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Deciding when to apply Early vs. regular decision.mp3 | Again, school by school, but potentially. Rolling admissions, they're kind of letting you in as you're applying, four to five week turnaround. Again, the earlier you kind of get that in, the better. You get the answer early, and you also may have access to additional financial aid, potentially. And then regular decisio... |
Sal Khan's story Applying to college.mp3 | That's obviously a very memorable time in your life. So as you know from the other videos, I was pretty set on applying to MIT. So early on, and this was back in the pre-internet days, as soon as it was available, I contacted them. They mailed me the actual packet that you used to fill out. And I got it from the other ... |
Sal Khan's story Applying to college.mp3 | They mailed me the actual packet that you used to fill out. And I got it from the other schools that I applied to. And obviously, you fill out all the forms, your data, your standardized test scores. You had to send copies from the college board to those schools. But then, when you're doing the application at that poin... |
Sal Khan's story Applying to college.mp3 | You had to send copies from the college board to those schools. But then, when you're doing the application at that point, one of the things that you have a lot of control over, your grades and your standardized test scores are kind of already there, are your essays and your recommendations. And I remember the first pa... |
Sal Khan's story Applying to college.mp3 | And it was, I think I wrote something that I thought that they wanted to read. And I had my sister review it, who was at that point an undergrad at Brown. And she said, Sal, this is a lame essay. You just look like another one of the thousands of applications that they're going to get. I know you as a person. You have ... |
Sal Khan's story Applying to college.mp3 | You just look like another one of the thousands of applications that they're going to get. I know you as a person. You have a lot of personality. You're sometimes a little eccentric. Let that come out in the essay. Don't go too far. But show who you are. |
Sal Khan's story Applying to college.mp3 | You're sometimes a little eccentric. Let that come out in the essay. Don't go too far. But show who you are. Don't try to be someone that you're not, on either extreme. And so she said, you're a singer in a heavy metal band. Let them know about that. |
Sal Khan's story Applying to college.mp3 | But show who you are. Don't try to be someone that you're not, on either extreme. And so she said, you're a singer in a heavy metal band. Let them know about that. Express yourself. And so I did. And once again, I didn't go too far. |
Sal Khan's story Applying to college.mp3 | Let them know about that. Express yourself. And so I did. And once again, I didn't go too far. I didn't try to be something that I'm not. I tried my best to show what I am. And I guess it did work out at the end. |
Sal Khan's story Applying to college.mp3 | And once again, I didn't go too far. I didn't try to be something that I'm not. I tried my best to show what I am. And I guess it did work out at the end. The other piece, a very important piece, is the recommendations. And for me, my three recommendations, one came from Miss Kennedy, who was our advisor for the school... |
Sal Khan's story Applying to college.mp3 | And I guess it did work out at the end. The other piece, a very important piece, is the recommendations. And for me, my three recommendations, one came from Miss Kennedy, who was our advisor for the school newspaper. I was the art editor. So I had worked a lot with her. So she knew a lot about how I work, my personalit... |
Sal Khan's story Applying to college.mp3 | I was the art editor. So I had worked a lot with her. So she knew a lot about how I work, my personality, my strengths and weaknesses. My other recommendation was Mr. Hernandez, who was a math teacher, but was also the advisor for the math team. And I was the captain. So he could write a lot about, we'd gone on trips t... |
Sal Khan's story Applying to college.mp3 | My other recommendation was Mr. Hernandez, who was a math teacher, but was also the advisor for the math team. And I was the captain. So he could write a lot about, we'd gone on trips together and gone to competitions. So he knew me really well. And then my third recommendation was Dr. Jairo Santania, professor at Univ... |
Overview Exploring college options.mp3 | I think it can be so overwhelming, just the sheer number of schools. When you open up a guidebook and the guidebook is more than a thousand pages long, you just wonder where do you even start? But I think students who keep an open mind can do really well in the process because there are so many wonderful institutions o... |
Overview Exploring college options.mp3 | So if you're willing to go outside of your comfort zone, if you're willing to go to a school that you maybe haven't heard of or in a part of the country that you're not really familiar with, you can really open up many, many doors for yourself. I think the process starts, you know, let's start with academics. And so a ... |
Overview Exploring college options.mp3 | Is it because of the teacher? Is it because of the subject? Is it because of the way it was taught? And really starting to think about, you know, what they may want to study in college and to think about, you know, the way that that material is delivered. Was it in lecture format? Did they do more group work? Did they ... |
Overview Exploring college options.mp3 | And really starting to think about, you know, what they may want to study in college and to think about, you know, the way that that material is delivered. Was it in lecture format? Did they do more group work? Did they do discussion-based conversations? And really thinking about what are the ways that they learn best,... |
Overview Exploring college options.mp3 | Did they do discussion-based conversations? And really thinking about what are the ways that they learn best, right? Ultimately for me when I'm talking with students, especially low-income students that are, you know, looking at this process with sort of, you know, not a lot of help in the process, really thinking abou... |
