College Application Planning Guide –– Made by Ivy League Students

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01-09-2019
01-09-2019

👋 We always tried to maximize our meetings with our school college counselor by going in with an outlined agenda, a list of prepared questions, and an idea of what a successful meeting would entail.

Diana Lim and College Counselor

January 9, 2019, 9:00am at High School

SUCCESS for Today’s Meeting!

Review if I'm on track

Have next steps for the college application (specific deadlines, advice, etc.)

Cement summer plans

Review a draft of activities list (As completed in the Common App)

QUESTIONS

What’s the right high school schedule for me in senior year?

Should I take regular English or Honors English?

How many reach schools would you recommend having?

Should I ask my Calculus teacher or my APES teacher for a letter of rec?

DECISIONS

Waive the right to read the letter of recommendation

Assign teachers to a college on Common App

Do honors portion and Activities portion FIRST

supplements can change by August 1st.

Everything you write, save it on a separate document

Steps before Next Meeting

Steps before Next Meeting

Done

Priority

Task

High

Schedule next meeting with college counselor

Medium

Choose college essay prompts

Medium

Draft college essays

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DISCUSSION TOPICS

Summer plans

try to get a job

make sure to finish Summer school work

COLLEGE APPS/ESSAYS!!

Will get activities done by end of summer

Start on essays. Brainstorm ideas, get some drafts done.

NEXT BIG STEPS:

Create College application plan doc

Write up an email for our marketing

Descriptions (see planning doc)

Add the tips for personalizing (having multiple people on the trip→assigning responsibilities)

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