Application Tips

Present your best self in the college admissions process by considering these tips. Find information on grades, AP classes, letters of recommendation, interviews, extracurricular activities, and athletics to ease your application process.

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    College Interview Tips: "Tell Me About a Challenge You Overcame"
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    What It Means to Be Waitlisted
  • How to Write an Appeal Letter for a College Dismissal
  • Student Typing
    Sample Responses to a College Deferral Letter
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    How to Write a Letter of Continued Interest
  • College Interview
    Tell Me About Yourself
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    Sample Letters of Continued Interest
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    What Should Women Wear to a College Interview?
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    Tips for the College Interview Question "Who Has Most Influenced You?"
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    Can You Appeal a College Rejection?
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    Common Application Essay Option 6: Losing Track of Time
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    College Preparation in Middle School
  • Report Card
    High School Grades Don't Always Accurately Reflect Your Ability
  • Korean student walking on campus
    Why Are You Interested in Our College?
  • Student at an Interview
    What Would You Do Differently? Interview Question Tips
  • Contemplative Student
    What Do You See Yourself Doing 10 Years From Now?
  • College Transfer Fair
    How to Transfer Colleges: A Guide for Success
  • Deferred? What Next?
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    Tips for Appealing a College Rejection Decision
  • A failing report card
    Should You Explain a Bad Grade When Applying to College?
  • History Chalk Text on Blackboard
    How Many Years of Social Studies Do You Need?
  • Old Books
    Recommend a Good Book to Me
  • A student at a college interview
    How to Answer "What Can I Tell You About Our College?"
  • The Next Big Idea
    What Do You Want to Major In?
  • Reading a Book in Class
    How Many Years of English Do You Need?
  • high school student using laptop
    Month-by-Month Senior Year College Application Deadlines
  • College Interview
    Should You Do An Optional College Interview?
  • Mother and daughter working at a laptop
    How Much Does Legacy Status Matter in College Admissions?
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    Sophomore Year and College Admissions
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    How to Demonstrate Interest in a College
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    College Preparation in 9th Grade
  • University Application Form
    What Colleges Look for in an Applicant
  • Friends reading map in woods
    What Do You Do for Fun?
  • Girl reading a book in the city
    What Did You Do This Summer?
  • People waiting in line
    How to Get Off a Wait List
  • A student at an interview
    Demonstrated Interest
  • Men's smart casual clothing
    What Should a Man Wear to a College Interview?
  • Don't Do This When Demonstrating Interest
    5 Bad Ways to Demonstrate Interest
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    College Preparation in 11th Grade
  • Typing on a Laptop Computer
    Letters of Recommendation
  • College interview
    What Do You Do Best?
  • Facebook image of a drunk underage student
    Applying to College? Facebook Photos You Should Delete Now
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    The 6 Most Common Blunders of College Applicants
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