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All people there are stuck on is my GPA (3.2) and they keep saying I have no shot what so ever at a tier 1 school.
I am starting to find the site discouraging but is it really reliable, as in do those people really know something about college admissions?
Only the college you’re applying to is a reliable source for admissions advice.
College Confidential consists of a bunch of pompous Ivy League morons. Do your own due diligence.
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On my SAT I got 770 on reading and only 690 on math. On my ACT I got 34 on math and only 32 on reading.
What does that say to college admissions people?
This will show that you’re proficient in critical reading and school math (more difficult math, but math that does not require as much reasoning to arrive at the answer) but not as good at English questions given at school and mathematical reasoning. When I say "not as good", I mean relative to the standardized test you did better on; your scores are all pretty good, except math on the SAT, which is ok but not great.
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During the winter holiday, will college admissions office receive any information sent to them? Will the information be considered on time?
If your doing it online you will be fine. If you sent it through the mail, they will probably go by the postmark on the envelope. The office probably will not be open until the 5th of January.
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While a senior at my school, you are allowed to take up to three release periods (class periods that you don’t have to be in school). I know that college admissions prefers a rigorous course schedule. Would it be a big deal if I took one release period next year? Or would it be better to just fill it with a class? Thanks
If you have good grades than release periods don’t matter. As long as you work or do something in the mean time so you can use that for later use. Such as applying
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I am a junior right now. I am retaking the ACT, SAT, and SAT subject tests in September, October, and November.
But is taking the SAT in November too late to count for my college admission?
as a junior this year you can take act and sat tests up to january. i don’t reccomend going all the way to january but november should be fine. good luck and hope i helped
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I heard that
GPAs
Extra Curricular activities
Volunteer Hours
Letters of Recommendation
and Admissions essays
are all more important than the SATs.
So is it true that a student with a 2300 SAT score can get into a great college?
Last year 4 seniors at my school got into the following colleges.
UNC Chapel Hill (out of state, difficult to get into)
Georgia Tech (in state but VERY selective)
Emory (in state but very selective)
and Carnegie Melon (out of state but a top school)
All had below a 3.5 GPA. Now they did attend a magnet school but all of those seniors has above 2200 SAT scores.
Their admissions essays and letter of recommendation were great according to the guidance counselor.
Funny thing is that students from another school who applied (had 4.0 GPAs and a lot of extra curriculars but low SAT scores which were in the 1700s and 1800s) were rejected. Of course the students verbally told me their SAT scores.
Our guidance counselor and admissions people at the universities have told us that SAT scores matter. Even at the universities on fairtest.org the SAT scores are used for out of state and for scholarships (merits). A person at my church who attended Princeton told me that the Ivies would prefer a student with a 2300 SAT and a 3.5 or 3.6 GPA over a student with an average SAT and a HIGH gpa (perfect 4.0 even).
Going by personal experience here.
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I am going to be a senior in High School this year and I am obviously starting the whole college application process and I am getting extremely overwhelmed.
I am writing an e-mail to my first choice college’s admissions counselor and I just want to know the correct format in which I should write it.
do I just write… Dear ______, or do I have to be more formal. Please answer with correct formats. Thank You
Just write it like you would write a normal letter. Dear ____, is fine.
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Jacquelyn P. Muller, AVP – Public Relations, (412) 995-7262
Devra Pransky, PR Specialist, (412) 995-7685
(PITTSBURGH – September 12, 2005) The Art Institutes announced
today that it will assist both domestic and international
students from universities in New Orleans, southern Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama universities, which have been closed for
the foreseeable future due to the devastation caused by
Hurricane Katrina.
The Art Institutes will make available both on-campus and
online courses that might be able to permit dislocated students
to progress in their academic careers during this semester of
disruption. Students at a university forced to close by
Hurricane Katrina may register at any of The Art Institutes 31
locations across the nation for courses, on a space-available
basis, for the fall semester.
The Art Institutes will waive tuition for dislocated students
who have already registered and paid tuition at their home
institution for the fall 2005 semester. If dislocated students
have not yet paid their tuition at their home institution, they
will be assessed the lesser of the current published tuition and
fees at the home institution, or The Art Institutes’ published
tuition and fees for the fall semester, as determined by the
school president.
“The Art Institutes strives to assist college students who have
been affected by Hurricane Katrina,” says Dave Pauldine,
president of The Art Institutes. “The Art Institutes offers this
initiative as a way to reach out to the students in the Gulf
Coast region whose lives and education have been impacted by
Hurricane Katrina and do what we can to assist those students.”
The Art Institutes is a group of 31educational institutions
located throughout North America. Offering a broad range of
programs including: audio production, culinary arts, culinary
management, fashion design, fashion marketing, graphic design,
industrial design technology, interior design, media arts &
animation, multimedia & Web design, photography, restaurant
management and video production. Not all programs are offered at
all schools.
The Art Institutes operate in Atlanta, Arlington, VA (as The
Art Institute of Washington), Boston (as The New England
Institute of Art), Charlotte, Chicago and Schaumburg, IL,
Cincinnati (as The Art Institute of Ohio – Cincinnati), Dallas,
Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles (as The
Art Institute of California – Los Angeles and California Design
College), Miami (as Miami International University of Art &
Design), Minneapolis, New York, Orange County, CA, Philadelphia,
Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco,
Seattle, Tampa, Toronto , Vancouver (as The Art Institute of
Vancouver, York, PA (as Bradley Academy of the Visual Arts) and
The Art Institute Online, a division of The Art Institute of
Pittsburgh.
Students seeking additional information about The Art
Institutes’ initiative can view the policy in its entirety at
(www.artinstitutes.edu/katrina) or call the National Admissions
Information Center at 1-888-328-7900.
The Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu), with 31 education
institutions located throughout North America, provide an
important source of design, media arts, fashion and culinary
professionals. The parent company of The Art Institutes,
Education Management Corporation (www.edmc.com) is among the
largest providers of private post-secondary education in North
America, based on student enrollment and revenue. Student
enrollment exceeded 66,000 as of fall 2004. EDMC has 71 primary
campus locations in 24 states and two Canadian provinces. EDMC’s
education institutions offer a broad range of academic programs
concentrated in the media arts, design, fashion, culinary arts,
behavioral sciences, health sciences, education, information
technology and business fields, culminating in the award of
associate’s through doctoral degrees. EDMC has provided
career-oriented education for over 40 years.
The Art Institutes
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