College Admission ACT, GPA, SAT, and writing ability are some major factors that Simpson college’s admissions use when determining if a student will be accepted or not. Like most other school students must meet certain recommendations in these areas to even get accepted. I think that a student’s ability to write should be the cornerstone of college admissions it allows the student to state their goals and values, can help be the deciding factor in the admission process, and it can be an opportunity
It is an unfortunate reality of the 21st century that admission into college is no longer a natural and calm transition made by young students as they enter adulthood. The pressure of competition for academic excellence escalates rampantly throughout high school and multiplies ten-fold at the mention of standardized testing and college applications. It leaves students nervously exhausted by the time that the thought of college presents itself in the first place. The unfortunate reality of the American
often the college admissions process—a process that involves admissions offices, guidance counselors, parents and many other stakeholders—contributes to this problem. As a rite of passage for many students and a major focus for many parents, the college admissions process is powerfully positioned to send different messages that help young people become more generous and humane in ways that benefit not only society but students themselves. Yet high school students often perceive colleges as simply
dedicated alumni. In A is For Admission, Michele Hernandez mentions some of these discrepancies when explaining that legacies, students with a parent who attended the university, have a forty percent acceptance rate at Dartmouth in comparison with the typical ten percent acceptance rate (183). Additionally, Hernandez further explains that athletes
Discrimination in College/University Admissions There can be many factors that determine whether or not you can get into a college. Do you have the grades, are you involved in your community, have you been convicted. Many questions like those listed above have been commonly asked to applicants who apply for major colleges universities. However, you are never asked your ethnicity during an interview, usually they give you an application to fill out and they have a space that allows you to check
are based. So what can schools do to make sure that they remain on the radar for prospective students? More importantly, what can small private liberal arts colleges, like Salem College, do to compete with big name public
College admissions are simple. They check your GPA and ACT/SAT test scores and see if your scores match their expectations. If you do, they will take you. If you don’t, they will reject you. What about if your score is in the middle? What if you don’t quite meet their expectations, but you don’t really fall below them? Legacy is like a tiebreaker or the cherry on top of the cake, but currently is a very controversial topic. Being a legacy student can cause a significant impact on the admission process
allowing race to be part of College admissions is unconstitutional. It is unconstitutional because people should not be judged by the color of their skin but on the level of knowledge they contain. Only allowing white people into certain Colleges is unfair because both groups have the ability to reach a certain level. She strongly believes that the education you receive should be decided on the work you have done and how much effort you put into getting into a college. It seems wrong to have your
I am writing this letter to inform the Admissions Committee that given an acceptance, I fully intend on attending MSUCHM. After visiting the campus on Interview Day, learning about the University’s mission and the Shared Discovery Curriculum, I am fully confident in my decision. Being put through the pressure of college over the last four years, I have benefitted the most by having the opportunity to learn about myself. I learned what motivated me, understood how I learned, and most importantly
College admissions officers say the worst essays they read on college applications are self-absorbed recitals of high-school achievements: the what-I-learned-by-working-so-hard-a s-yearbook-editor essay, the I-went-to-Europe-and-learned-how-complex-the-world-is essay and the how-to-solve-world-hunger-and-all-the-other-world-problems essay. The best essays, the officers say, are those that reveal something about the author's personality. They often do it in an originial way, and, usually, read like