The Admissions Process Is Becoming A Competition

Even if your SAT scores are perfect, your essay still is extremely important. Below are five steps on how to write a college essay that will knock the socks off of any admissions representative. #1: Brainstorm ideas and topics: Think of things to write about. Make a list and then go from there. Sometime colleges will give you topics but other times, you get to choose your own topic. Take advantage of the freedom to choose your own topic! Think about what matters most in your life. So write down a few ideas. #2: Stay away from dull ideas that they've seen a hundred times: Yes we know you love your grandmother but try to not write about family members and how they changed your life. You want something unique! One of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's questions from last year asked you to tell them, in 5 or so words or less, what you would put

In December 2014, The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education published “Rethinking the Admission Process.” This article was written by Frank DiMaria, who takes a look at the research of the former president of the University of Wyoming, Robert Sternberg. DiMaria explains Sternberg’s stance against the current admissions process. Sternberg has research that depicts, “GPA, standardized tests, and essays do not successfully measure the true talent of a college applicant.” He believes that the policies need to change. Sternberg offers an alternative to the current process. Sternberg has been a part of a new admissions policy testing students not just on their memorization and analytical skills, but on their creative, practical, and wisdom-based skills as well. Sternberg’s ideas stem from his experience with disadvantaged youth and their ability to adapt and overcome obstacles. Sternberg claims that students who grow up in the upper middle class tend to have an environment which better values the analytical skills that the current tests measure. He argues that, because of this, colleges may not be getting the most creative and adaptable students. He shows that some of these less privileged students are capable of handling a college workload even though they may not have been able to score as high on the SAT or other tests. DiMaria believes that through Sternberg’s Kaleidoscope policy may be a solution. The Kaleidoscope way of admissions administers tests which ask open ended

In his essay “Frank Bruni” which appear Rethinking College Admissions, where he was insistent that college admissions process should change, and this essay published in New York Times. The college admissions process look for many things that hard for the students to have. In sated of accepting the student how come from poor society and develop there knowledge so they can have better live, they accept the students who come from the best school. Moreover, they emphasize on the student who have high grade on standardized tests, the AP classes and extracurricular activities without looking for the students who cannot do this things. All this requirements are for pacific class of people who can have it, even for the sport scholarship they look for

On December 2, 2016, in the opinion editorial, “How to Get In,” Susan Estrich, best-selling author and liberal columnist for the Creators, argues that hard work, not college acceptances, determine people’s future successes, challenging the notion that people’s opportunities and potentials are defined by the colleges they enter. Refuting the misconception that “getting into the right college is a meal ticket for life,” Estrich argues that GPA’s and LSAT’s may decide the difference between rejection and acceptance, but ultimately, tenacious hard work throughout life counts “for more than anything else,” before concluding that the “secret to a good application” is honesty and that, although she understands admissions can be partisan and erroneous through personal experience, in the end, she “did just fine”- an echoing sentiment to all prospective college applicants. Estrich

Colleges can consider high school GPA as the alternative for test scores. Almost all of the schools during admission completely overlook high school GPA. William C. Hiss, a principal investigator of Defining promise, declares “High school grades matter, and they matter a lot” (Maitre, par.2). It is not fair for many students like Ms. Casimir, a sophomore attending Wake Forest University, who scored 1580 in SAT. This was “an embarrassment” as she graduated high school “with a 4.0” (Simon, par.10). Her dreams to go to “Cornell” and “Davidson” was shattered but yet she was admitted by the “Wake Forest University which gave her full ride without seeing her SAT score and she has 3.2 GPA now” (Simon, par.10). It’s not a miracle as diligence and

Oh, when I hear the words, "college application essay,"I feel three things: anxiety, weary, and mostly stress. My three favorite words. As the fall arrived, the only thing lingering in my mind was the college application essay. I decided to peruse through many books and websites on "how to write the perfect college essay guide." It did not help. Although the various sources gave me advice, each draft I composed seemed more like a mechanical response rather than a genuine response to something that meant a lot to me. Applying to college can be a complicated, daunting, and a stressful procedure for any applicant. When the time comes for students to begin composing their college essay drafts, it is also an excellent moment to get on the educational

