Guidance Counseling Intro

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What makes a top student?

• hard worker
• academic curiosity
• critical thinking ability
• sense of social responsibility
• independent thinker

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apply
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test
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learn
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How do colleges evaluate you?

• Grades
• SAT
• Essays
• Recommendations
• Activities, Sports, and Experiences
• Interviews

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Only two categories are quantifiable!

• Grades
• SAT

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Average SAT Scores at 101 Top Schools

• Harvard 2100 2380
• Stanford 2000 2310
• Brown 1990 2290
• Duke 1990 2290
• UCLA 1760 2090
• Carnegie Mellon 1990 2190
• New York University 1860 2140
• UC San Diego 1700 2030

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The More You Take the Test The Higher You Score
Reading
Math
Writing
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Every Time You Take the Test You Pay 47 And 2.3
Million Students Take the Test Every Year
55 million
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So To Keep the Money Coming They Make the Test
Full of Tricks
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How would you rearrange the letters in the words
new door to make one word?
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SAT Foundations
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A few samples from the original version convey
the SAT's inimitable way of being simple and
confusing at the same time, its tendency to
induce uncontrollable, anxious second-guessing on
the part of the taker. -Nicholas Lemann,
Columbia University
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A few samples from the original version convey
the SAT's inimitable way of being simple and
confusing at the same time, its tendency to
induce uncontrollable, anxious second-guessing on
the part of the taker. -Nicholas Lemann,
Columbia University
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A few samples from the original version convey
the SAT's inimitable way of being simple and
confusing at the same time, its tendency to
induce uncontrollable, anxious second-guessing on
the part of the taker. -Nicholas Lemann,
Columbia University
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timeline to university
Summer
Term 3
Term 1
Term 2
TOEFL /IELTS
SAT Test
SAT Test
SAT Prep
Essay Writing
Application Prep
School Selection
Make a Decision
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Selecting Your Schools
Step 1
Select 8 12 different schools.
Schools must fall into three
categories 1) High Reach (3 4
schools) 2) Reach (4 5
schools) 3) Possible (1 3 schools)
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Recommendation Guidance Counselor
Demographics
School Record
Future Plans
Academics
SAT Subject Test
Family
Activities
Who are you?
Recommendation Teacher
Fit of the School
SAT General Test
Art or Music Portfolio
TOEFL
Awards and Honors
Follow-up
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Recommendation Guidance Counselor
Demographics
Transcripts
Future Plans
Academics
SAT Subject Test
Family
Activities
Who are you?
Recommendation Teacher
Fit of the School
SAT General Test
Art or Music Portfolio
TOEFL
Awards and Honors
Follow-up
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the best essay is an essay that tells the world
why you are amazing
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Making a Schedule
Step 1
Break your schools into units!
What is a unit? Amount of time to complete
one 500 word essay
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Making a Schedule
Step 1
Common Application
Personal Essay 850 words
2 units
Short Answer 150 words
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Making a Schedule
Step 1
University of Earth
Why not? 500 words
2 units
Whats your major? 250 words
Why U of Earth? 250 words
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Making a Schedule
Step 2
Submit Date
Early Decision / Early Action November
Submission Regular Decision Late and
Rolling Decisions
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Making a Schedule
Step 3
Preference
Separate your schools in three tiers of your
desire to attend them This is not
dependent on selectivity!
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Making a Schedule
Step 4
3 Stages of Completion
A. Rough Draft A complete essay that you
feel comfortable having a stranger (who will
judge you) read
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Making a Schedule
Step 4
3 Stages of Completion
B. Reviewed Draft An essay that has been
allowed to sit for a while, and then read
through very, very carefully for strong and
weak points
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Making a Schedule
Step 4
3 Stages of Completion
C. Ultimate Essay An essay that has been
carefully crafted and thoroughly proof
read
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what we are going to see isa different species
of hominid a hominid that takes direct and
deliberate
evol
ution
control over the of his
species.
ve your
thinking

Juan Enriquez Founding Director, Life Sciences
Center, Harvard Business School
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21st Century knowledge is an expression of the
shared responsibility for the planet collaborativ
e learning
20th Century knowledge is power expression of
the shared responsibility for the
planet autonomous learning
evol
ve your
thinking

seismic shift
Jeremey Rifkin Senior Lecturer, Wharton
School University of Pennsylvania