Application Process

Applying to College
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<p>I am getting a rec from an english teacher i had for soph and junior years (soph year class was actually for juniors and seniors but I took it specially). I am also getting a rec from a teacher/friend who I am REALLY close with and he can say a lot about me that I or the other teacher can't. I am applying to UMich-Ann Arbor, URochester, Cornell U, Northwestern U, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Johns Hopkins. Should he write a recommendation for each of these schools or is it better for him to do a generic letter? Do you know if all these schools accept supplemental recs?</p>

<p>Also, if you are going to try out for a Varsity sport this spring, but it will be the first and only year that you have played, should you still list it as an activity, even if you aren't sure they'll keep you on the team? I am relatively sure that being a senior and the soccer team being in desperate need of players, I can't see myself being cut. So should I include this or not?</p>

<p>What are most people focusing on for their essay topics? Particularly the "What would you bring to the university?" ones. </p>

<p>Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Look at what each school asks on their rec letter form. If they are common app schools, a generic letter and the common app form would work for them. The same letter with the indivividual form for the others (not common) would make sense. Go to each school's website to find out which schools want supplemental recs.
I wouldn't list the soccer as an EC - playing for one season won't help you, and especially since you don't know if you will even play, listing it would seem a bit odd.</p>

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<p>I was unfairly cut from my school's softball teams (they wouldn't let me play on JV as a junior either, even when I wanted to--I like the sport). This year I want to do something and soccer is the only other thing I can do. I was just wondering if we should list everything. </p>

<p>I have a very interesting situation with my school and the things that have happened to me. </p>

<p>What should he focus on in the supplemental rec? Anything that colleges particularly want? Or should I focus on what the schools' normal rec forms ask?</p>