2024-25 Tips for completing your University of California Application
Steps to Completing your UC Application: Please see the end of the post for video guides for each section of the UC Application. We recommend you watch the 3-5 minute…
Steps to Completing your UC Application: Please see the end of the post for video guides for each section of the UC Application. We recommend you watch the 3-5 minute…
What is an honors college? Most honors colleges are housed within larger universities and offer students a smaller, liberal arts college feeling. Honors colleges offer myriad benefits, such as more…
You might have heard the term before, but do you actually know what it means? You know that it has something to do with the college application process, but just…
In the world of the Common Application, demonstrating interest is showing colleges that you are truly interested in their institution and not just checking a box. Why do colleges care? Colleges are very interested in yield, or the number of students who are admitted that choose to enroll. Yield is important because it has become a proxy for popularity—the higher the yield, the more popular the school. Yield is also an important number in the US News and World Report rankings. If colleges want to move up the ranks, increasing yield numbers is very important. In general, the highly selective colleges (think Stanford and the Ivies) do not need to measure if students are interested. They are always going to have high yield numbers. However, many other private and public institutions use demonstrated interest as a factor in admissions.
For our College Calm students, check each school on your list to determine if they care about demonstrated interest. The scale is: VERY IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT, CONSIDERED, NOT CONSIDERED. You can find this on your College Kickstart report from your family meeting or in Counselmore in the grid version. If demonstrated interest is considered, important or very important, you should do a few of the following things, so each school knows you are genuinely interested.
Steps to Completing your UC Application: Materials You Need: You will need a copy of your transcript, test scores (AP/IB), social security number (optional), CA statewide Student ID (for public…
Jenny Dumas from College Calm discusses important things aspiring athletes need to consider regarding the college application process. Here are our top three takeaways from the presentation. For the full…
Steps to Completing your UC Application: Materials You Need: You will need a copy of your transcript, test scores, social security number (optional), CA statewide Student ID (for public HS…
During this presentation, we review how to gather data to determine Likely, Target, Reach and Lottery schools, the elements of a balanced list and a student profile example with outcomes. To view the…
Ever wondered what the form looks like for teachers and how colleges look at recommendations? In addition to LORs, Roxana and Jenny also discuss the best ways to keep track…