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The College Application: Basics
The College Application: Basics
Spring and Summer of junior year will truly kick off the application process! Before you send an application to a college, you must, as best you can, determine if you meet its admission criteria. Take a hard look at yourself, your academic record, and your accomplishments. The mere fact that you attend BB&N—or any other high school, for that matter—does not mean that any college of your choice will accept you.
Being at BB&N affords you the opportunity to be splendidly prepared for college. What you do with that opportunity is up to you! The more selective a college is, the higher its standards are for admission. The best gauge of how you will do in college is your academic performance in high school. If you have pushed yourself, colleges will note that. If you have perfect standardized test scores but have earned Cs, they will note that as well.
Parts of An Application:
Parts of An Application:
When an admissions committee opens your file to consider you for admission, they will review the following components of your application. Click through the slides for more information!
A Balanced List
A Balanced List
Remember, the best defense against the anxiety that can be produced in the process is to have a balanced list from the beginning. Here is a reminder of the definitions of the four major categories colleges fall into:
Likely: BB&N students with comparable test scores and grades are usually offered admission, and an offer of admission is at least 70% certain. However, it is important to apply to several “likely” colleges as the admission picture changes annually.
Possible: BB&N students with similar grades and test scores are sometimes admitted, sometimes waitlisted, and occasionally denied. Chance of admission is roughly 50%.
Unlikely: BB&N students with similar grades and test scores are less likely to be admitted, except in cases where extenuating circumstances, such as strong coach support or active alumni connections, impact the decision. There is usually a 10% - 20% chance of being admitted.
Highly Unlikely: BB&N students with similar grades and test scores have almost never been admitted in the past
By the time you arrive at your final list of colleges, we recommend that you have at least two colleges in the Likely category, no more than four colleges in the Unlikely category, and the bulk of the list falling in the Possible category.
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