This is an article on Raw again with lesson number 27. applying to colleges. Before we start, let us spend a few moments on understanding how the college admissions process works behind the scenes. The first step happens when students sign up and take the PSAP requirement in most public schools. Students take the PSAT as early as the eighth grade, and repeat it each October the ninth 10th and 11th grades. We know the 11th grade PSAT also serves as the NMS cutie. unknown to most students.
The college board which conducts the test later sells student information to colleges. This includes the student's name and address The graduating year from high school and the current school that the student events and before students know it, they start getting mailers from interested colleges pitching their schools. Some of these pitches look personal and feel welcoming, as though the college has taken the time to learn a lot about students. This is a real letter from Texas Christian University to ninth grade students. Stony Brook University has summarized this process what it calls the enrollment funnel in a simple picture. First, the college sends out mailers to prospective students.
Then students contact the school for more information or show interest. Then the college begins to receive applications. And the college begins to make offers. And finally, students enroll. So go back to the third step of the process once applications come in. They're carefully screened by clerical staff for obvious administrative errors, such as missing documents and incorrect application fees.
If the application package is deemed full and complete, it is passed on to the admissions team, usually headed by a dean of admissions. From that point on, you can rest assured that your application will be reviewed word for word, generally by two members of the committee independently, who prepare separate some reason note down comments. The larger admissions committee overseen by a senior member meets the initial reviewers present their summaries and the case of each student is discussed. at these meetings, the presenters own their students and try to make the best case for each applicant with the other members of the committee acting as judges. The committee then wants to make an offer of a Admission to an applicant, or differ or deny applying to colleges the process of admissions of an app. If the schools that you have chosen belong to a group of nearly 700 colleges and universities that accept the common app, you need to apply only once.
The platform is powerful because it sends all of your application information and materials to colleges at the back end. Remember that there is no fee to fill out the common app and there is no limit to the number of colleges that you can apply to. However, each college will impose its own application fee. If your chosen school does not accept the common app, you will have to apply to that school directly using the so called dedicated application. In general, each college has its own requirements for what constitutes the set of application materials. But the following is a good list.
These requirements are in addition to your test scores. Remember, if you make an error on the common app, you have to contact the school directly to fix the error. The common app is not the only platform that is in use. The coalition app is a new competitor platform which offers just about everything the common app does and more. Because the coalition app was launched only in 2016. Many schools are still not on it, although the number is growing.
Already nearly 80 schools are part of the coalition app. If you have any questions or comments, please let us know. Thank you.