Overview Exploring college options.mp3 | So thinking through those sorts of things, thinking through a little bit about community, right? So what kind of community are you going to be in? Who's in that community? Where are they from? Are they all from the local area? Are they from a national pool and an international pool? If you're an underrepresented studen... |
Overview Exploring college options.mp3 | Where are they from? Are they all from the local area? Are they from a national pool and an international pool? If you're an underrepresented student, an international student, those sorts of things, is there a population on that campus? If that's important to you, you know, you can look at those sorts of factors. Extr... |
Overview Exploring college options.mp3 | If you're an underrepresented student, an international student, those sorts of things, is there a population on that campus? If that's important to you, you know, you can look at those sorts of factors. Extracurricular activities, you know, the things that you're doing now in high school are the things you want to con... |
Overview Exploring college options.mp3 | So maybe you're a flute player and you want to continue to play in college, although you think you may want to be a biology major. Or is there a school where you can still be in the band and the symphony but be a biology major? Ask questions, anything that comes to your mind, ask the question. There's no question that ... |
Watch out for scholarship displacement!!.mp3 | One thing you should know is that colleges can actually reduce their own financial aid package on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount of any outside scholarships you receive. So, for instance, if you received an outside scholarship from a private corporation or from a private philanthropic organization like the Sor... |
Watch out for scholarship displacement!!.mp3 | The vast majority of schools will allow you to reduce any unmet need you have with the outside scholarship before they reduce their own aid package. And then, if there is no unmet need, most schools will first reduce the loans they're giving you before they reduce the free money or the grants and scholarships. This is ... |
Watch out for scholarship displacement!!.mp3 | It's great if they reduce the loan package because that means there's less money you have to pay back, especially when the private or outside scholarship is free money. However, again, it really depends on the school, and there are still a minority of schools who will actually reduce their own grants and scholarships b... |
Watch out for scholarship displacement!!.mp3 | Either way, you're not going to get any more money. So an example would be, let's say a college gives you a $15,000 grant and a $15,000 loan, and you have a $10,000 outside scholarship from a private corporation. Hopefully, the college would reduce the $15,000 loan package first, so all of a sudden you're only having t... |
Watch out for scholarship displacement!!.mp3 | But it is conceivable that they will reduce their grant package by $10,000, in which case it's kind of a wash in terms of having that outside scholarship. Some aid they will never reduce. This is called first-dollar aid, and an example of that would be the Pell Grant, which is going to be $5,775 each year. In that case... |
Sal Khan's story College admissions.mp3 | I just wanted to welcome you to this resource on navigating the college, I guess, application, admissions, and paying for process. And, you know, for me, this is a super important thing. College was a big part of my life. Obviously, we all know you learn a lot in college, but it also opens up your mind. You have, it's ... |
Sal Khan's story College admissions.mp3 | Obviously, we all know you learn a lot in college, but it also opens up your mind. You have, it's important to be in a community that really challenges you between your peers, your professors. I met my wife in college. Many of the same people that I worked with in college, I remember I had a, I was in a entrepreneurshi... |
Sal Khan's story College admissions.mp3 | Many of the same people that I worked with in college, I remember I had a, I was in a entrepreneurship competition my junior year, and many of the people who were on my team then, I'm still working with now, 20 years later, on Khan Academy. And I, I think it'd be fair to say if I hadn't had that experience, Khan Academ... |
Comparing public vs. private colleges.mp3 | Sean, can you tell us a little bit more about the difference between public and private schools? Sure. Private schools tend to be privately owned. Public schools are generally state run. The number of students in general, they vary quite a bit, but most public institutions tend to be larger, whereas private schools can... |
Comparing public vs. private colleges.mp3 | Public schools are generally state run. The number of students in general, they vary quite a bit, but most public institutions tend to be larger, whereas private schools can be large schools as well, but also might be much smaller institutions as well. And that sort of correlates a little bit to class size. So at priva... |
