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07-02-2007, 07:23 PM
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#46 | | Member
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| A few questions:
Under "Academics"
1. What is meant by "Counselor's Position"?
2. "Current" in "Current Year Courses" presumably means senior, right?
3. Also under "Current Year Courses", does "semester" mean the first half of the school year? If so, should you put full year courses in both fields on a row, or just in the "First Semester" field?
Under "Writing Samples"
1. We only have to write one essay? I was under the impression that we had to do multiple essays. | 
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07-02-2007, 07:29 PM
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#47 | | Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: WI-->Middlebury College '12 Gender: Male
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| 1. I just said "guidance counselor" for position...i think if the person you are using as your counselor is someone else i.e. normal teacher or principle (if your school is really small or something) then you put something else. just for those with different circumstances.
2. senior year
3. 1st semester means first half. put full year courses in both sides.
1. one short answer about the activity you thought wasmost important
one extended essay, pick the topic from those provided | |
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07-02-2007, 07:57 PM
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#48 | | Junior Member
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| If I am submitting a music resume as part of an arts supplement is it unnecessary to put my music related activities in the EC section? | |
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07-02-2007, 08:01 PM
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#49 | | Senior Member
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If I am submitting a music resume as part of an arts supplement is it unnecessary to put my music related activities in the EC section?
| I would say that you should list the activities nonetheless because the seven (or less) listed should represent the EC's you have the most interest in... | |
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07-03-2007, 10:22 AM
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#50 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
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| Here are 7 questions:
1. On the activites list, how do you list the summer activities? You chose the grade level that you were in but, which grade level should you chose (the one you're going into or the one you were in or both)
2. Should I still list an EC if I already listed the award that I got in the Academic Honors section? such as Science Olympiad and Math team... (if I don't list them on the acitivies section, I will have more room to list other more important activities)
3. For the personal essay, what is the max word count/page number?
4. Is it better to write your essay on 1 of the 5 choices or your own choice?
5. What can I give in my additional info? Can I write about an interesting hobby that I do? or this that pushing it?
6. Should summer research be listed under the section for: Education data section with the secondary school/programs, work, or summer activity? I get paid for the research...
7. For summer programs such as Alabama Governor's School, should I list that under the Education data section with the secondary school/programs? | |
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07-03-2007, 10:27 AM
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#51 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
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| Haha I made the mistake of choosing NACAC fee waivers for six of my colleges and I haven't even had my counselor send out fee waiver requests yet. Now it won't let me change the payment type for them, what can I do? Should I just make a new account on the common app website and forget the one I already have? | |
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07-03-2007, 10:54 AM
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#52 | | Senior Member
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| J.shi. lol a lot of your questions are really immaterial but w/e
1. i dont think it matters, but i put grade i was already in. Or you can sort of do it based on other activities. If you junior year has a heavy load, but sophomore year not as much. And you did something in between the two in the summer, put it as soph to balance it out
2. I did. I had math team on my activities and listed the awards again. I did this because math team is important to me. Who cares if you're naming it again. Put it on if it ranks top 7 in importance
3. 500 max i think, but people have been known to go over. Stay under 750 and you're probably fine.
4. Write whatever you want. I'm doing topic 6
5. That's probabyl fine. I included a bunch of clubs i was in that I couldnt fit in the activities section. Anything else that's interesting can go there too, so a hobby would be fine
6. probably summer activity
7. umm not sure, but probably | |
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07-03-2007, 11:04 AM
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#53 | | Member
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| Under what exact section is the summer activities section? | |
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07-03-2007, 11:41 AM
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#54 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Georgia Gender: Female
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| ok, never min I see the summer part...one more question: Is a description of extracurricular activities necessary? The common app asks you to describe one activity in length. Should I attach a sheet that details two other significant ones? | |
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07-03-2007, 12:00 PM
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#55 | | Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego, California ==> DUKE 2012 Gender: Male
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| How do you type into it?
I could type into last year's.. | |
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07-03-2007, 12:02 PM
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#56 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Northeastern Ohio ---> Durham, NC Gender: Female
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| Are you using the online application? Or the paper one? | |
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07-03-2007, 12:05 PM
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#57 | | Member
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| Online.... | |
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07-03-2007, 12:08 PM
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#58 | | Member
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| If I have not yet received the AP Scholar with Distinction Award but know that I will get it, do I put that down under the awards section? | |
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07-03-2007, 12:08 PM
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#59 | | Member
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| You should be able to just type into it like a form. Common app is being screwy for me right now. | |
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07-03-2007, 12:11 PM
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#60 | | Member
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| yea the server is down or something. probably too much traffic | |
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