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Best Extracurriculars for College Applications

Solomon Admissions

With so many choices for extracurriculars, it can be very difficult to determine which activities are best. No matter what stage of your high school experience you may be in, the extracurriculars you spend your time on are important as they are a chance for you to enhance your leadership skills, knowledge, and experiences.

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How to Succeed as a Carnegie Mellon Premed

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

Carnegie Mellon Premed Requirements Medical school requirement Carnegie Mellon premed required courses Chemistry: Two semesters with lab 09-105 Modern Chem I or 09-107 Honors Modern Chem I 09-106 Modern Chem II or 09-107 Inorganic Chem* 09-207 Techniques in Quant. Sample Carnegie Mellon 2.5-Year

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How to Use the Common App Additional Information Section (Examples Included)

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Part 2: What to include in the Common App Additional Information section Information that you’d want to include in the Additional Information section generally falls into two categories: extenuating circumstances and other details related to your academics and extracurriculars. I still work there, as my mom remains unemployed.

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How to Write an Impressive UC Activities List

Shemmassian Academic Consulting

Selective colleges and universities, including the UC schools, want to admit students who have specialized in extracurricular pursuits and distinguished themselves among their peers. Students who did not have the time or opportunity to participate in many extracurricular activities should explain why that was the case.

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Common App Questions: Step-By-Step

StandOut College Prep

But always check several times as colleges have been known to add supplemental essay requirements well into the fall semester. Honors received (e.g. President’s Award, Honor Roll, National Honor Society, etc.). Writing supplement status, if required by your schools.

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New York Scholarships

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This scholarship is of $3,000 for a year and it is paid in two installments of $1,500 per semester. Reville Scholarship This is in the amount of $3,000 per recipient, is paid in installments of $1,500 per semester for any year the student is enrolled in college. Read more here. Learn more here.

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Indiana Scholarships

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Applicants must have finished at least one semester with a minimum 3.0 American Chemical Society Scholars (ACS) Program provides students with various awards to those that demonstrate academic success with a minimum GPA of 3.0 Linda Craig Memorial Scholarship This is for $2,000. The deadline to apply is March 1st. Learn more here.