How to spice up my application???

mapoch
Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:10:27 +0000

Your stats are excellent and if you keep everything up, it looks like you have a fairly good chance. I think carloshz is right when he says take courses at your local CC to show you can handle them.

For SATs though, try to boost up your CR. Some schools will only look at CR and Math sections…writing is sometimes not as important to them. If you’re scoring so well on your SATs, you might as well try out the ACTs. I got a 2180 on the SATs and took the ACTs blind and got a 32 (which converts to around a 2180), but you might be able to improve. The CR section on the ACT is a piece of cake (honestly the questions they ask are straight out of the paragraph…barely any inferring). It’s only one Saturday, so why not?

If you have time, try to center your ECs around whatever you’re planning on majoring in. I applied for psychology/education and my counselor told me that my volunteer/work experience at clinics and schools really helps.