Comparing public vs. private colleges.mp3 | So at private institutions, one of the strengths of them tend to be that they keep their class sizes smaller, not all, but a lot will have, say, a class size of, say, 18 students in a class, whereas public institutions may have larger class sizes, more lecture style classes than, say, discussion style classes. With tho... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | And Sean did admissions at Williams, Occidental, Harvard, and Stanford, as well as working with several community-based organizations. Sean, thanks so much for being here today. Happy to be here. Thanks. So Sean, we want to get started with one of the first questions that students often face in the college admissions p... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | Thanks. So Sean, we want to get started with one of the first questions that students often face in the college admissions process. And that is sort of vocational programs versus two-year programs versus four-year programs. What are they and sort of what do they offer? Let's go ahead and get started with vocational pro... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | What are they and sort of what do they offer? Let's go ahead and get started with vocational programs. What are they all about? So vocational schools tend to teach specialized trades, things like plumbing, heating, potentially automotive skills, and so forth. And so students who are looking at this area coming out of h... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | So vocational schools tend to teach specialized trades, things like plumbing, heating, potentially automotive skills, and so forth. And so students who are looking at this area coming out of high school tend to be wanting to focus in, have a real specific interest, want to get that training. The training may be anywher... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | And then they come out with very applicable skills in a particular area. Great. And Sean, how does the vocational program differ from a two-year or a four-year college degree? Right. So a two-year or a four-year degree is a two-year degree is an associate's degree. That's generally what you get when you finish a two-ye... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | Right. So a two-year or a four-year degree is a two-year degree is an associate's degree. That's generally what you get when you finish a two-year program. When you finish a four-year program, you typically get a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science, so a BS or a BA. In a two-year program, the sort of strengths of... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | When you finish a four-year program, you typically get a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science, so a BS or a BA. In a two-year program, the sort of strengths of that tend to be they give students a little bit of flexibility. You can go part-time. You can go full-time. It allows students who may need to work or may ... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | You can go full-time. It allows students who may need to work or may just not be sure that higher education is the direction they want to go in. It lets them sort of take some courses without making a bigger financial commitment right away. So it has that. You can get more specialized degrees. You can come out ready to... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | So it has that. You can get more specialized degrees. You can come out ready to be a dental hygienist or go into law enforcement, different things like that. Or you can take more of a broader program and maybe want to then transfer on to a four-year school. So you can take the two years that you got, say you were study... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | Or you can take more of a broader program and maybe want to then transfer on to a four-year school. So you can take the two years that you got, say you were studying biology as something you're really interested in, and then apply that towards a four-year degree. So you're already two years into it, and you have two ye... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | Great. So then why would students choose, for instance, to go to a four-year degree directly rather than starting with a two-year degree? It's going to give you a bit more, I think, flexibility and probably more options. So usually they have a broader curriculum at these kinds of schools. It allows you to sort of have ... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | So usually they have a broader curriculum at these kinds of schools. It allows you to sort of have other options as well. So things like arts, music, theater, athletic opportunities that are there, potentially abroad opportunities as well. And this four-year degree can be in a variety of different areas. And those area... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | And this four-year degree can be in a variety of different areas. And those areas, though, will give you more—that degree after four years will give you more flexibility. Most employers now look at a four-year degree as sort of the starting point in their hiring process. Great. And are there specific careers you can th... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | Great. And are there specific careers you can think of where a four-year degree is required? So the beauty of a four-year degree is it's going to really, I think, prepare you in a lot of different areas. Things like graduate programs in medical school, law school, business school, those sorts of things. It also allows ... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | Things like graduate programs in medical school, law school, business school, those sorts of things. It also allows you to go into a whole host—probably the spectrum of jobs that are out there. A four-year degree is sort of that starting point to get into those different areas. So if it's in technology, if it's in educ... |
Comparing vocational vs 2 year vs 4 year colleges.mp3 | So if it's in technology, if it's in education, if it's in law, if it's in medicine, if it's in whatever, that sort of degree that's really going to give you that sort of starting point. Great. And so it sounds like, if I'm understanding correctly, the four-year degree really gives you a lot of flexibility after you've... |
Comparing colleges based on diversity.mp3 | Many colleges now, if not all, have information and what they call demographics of the student population. And that's important for you to look at because that's one of the kind of scary transitioning to college is, gee, everybody is different from me. And that can be frightening. And you need that support of other stu... |
Comparing colleges based on diversity.mp3 | And you need that support of other students who share your background. So that becomes... And you also want to know, as much as you can find out, is how much the university or the college is putting resources into supporting students from different backgrounds. Okay? So look into that. Find out if there's a diversity o... |
