StandOut College Prep

JANUARY 18, 2023

If you’re applying to college soon, now is a great time to start collecting college recommendation letters. College recommendation letters are important in the college admissions process. For the 2023-2024 admissions cycle, with many schools still being test-optional, emphasis is highly placed on recommendation letters.

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StandOut College Prep

APRIL 14, 2023

Generic or copied content: Avoid using a generic template or copying content from other thank you notes. In the next section, you’ll find examples of scholarship thank you letters. Requests for additional support: A thank you note is not the appropriate place to ask for further financial assistance or other favors.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

MARCH 13, 2024

Although not required, it's strongly recommended to take PSYC 1101 General Psychology and SOC 1101 Introduction to Sociology before taking the MCAT, as they cover key social psychology concepts that appear on the exam. Sample Georgia Tech 2.5-Year Consider taking summer classes.

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CTK College Coach

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

4) RELATIONSHIPS WITH TEACHERS AND MENTORS Although it is typically junior year teachers whom you select to write your letters of recommendation, learning to speak up and speak out early in high school can help you develop as a student. Free Download: I’ve created a template for you to capture your research notes.

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CTK College Coach

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Activities Do’s and Don’ts & Letters of Recommendation Remember that NACAC survey ? Not test scores, not letters of recommendation, not activities. Importantly, it is typically junior year teachers whom you select to write your letters of recommendation, so this is the time to speak up and speak out.

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StandOut College Prep

DECEMBER 27, 2022

If you applied early and received a deferral letter from your dream college, you are not alone. College data shows that admissions offices are routinely doling out more deferral letters than acceptance and denial letters combined. Read the deferral or waitlist letter. Write a Letter of Continued Interest.

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CTK College Coach

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

You may use this template submissions tracker. Look for and provide any missing information, such as official or uploaded test scores, transcript, letter of recommendation, and the student reported academic record (SRAR).

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CTK College Coach

AUGUST 31, 2022

Work back from there on the calendar, but I strongly recommend that juniors take one or two tests before winter break. See my Resource Room for the books I recommend. I’ve created a free template for you to capture your research notes. Schools do not care which test you take, so find the one that is better for you.

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Simply Admissions

MARCH 5, 2023

Provide a detailed list of your accomplishments, along with any relevant documentation, such as transcripts, certificates, or letters of recommendation. Simply Admissions has a financial aid analysis template available online but you could easily make your own too.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In this post, I’ll discuss why better prospect management is so important—especially today—and offer three recommendations to help you start to reframe your prospect management strategy. Or, even worse, they fell between the cracks and never received any follow up. The case for better prospect management.

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College Essay Guy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

recommendation letters)? recommendation letters)? This chart illustrates the types of questions admission officers ask themselves as they read through your various forms of school advocacy: School Profile: The Where Counselor Letter: The Who Teacher Letter: The How Who attends this school?

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

And no matter how eager you might be to dive into your science coursework, we strongly recommend sticking to just one science course in the first semester. Feel free to use our phone and email templates for setting up a shadowing gig if you’re stumped about how to get the conversation started.

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Admissions Madness

JUNE 25, 2022

Recommendation letters don’t make much of a difference for most students most of the time. It’s absurd that hundreds of universities went test-optional during the pandemic to supposedly increase access, yet none removed their recommendation letter requirements. In this post, I make a similar argument.

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SSA Online College Prep

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I think it's a fallacious suggestion that eliminating SATs and ACTs is a good idea, because what’ll happen is they will start replacing standardized tests with other metrics that are even more biased towards wealthy and white prospective college students: things like letters of recommendation and expensive extracurricular activities.

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In this guide, we’ll show you exactly how to make that happen, from understanding why medical schools interview you to sending follow-up thank you letters, and everything in between. Will sending an update letter improve my odds of getting an interview? The key is what you include in your update letter, not whether or not you send one.

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College Essay Guy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Side note that in general we recommend writing most optional prompts—they’re usually just another chance to help a college see who you are and how you fit together with the school.) or more, if you’re inspired) How it works: Make a copy of this exercise template and answer all the questions. How do all those ideas turn into an essay?

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