What Matters Most?

ChoatieMom
Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:45:23 +0000

Because you yourself are the unique component in the admissions process (everyone else who is a serious contender will have the same or better recs, grades, scores, ECs), your interview and your essay are the two areas where you get to show what’s special about you and what you offer a particular school’s community. The interview is also an important vehicle for you to find out if a school is right for you, so that one goes both ways. The recs, grades, scores, and ECs are you on paper, but the interview and essay (even though it’s written, it comes from you inside) are where you can shine and where you can have the most impact. Focus on those.