Comparing colleges based on diversity.mp3 | So look into that. Find out if there's a diversity office. So find out if there are other academic resources there. Find out how do they recruit students from different backgrounds. That all will give you indicators of how serious and committed the college is about supporting students from different backgrounds. And th... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | And I think the way to think about an interview is very much a conversation. Admissions people, by nature, are chatty people. They like getting to know you. They're not really looking to catch you in anything. They want to have a good conversation with you and see what you're interested in and really try to get to know... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | They're not really looking to catch you in anything. They want to have a good conversation with you and see what you're interested in and really try to get to know you. So coming into that interview, I was always looking for students, A, who had, one, done their homework about my school. So did they come in knowing a l... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | So did they come in knowing a lot about my institution and ready to sort of talk about that, how it fits them, but also how they might contribute to it. Talk about your experiences. Talk about what you've been involved with. Add a layer of depth that we wouldn't know if we just read an essay or saw the activity listed ... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | Add a layer of depth that we wouldn't know if we just read an essay or saw the activity listed on a resume. If you want to apply to selective and highly selective schools, you need to learn how to talk about yourself. That's a skill, and especially doing it in a verbal way. A lot of students, I would say to them, it co... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | A lot of students, I would say to them, it could be very easy if I said, tell me a little bit about how your best friend would describe you. In your head, you could probably come up with several examples and things they might say, but to say that out loud for the first time might be a difficult thing to do. I know a lo... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | If I gave them the option of, you can write me a two-page paper about how your best friend would describe you, or you could stick yourself in the eye with your pen. What would be less painful? A lot of kids would go, boom, be done, and be excited about that because they're not used to talking about themselves. So going... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | So going into an interview, you definitely want to be thinking about, what am I comfortable with? How can I talk about myself? And in different areas of my life, so my academic life, my extracurricular life, maybe a little about my family. These are all areas that interviewers might talk about. What you want to do to p... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | These are all areas that interviewers might talk about. What you want to do to prepare yourself is not think of it as a formal job interview, but an opportunity for you to learn more about the institution and to discuss your interest in that institution, why you're applying to that school. Maybe there's a particular pr... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | Prepare yourself by becoming prepared with questions to ask that interviewer. And don't ask them questions you can get out of the guidebook. Ask them questions that they can answer personally. A lot of times, it might be a recent graduate. Ask them what their experience is like. Was it what they thought it was going to... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | A lot of times, it might be a recent graduate. Ask them what their experience is like. Was it what they thought it was going to be like? What has it been since they've graduated? Have they liked the alumni network in terms of helping them get jobs? If it's somebody who's my age, you can ask them a little bit about how ... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | What has it been since they've graduated? Have they liked the alumni network in terms of helping them get jobs? If it's somebody who's my age, you can ask them a little bit about how long have you worked here? What's your take on this school? What do you think the strengths are? Or look, I'm really interested in double... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | What's your take on this school? What do you think the strengths are? Or look, I'm really interested in double majoring. I know I can, but how easy is that? Because that's hard to differentiate in the catalog. A really hard thing is, can you tell me a little bit about what you think the philosophy of student life is he... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | I know I can, but how easy is that? Because that's hard to differentiate in the catalog. A really hard thing is, can you tell me a little bit about what you think the philosophy of student life is here? I think that's a great question to ask, because that's really what students want to get at. But especially if they're... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | I think that's a great question to ask, because that's really what students want to get at. But especially if they're in the summer and kids aren't around, that's really hard to figure out. And of course, be prepared to answer questions about yourself, about what interests you, what you love about not only school, but ... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | They're not going to sit there and shoot various questions at you. They might ask you a couple questions, but it really is just to get a conversation going. Admissions officers are going to ask you questions in the academic arena, right? So and that's fair game. So what are you excited about? What subjects have you rea... