| I second what Super Mom says about community service. I didn't realize it was such an important part of so many scholarships. I would also advise students to pay attention to how your school ranks students. Make sure you do whatever possible to be one of the top students. Parents, pay attention to what the college counselor says. At our school, parents were asked to do a "brag sheet." College counselor said that she would freely plagiarize from the brag sheet. My take on this was that I would be writing at least part of my kid's recommendation. I paid attention to it accordingly.
My advice to my S about standardized tests (which I learned on CC) was to start with the ACT. My advice to S was to start with the ACT early. If you have an ACT score around the same time as your PSAT score, you can get a feel as to how you will do on each test. There may not be a need to take the SAT at all if you do well on the ACT. If you start with the SAT first and don't do well, you can never "hide" those scores if you also take SAT II's. Score choice on the ACT is a good thing. |