSIONS CRITERIA THE COMMON APPLICATION APPLICATION TYPES ATHLETES PREPARATIONS BEFORE GRADE 12. Thinking of US Colleges?.
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AGENDA • OVERVIEW OF STATISTICS • TYPES OF U.S. COLLEGES • WHAT DO COLLEGES LOOK FOR • ADMISSIONS CRITERIA • THE COMMON APPLICATION • APPLICATION TYPES • ATHLETES • PREPARATIONS BEFORE GRADE 12
Thinking of US Colleges? COLLEGE SELECTION IS A FIT TO BE MADE…NOT A PRIZE TO BE WON!
APPLICATION #’S UP HARVARD +15% PRINCETON +29% BROWN +20% CORNELL +35%
THE RESULT ? ACCEPTANCE RATES DOWN
TYPES OF SCHOOLS • LIBERAL ARTS • PRIVATE • IVY LEAGUE • ART DESIGN SCHOOLS • MUSIC SCHOOLS • PUBLIC
IVY LEAGUEBrown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, U Penn., Yale.
TOP PRIVATE UNIVERSITIESCALTECHDUKE, GEORGETOWNJOHNS HOPKINS MITNORTHWESTERNSTANFORD
TOP PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES • COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY • UC BERKLEY • UCLA • UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN • UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA • US MILITARY ACADEMY • US NAVAL ACADEMY
TOP LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES • AMHERST • BOWDOIN • HAVERFORD • MIDDLEBURY • SWARTHMORE • WILLIAMS
TOP ART AND DESIGN SCHOOLS • CAL ARTS • COOPER UNION • R.I.S.D. • YALE UNIVERSITY
TOP MUSIC SCHOOLS • BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC • CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC • JULLIARD SCHOOL • NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY
CHECK LIST • The Common Application form • High School transcripts • SAT/ACT scores • 2 SAT subject tests • Long Essay • Short Essay • Supplementals • List of Extra-curriculars • 2 teacher recommendations • Counsellor recommendation • Interview
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