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | So and that's fair game. So what are you excited about? What subjects have you really loved in high school? Are those things you want to continue with in college? Is there a certain teacher or a certain way of teaching that's really got you excited about this? I think all of that is fair game. I always talk to students... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | Are those things you want to continue with in college? Is there a certain teacher or a certain way of teaching that's really got you excited about this? I think all of that is fair game. I always talk to students and say, look, make sure you're able to articulate why you love math. Not just that I'm a math guy, but why... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | I always talk to students and say, look, make sure you're able to articulate why you love math. Not just that I'm a math guy, but why? What gets you excited about math? And why do you think you'd be a good fit to, what about the Williams math program would be really exciting for you here? So academics is a game. If you... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | And why do you think you'd be a good fit to, what about the Williams math program would be really exciting for you here? So academics is a game. If you say, I love the 60s and I spent a lot of time reading about the 60s and I was an American studies major, I love that time period too. You've opened yourself up to me as... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | You've opened yourself up to me asking you a lot of questions about that. If you don't know about that stuff, you open the gate. I think it's fair game for me to go into that gate. It's not fair for an admissions officer to say, what do you think about the art from the 19th century? What's your favorite period? And bec... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | It's not fair for an admissions officer to say, what do you think about the art from the 19th century? What's your favorite period? And because you may have no interest in that, right? But if you say, I love art from the 19th century and I'm an art history major, I may go right into that. So again, academics is always ... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | But if you say, I love art from the 19th century and I'm an art history major, I may go right into that. So again, academics is always gonna be on the table. They're gonna certainly wanna know about your extracurriculars. What are you involved in? What do you like? What do you think you might wanna do in college? If yo... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | What are you involved in? What do you like? What do you think you might wanna do in college? If you're talking about something that you've done, talk about the why behind what you've done. Talk about the passion, talk about the energy, talk about the time that you put into it. Talk about the emotions of the experience ... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | If you're talking about something that you've done, talk about the why behind what you've done. Talk about the passion, talk about the energy, talk about the time that you put into it. Talk about the emotions of the experience as opposed to thinking there's a certain thing that we want to hear or just worrying about yo... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | Some colleges have a secondary purpose for college interviews. And that is to sort of gauge how much interest you have in them. If you go to a website, if you go to the college website, it'll give you some information about what's the purpose of the interview, but also is it required? Is it not required? Those sorts of... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | Is it not required? Those sorts of things. And if the interview is strongly suggested or required, obviously that's something you probably wanna take advantage of. And schools will look at that and see especially if it's strongly required, I'm sorry, strongly encouraged and you don't take advantage of that. The school ... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | And schools will look at that and see especially if it's strongly required, I'm sorry, strongly encouraged and you don't take advantage of that. The school may read that as, you're just not as interested in us. I know from personal experience, we've had schools that will say to us, your students are within two hours of... |
Succeeding at the college admissions interview.mp3 | Unless they're from a low-income background and don't have the opportunity to come to us, we're gonna expect them to come. And if they don't and do a tour, do an information session, maybe do our interview, we're probably gonna read that as being less interested. If you are granted an interview and feel like you may no... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | Sean, one of the big things that students often think about is what type of campus they're looking for. So if I'm a student, how should I be kind of approaching that process? Sure. So I think the first thing you'd want to think about is sort of location. How far away from home do you want to be and what that means to y... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | So I think the first thing you'd want to think about is sort of location. How far away from home do you want to be and what that means to you? So thinking a little bit about sort of distance. Weather sometimes plays into that. Do you want to be in a different climate, the same climate? What does that mean? So certainly... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | Weather sometimes plays into that. Do you want to be in a different climate, the same climate? What does that mean? So certainly the first thing that students think about is distance and location. Great. And are there sort of some benefits that you've seen of students you've worked with staying close to home or going f... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | So certainly the first thing that students think about is distance and location. Great. And are there sort of some benefits that you've seen of students you've worked with staying close to home or going farther away? Sure enough, for lots of students there are different reasons they may want to do that. I think it's al... