college is a chocolate

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група за обсъждане на въпроси за кандидатстването

Направете си акаунт във facebook.com и ме аднете като приятел. Името ми там е Lydia Staikova. Пратете ми съобщение там, че искате да ви поканя в групата. Там можем да обсъждаме всичко.

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a meeting on thursday!

 
В четвъртък от 6 часа среща с кандидат-студентите, за да обясня за документите. Прегледайте нещата в блога и си пригответе въпроси. Поканете и съучениците си, които ще кандидатстват в САЩ.

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current college applicants

I wonder who is applying to US and other foreign colleges this year. I wonder how many people read the things I post here. When do you plan to start working on your college applications? Have you chosen colleges yet? Have you checked what documents they want from you? Have you started planning your essays?
I [...]

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everything matters

“In the end, everything in an application matters. The good news is that so many little things figure in an admissions decision that it is fruitless to worry too much about any one of them.”
Yale College

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the common application - teacher evaluation

Colleges usually require 2 teacher evaluations AND 1 counselor evaluation.

Here are some tips for your teachers.

Once an evaluation is filled in, it could be photocopied in as many copies as needed. It should be put in an envelope, and the enveloped should be signed across the flap by the teacher. It does not [...]

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resume

It should include your activities from year 9 at school ( you could include 8, but not earlier). Colleges are not interested in your childhood activities. Of course, if you started playing the violin as a four-year-old, you could explain in a note if you deem it important.
You could write it conveniently in a table [...]

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how to fill in some “tough” parts of the common application

IM address: instant messenger (like Yahoo messenger, ICQ, Skype) – you don’t need to fill it if you’re afraid of being approached by a curious admissions officer or if you nickname is rather offensive
Visa Type: F-1
Possible area(s) it academic concentration/major(s): it’s ok to write “undecided” if you are undecided.
Possible career or professional plans: it’s [...]

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Have you heard of the common application?

It’s a way to reduce your paperwork and forcus on important things like essays and exams. These are forms, accepted by nearly 300 schools. If you have shortlisted the colleges you’re applying to and it turns out that a good number of them accept the common application, it might be a good idea to use [...]

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Best 366 Colleges (American)

Your classmates’ kids?
College takes 3-4 years of your life. It’s practically your life if you live on campus.
Would you like to read about the Best 366 Colleges – ranked by their current students? The 2008 guide is out, and if you’re tight on cash, you can see the rankings on the Princeton Review website. [...]

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