Applying for college

EJazzle · Posted: Sep 14, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: Applying for college

well, i just started applying for college. Right now I'm workin on my UCF application.

are there any things to say, or "tricks" to help persuade the college people to accept you?

Or like some key things to add in my essays, community service, extracurricular activities etc?

thanks!

DMoneyy · Backside 180 Joined: 27 Dec 2007 Posts: 1576 City: SK 941

EJazzle, i need to start that soon

gporter · Posted: Sep 14, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject:

I dropped out of Valencia Community College.

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

How is the guidance office at your high school? One thing that might help is to go talk to someone there who knows what UCF looks for. Tell them what your GPA/SAT/extracurriculars are and see if they can give you advice on where you might need to improve things (or at least carefully word them Wink

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-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Sep 14, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject:

porn!

LFArmada · Backside 180 Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 631 City: tucson

senior year is stressing me out!

mr. Blonde · Posted: Sep 14, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject:

make a resume.........put anything on it that you think sounds good..........all clubs, service organizations, volunteer projects, hobbies, sports, whatever..........you just have to use what you think they want to hear

when it come to essays you have to articulate your ideas and maybe even use some big words.............one of my essays was supposed to be about something you enjoy to do and why....... I actually wrote about wakeskating.......it got me into the Honors College!.......try to think outside the box........if that makes any sense.........say what they want to hear but not like how everyone one else will answer

but yeah your guidance counselor might be able to help you.........mine didnt do anything for me

brassmonkey · Posted: Sep 14, 2008 10:17 pm Post subject:

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LFArmada · Backside 180 Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 631 City: tucson

EJazzle, whats your GPA??

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nate_ · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1226 City: toronto

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BB · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 1706

EJazzle, all you have to do to get in is have high enough test scores, unless you are trying to get into Stanford or ivy league then the only reason you will have to worry about an essay or stuff in the app is if your scores are below the standard the school sets. Don't sweat it, just kick the shiz out of the ACT/SAT.

EJazzle · Posted: Sep 15, 2008 1:10 pm Post subject:

thanks for the help guys!

LFArmada, 3.3, weighted is a 3.6

bryanbryanbb08, i fd up on the ACTs, im taking them again, and im takin the SATs.

gporter, your an inspiration to all!

mr. Blonde, that helped, thanks!
scott a, im gonna have a chat with her tomorrow.

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

i know a lot of people who didn't get into ucf because of either not doing the essay or doing poorly on it. the whole college application process is very competitive, what makes you better then the other people applying?

buenos · Posted: Sep 15, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject:

LFArmada, senior year is stressing you out?
dude that is by far the easiest year of school...if that is stressing you out DONT go to college. you might commit suicide

buenos · Posted: Sep 15, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject:

you have to get the right scores on ur act or sat thats about all it boils down to. If you want to get into ucf you should find someone that got in there and ask them if they really had to do anything else

caprice150 · Backside 180 Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 593

make up whatever you want on your resume. i wrote that i coached an inner city childrens basketball team, played piano, was the head of a volunteer highway clean up crew, basically and bs that will make you sound good. got into umd with a 2.6 gpa, and i wasn't even in state. they can't check any of that stuff. good luck!

Parker · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Oct 2007 Posts: 1731 City: Norman

I'm about to fill out my apps for Colorado at boulder and Texas at Austin

Soulprogression · Posted: Sep 15, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject:

Make sure you do the essays and do a good job on them, I had a 3.87 weighted, and really didn't do all that well on SAT's or ACT's but, still got accepted to every major university in florida except UF and I didn't want to go there anyway. The essay plays a bigger role than you think, they look at GPAs and test scores first and when they have to cut down from a huge number of entries they start seeing who bothered to write an essay and what they had to say. I have no clue what I wrote about but I'm good at writing papers off the top of my head like the night or morning before they're do and blowing my teachers minds, even though i really don't enjoy writing, go figure. Most of the time you can write one solid essay and rework it a little to work for every school you apply at.

Lemme know if you need help with anything.

ZoSo · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 900 City: Winnipeg

For your essay: