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So this is for anyone who has been accepted into any really prestigious colleges, can you please help me?
Besides ACT, what else should I be working on for getting into a good school? I am in a lot of AP/Honors classes for the next two years and am getting mostly A's besides a single B. I am on the debate team and have done pretty well in that. I will also be Editor-In-Chief of the school newspaper. I am basically maxing out my grades at school.
My one downfall, however, is the ACT. I score around a 28, but Northwestern and NYU expect around a 30 to get in to their schools. So what other things should I be doing to boost my chances of getting into those schools. Anything out of school? Should I be tutoring other students or whatnot?
Besides ACT, what else should I be working on for getting into a good school? I am in a lot of AP/Honors classes for the next two years and am getting mostly A's besides a single B. I am on the debate team and have done pretty well in that. I will also be Editor-In-Chief of the school newspaper. I am basically maxing out my grades at school.
My one downfall, however, is the ACT. I score around a 28, but Northwestern and NYU expect around a 30 to get in to their schools. So what other things should I be doing to boost my chances of getting into those schools. Anything out of school? Should I be tutoring other students or whatnot?
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28 is actually a good score. I don't know if you're a junior or sophomore or what so I don't know if tutoring now would be worth it. It's all dependent on time.
If you have enough time and are worried about being 2 pts below the minimum ACT score, then tutoring might help your chances of getting in there. Usually there is some window you can be in (+/- 2) or whatever
If you have enough time and are worried about being 2 pts below the minimum ACT score, then tutoring might help your chances of getting in there. Usually there is some window you can be in (+/- 2) or whatever
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I am a sophomore. I won't say it is a bad score and try to be a snob and say "I need at least a 35!," but I still want that assurance that I can get in. The ACT is a bitch though; moving your score up is like pushing a bolder up a hill.
I was also talking to a senior who got accepted into Princeton, and he said that schools are looking for cultured and interesting people. I just don't know how to filter my interests of music and writing into something that could impress the school outside of the school newspaper. I am freaking out a bit too much; better luck planning now though.
I was also talking to a senior who got accepted into Princeton, and he said that schools are looking for cultured and interesting people. I just don't know how to filter my interests of music and writing into something that could impress the school outside of the school newspaper. I am freaking out a bit too much; better luck planning now though.
Einherjar86
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but seriously. just try and get involved in as many clubs and organizations as you can. do shit outside of school like volunteer work in your community...serve soup at a homeless shelter...shit like that
I will admit my bias coming from a state school, though, that you can still get a really solid education from a non-prestigious school too
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I'm in the middle of writing an epic paper criticizing an antirealist explanation of the success of science for my philosophy of science seminar. This is by far the best class I've ever taken. One of the teachers was trying to convince me to switch to his department (History and Philosophy of Science) after I finish my MA. He even offered to be on my thesis committee! It's nice when people who are smarter than you think you're smart. On another note, grad school is a royal pain in the ass.
MasterOLightning
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1. Be in every club and organization possible.
2. Get a higher test score, 28 is not good enough. That's what the athletes get. It shouldn't be that hard to bump it up, unless you had a 27.5. If you had a 28.25, it only takes a little improvement to go up one.
3. Write killer essays (this maybe the hardest part based on your propensity to leave entire words out of sentences). Be brief, but creative and funny. Northwestern's app has like, 6 essay questions. Get it proofed by your best English teacher.
4. Volunteer or something.
2. Get a higher test score, 28 is not good enough. That's what the athletes get. It shouldn't be that hard to bump it up, unless you had a 27.5. If you had a 28.25, it only takes a little improvement to go up one.
3. Write killer essays (this maybe the hardest part based on your propensity to leave entire words out of sentences). Be brief, but creative and funny. Northwestern's app has like, 6 essay questions. Get it proofed by your best English teacher.
4. Volunteer or something.
King Richard
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I know this doesn't belong in this thread, but something you said reminded me of something that royally pisses me off. I can't stand it when people do volunteer work just to make themselves look better, or to impress someone else. You do volunteer work to help other people in need and make yourself feel better as well, not for cool points. It's such a selfish move that I can't help but be offended by people who do it.
Don't get me wrong though, I don't have a problem with people who put it on their resume or on applications for whatever. I just don't like it when people do it only for those reasons.
Don't get me wrong though, I don't have a problem with people who put it on their resume or on applications for whatever. I just don't like it when people do it only for those reasons.
False Joe
Who cares.
People will stop doing it, when it stops looking good on your CV.
If there was no different to schools/employers whether you've done something good or not, people wouldn't do it.
I personally can't blame them for wanting to get on an even playing field.
If there was no different to schools/employers whether you've done something good or not, people wouldn't do it.
I personally can't blame them for wanting to get on an even playing field.
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What grad school do you attend?
1. I am going to join a few more. Maybe some sports.
2. The athletes are getting 28 on their act? Wow, this is some really serious stuff. Is a 30 what I should be aiming for?
3. I do, indeed, write killer essays. I am on top of my class in writing. My grammar is off on this board because I do not read through my posts very explicitly nor do I try to make them "smart" or interesting.
4. Soup kitchens? What kind of work should it be? Long term?
You don't mind me asking all this, right?
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King Richard
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MasterOLightning
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I checked out some stats, and the middle 50% of students scored between a 30 and 34. The ones who are below 30 only make up a quarter of students, so that's probably legacies, athletes, transfers and minorities. Scores are less important for music and theater majors also. So a score under 30 puts you in a hole. Only 26% or so of applicants are accepted.
I never did any volunteering because my feelings about it are similar to what others have just expressed. But it can only help. I don't think it matters what you do. They also like if you can show "leadership", whatever that means.
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