Be a well rounded student: this is what college counselors drill into students’ minds. A student must have academics, sports, extracurriculars, and volunteer hours. In addition, students must write unique essays that showcases their talents and endeavors. All the hours of absolute exhaustion and cramming ideally ends in the admission to a stellar university. The Ivy League schools are an elite group of schools that thousands of students attempted to get into every year. Yet the increasing levels of expectations pushs student pass their limits.As the result of the hefty price tag, excessive amounts of stress, and admissions bias, students are beginning to turn away from these prestigious schools and began to focus on applying to strong state

Fifty of the best essays selected by admissions officers at top colleges have been collected by two Yale students, Brian Kasbar and Boykin Curry, in a new book, ''Essays That Worked: 50 Essays From

Growing up competing with my younger brother who is very much closer to my age when I was young really made me competitive. Being really competitive even when I was very young made me even more competitive as I grew up and made me to compete even with my father and it was one of the reasons which influenced me to decide in pursuing my career in science and math. However the major reason which paved the way for my love burgess towards science and math and was really influencing was my father. Being tutored by my father and spending a lot of time with him during my earlier days of my childhood really drew me close to my father and I was able to know how life was hard during his time but passing all those adverse situations he succeeded. So as

College admission policies have caused tremendous controversy, debate and suspicion in the eyes of Americans today. Causing students to stress out even more and call into question the merit and validity of such policies. Because students feel certain admission policies are preventing their chances of admissions. The most controversial admission policy is affirmative action. Since whites and other non-minorities feel that this admission policy doesn’t benefit them, so they attack it and say it is unjust. But in all actuality this admission policy is miniature compared to other preference such as legacy preferences. But whites do not attack this policy and overlook its significance because it benefits them. To show the

I support changes in the college admission process because most people are not qualified to be accepted in to college. Students are rejected from college because they have low SAT test scores or because of their low GPA. Colleges believe that the student must “fit in” in order to get in. By “fitting in” it simply means that you must meet some requirements for college. Students focus more about fitting in to college. In some colleges they seem to pay attention more of the students' backgrounds than their actual grades.

I also want to thank you for the "Why I'm Punk" example of how a student wrote an essay that truly described who they are. It is encouraging to know that some colleges will overlook lower test scores in favor of finding students who know themselves and can put that understanding into an essay. Just yesterday, I was at our school awards ceremony when the three 4.0 students were announced. I felt a little sad when I thought of how students can become so obsessed with a perfect GPA that they forget to live the life they were created for. The college essay seems to be an opportunity for students who may not have the perfect GPA or SAT scores to shine based on their passionate living of life.

Essay is not a four-letter word—though you may feel like using a few of your own when it comes time to write one. Most students would rather swim in a vat full of sharks while singing the national anthem (sharks + singing = Shmoop's worst nightmare) than sit down and write an application essay. And hey, we get it. It's easy to shrug off brainstorming, outlining, and agonizing over essay prompts for a Saturday afternoon snooze or four back-to-back episodes of The Walking Dead. But we also know that, sometimes, all you need to get started is a gentle little Shmoop. (Hint: It means to move things forward a bit.

I had a dozen great ideas for my college application essay. I’ll tell the story about my life-changing mission trip to Puerto Rico, I brainstormed. Or better yet, I’ll write about my brutal injury, and how the pain of bench warming made me work harder the next season. Almost immediately after I sat down at the computer, “College Essay Topics to Avoid” popped up in my Facebook feed. Intrigued, I clicked on the article; much to my dismay, every idea I had was listed.

Essays are something colleges really look at. They want to know what you’re into, what your hobbies are, and the main thing, WHY you chose that college. they want to know what interests you about them that makes you want to do your schooling with their university. The pro’s of a good essay is that you may be getting into your top choice college. The biggest con is, whoever reads your essays and decides on your admission, has read a million essays in their career. If you have any factual errors the university can spot them. They’ll know by your essay what their acceptance means to you. You have to be all in and ready to commit to writing the best essay you’ve ever wrote. College is going to take you on your career path, your college essay holds