Junior Night: A Two-part Webinar Series
Here are the recordings of both sessions in this series in case you missed the live sessions:
Part 1: Behind the Scenes of an Admission Office
Part 2: What Should I Be Doing Right Now to Prepare for College?
Here are a few things we covered during these two sessions:
Part 1: Behind the Scenes of an Admission Office w/ Tom Campbell, Assistant Dean of Admissions at Pomona College
~What happens after you hit submit through when you receive your decision?
~How did the Test Optional policy impact admission decisions this year—and how are colleges like Pomona able to create a class without standardized tests?
~How was application reading different from past years?
~Essays: What do you look for in a great personal statement? How much do essays matter? Can they ever hurt your chances?
Part 2: What Should I Be Doing Right Now to Prepare for College? w/ Susan Tree, Former Associate Dean of Admissions & College Counselor
~What has changed in the college admission world since the pandemic started—and what hasn’t
~Why students should stop thinking of the admissions process as a contest of grades and scores (and what to do instead)
~Why good students sometimes aren’t accepted at their “likely” schools
~How (and where) to address pandemic experiences in the application
~How students can stand out—in a good way—despite limited extracurricular activity involvement
~What juniors can be doing right now: a list of action items
Here's a link to the College Application Hub, which I shared.
