1. APPLYING TO AMERICAN COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES

2. AGENDA OVERVIEW OF STATISTICS TYPES OF U.S. COLLEGES WHAT DO COLLEGES LOOK FOR ADMISSIONS CRITERIA THE COMMON APPLICATION APPLICATION TYPES ATHLETES PREPARATIONS BEFORE GRADE 12

3. Thinking of US Colleges? Types of Schools Public Universities Private Universities Arts & Design and MusicSchools Liberal ArtsIvy League COLLEGE SELECTION IS A FIT TO BE MADE…NOT A PRIZE TO BE WON!

4. APPLICATION #’S UP HARVARD +15% PRINCETON +29% BROWN +20% CORNELL +35%

5. THE RESULT? ACCEPTANCE RATES DOWN

6. passion, commitment and expressed interest in the school

7. TYPES OF SCHOOLS LIBERAL ARTS PRIVATE IVY LEAGUE ART DESIGN SCHOOLS MUSIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC

8. IVY LEAGUE Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, U Penn., Yale.

9. TOP PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES CALTECH DUKE, GEORGETOWN JOHNS HOPKINS MIT NORTHWESTERN STANFORD

10. TOP PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY UC BERKLEY UCLA UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA US MILITARY ACADEMY US NAVAL ACADEMY

11. TOP LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES AMHERST BOWDOIN HAVERFORD MIDDLEBURY SWARTHMORE WILLIAMS

12. TOP ART AND DESIGN SCHOOLS CAL ARTS COOPER UNION R.I.S.D. YALE UNIVERSITY

13. TOP MUSIC SCHOOLS BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC JULLIARD SCHOOL NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY

14. WHAT DO SCHOOLS LOOK FOR?

18. THE COMMON APPLICATION

19. THE COMMON APP

20. CHECK LIST The Common Application form High School transcripts SAT/ACT scores 2 SAT subject tests Long Essay Short Essay Supplementals List of Extra-curriculars 2 teacher recommendations Counsellor recommendation Interview

21. WHAT THEY CONSIDER

25. APPLICATION TYPES ROLLINGNOV-MARCHROLLING EARLY DECISIONNOV 1 ST DEC 15 TH REGULARJANUARY 1 ST APRIL 1 ST

26. PREPARING YOURSELF FOR THE PROCESS

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