3 Key Tips for College Applications

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You are ready to start chipping away at those college applications. Where do you start? What's the best way to approach it today? We're going to cover all of that. I'm a rising junior at Boston University, and today we're going to be talking about three key tips for college applications. Thes tips could be used for applying to be you or really any school that you're filling out an application for. Three things that you need to remember filling out your college applications are one. Do your research to be authentic and three calm down. You need to make sure before you fill your applications that you're really doing your research and taking your time to learn the different criteria that each school is expecting of you. When you're filling out your application, try to find out what each school's individual culture and personality is that you maybe would try to reflect in your application answers. Do you need to have a portfolio over your application? If so, what are the best things to include and maybe What can you leave up? Does the school one s a T score and a C T. Do they have no preference? While college applications don't very greatly between each school, there are still some key differences. If you can really pay attention to these and do your research and fine tune your application answers specific characteristics of school, this will really help boost your chances of getting accepted. If you're applying to be you, it might be helpful to know that the school is a research based institution. Maybe you could talk about some sort of research that you aspire to do down the line in your application answers. Tip number two for your college applications is to be authentic. When you get to that big college application essay question, You may be thinking that you need some big dramatic backstory that super inspiring and bob provoking, and I realize that you really don't have one. Then let me tell you, if you don't really think that you have that amazing of a story to tell, not just okay. Rather than trying to fabricate some elaborate emotional story for your essay, just try to simplify it and think of something that is really genuine, inauthentic you. It may not seem like it, but the people reviewing your college essay aren't going to be able to tell when they're writing is authentic. When it's not, they are able to tell when you put in a lot of extra most fluff that isn't really that relevant for riel. Honestly, even if they don't think the story you're telling in your essay is false, per se, the exaggerations and over telling your story are really going to cloud up your writing and make it a lot less clear and therefore much less of an effective essay. So make sure you're being authentic, and whatever your responses are, another part of being authentic is also being honest with yourself. Reflect honestly on the grades you have on the test scores you have on what you're going to be able to afford. Trying to be realistic with yourself about what schools will be able to get into and afford. Make sure you're making smart choices with what schools to apply to you. Make sure you have plenty of backups, just the odds with yourself and my final tip is to just calm down. You have no way of knowing this based on how much pressure and stress has built up over the years about your undergrad education. It's not as it'll be all I think it is, to be honest, wherever you end up getting into school, wherever you end up going to school, you're going to be able to find your people that you're going to be able to make the most of whatever circumstances are there, really rise to the occasion and achieve what you want to achieve. If, for some reason you don't like where you're going or you didn't get into the school you wanted the first time around, you can always transfer. A lot of people have to go to grad school anyway, So where you went from his 1st 4 years of college doesn't really even matter that much. That's not to say that you shouldn't take your time and really be thoughtful with your application and selecting a school to go to. Really you can relieve yourself of some of the stress that you're going through right now, anyway, is those are my three tips for filling out your college applications. Do your research the authentic and honestly just calm down and you will be fine. If you have any more questions and would like to learn more about the college experience, I feel for you to check out my other campus. Condemn me on Instagram and I will be sure to answer any of your questions. Take care and best of luck filling office applications by.