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | Sure enough, for lots of students there are different reasons they may want to do that. I think it's always worth, I think a lot of students at first will say, well, I want to stay close to home just because that's what's comfortable, that's what's natural. But I would push, you know, any of you out there listening to ... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | Great. That makes sense. What about size of school? Because obviously for students, for me if I'm talking as a student, it's going to have a big impact on the campus feel, depending on how many students are out there. So let's start with defining. Schools typically fall into three categories. There are small schools, a... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | Because obviously for students, for me if I'm talking as a student, it's going to have a big impact on the campus feel, depending on how many students are out there. So let's start with defining. Schools typically fall into three categories. There are small schools, and those small schools generally fall between, you k... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | There are small schools, and those small schools generally fall between, you know, upwards of maybe 3,000 students, 0 to 3,000 students. Sort of medium-sized schools, and those schools are generally probably from 3,000 to, say, 10,000 students. And the third type is large schools, and again, large schools are probably ... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | And some of those schools can be upwards of, you know, Ohio State University, University of Michigan, schools like that can be upwards of almost 40,000 students. So again, there can be very, very big schools out there. And how does the size of the student body sort of impact the college experience? You know, you as a s... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | You know, you as a student need to think about, you know, what do I want in my experience? So smaller schools tend to be much more community-focused. Lots of smaller schools tend to be in more rural to suburban areas. So again, the community is really very important there. I would say probably 90 percent of students ty... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | So again, the community is really very important there. I would say probably 90 percent of students typically live on campus at small schools. When you get into medium and larger schools, you know, that number may vary quite a bit. It could be the same. It could be, again, 90 percent of students live on campus. Or it m... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | It could be the same. It could be, again, 90 percent of students live on campus. Or it might be as low as, say, 10 percent or 20 percent of the students live on campus. And not that one is better or worse than another, but it's just a different experience. And if you're looking for a community experience, you may want ... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | And not that one is better or worse than another, but it's just a different experience. And if you're looking for a community experience, you may want to be looking at schools that, you know, again, have a lot of the student body living on campus. Great. And let's talk a little bit more about housing. Is there, do scho... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | And let's talk a little bit more about housing. Is there, do schools sort of guarantee that you can live on campus if you need to? Or how is that actually going to work for me as a student? Right. So housing is going to vary, again, by school. And it's one of the things you should have on your list as you're researchin... |
Comparing colleges based on location, size, and housing.mp3 | Right. So housing is going to vary, again, by school. And it's one of the things you should have on your list as you're researching colleges, what percentage live on campus, but also is there a guarantee of housing for four years, for three years, and so forth. So you have a good idea of what you're getting into. Depen... |
Avoiding common admissions essay mistakes.mp3 | And those are pretty heavy duty topics. And there have been outstanding authors over the years who have tried to approach those topics and have had a difficult time in a 500 page book. And now we're asking a 17 year old to reflect on that in 750 words or less. So it's a great challenge, so be careful. I think that if y... |
Avoiding common admissions essay mistakes.mp3 | So it's a great challenge, so be careful. I think that if you don't feel that you can trust the admissions officer to safeguard your secrets or to see you in a vulnerable light, you're gonna miss an opportunity for the admissions officer to get to know you as well as he or she possibly could. One of the biggest mistake... |
Avoiding common admissions essay mistakes.mp3 | So we've already seen your resume, we've already seen what you've done, what you're interested in. Don't use the very few words you have to tell us about yourself only to talk about what you do. I think the essay is sometimes thought of as a way to show yourself off. And in reality, what it is for us is a way to unders... |
Avoiding common admissions essay mistakes.mp3 | And in reality, what it is for us is a way to understand why you do the things you do, how those things impact you, how those experiences have shaped your worldview. One of my pet peeves when I read admissions essays is when students describe an event without explaining the significance of it. And so if you tell me, fo... |
Avoiding common admissions essay mistakes.mp3 | Last year I read an essay that a student wrote about his grandfather, and it was very well written, lots of wonderful imagery and good punctuation and grammar. But by the end of the essay, I wanted to admit the student's grandfather because it was all about him. And so I didn't learn anything about the student in that ... |
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