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C101 Next Saturday @ Texas State!!! On webpage & handouts

Admission Counselor groups

ApplyTexas essay topics

College Terms

Setting up email address

Admissions Counselor for a Day

Get into groupsReview applicationsDecide to reject one, waitlist one, and

accept twoEach group share about your decisions

What Colleges are Looking forTesting: Highest ACT or SAT scoreRecommendations: Both should be from

academic teachers who know you will and can address your particular strengths and qualities.

Extra-curriculars: In-school and out-of-school activities

Essay: How are you unique? Are there any special circumstances they should know about? Why should they choose you?

Transcript: Colleges look at how challenging your courses have been and how you’ve done in them. They also look for continuity in course work.

Apply TexasApplytexas.org3 Essay options

Topic A: Tell us about someone who has made an impact on your life and explain how this person is important to you.

Topic B: Choose an issue of importance to you and explain the significance of that issue to yourself, your family, your community, or your generation. Can be personal, school related, local, political, or international.

Topic C: Write an essay describing any additional information that you would like us to also consider in your application. This can include hardships, challenges, or opportunities that have shaped or impacted your abilities or academic credentials, personal responsibilities, exceptional achievements or talents, educational goals, or ways in which you might contribute to an institution committed to creating a diverse learning environment.

Common application Commonapp.org Essay topics

Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.

Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.

Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.

Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.

A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.

Topic of your choice.

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