<p>1.) I am currently in a gap year abroad. If I take the Nov SAT internationally and rush the scores for ED, will it make it in time?
2.)What do you think has more quality of a recc: a common APP teachers recc or a personal letter from a hospital surgeon or boss?
3.) How long should an EC resume be?
4.) How do top colleges look upon global/international experience (comm service, study) especially since I am experiencing this in my gap year?
5.) How important are supplements- Dance, Art, etcc... if I may not be exceptional but great to fit for the program as sort of a co-curricular?
6.) How important is putting a specificmajor down? That is if I put a science major..bio.. will colleges look more upon my science grades from high school? I mean I am personally applying to the Colege of arts and sciences. I understand for business or engineering, they would look perhaps more upon economics and science/math courses...? thanks.</p>
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2) Which one knows you better? You're required to have a teacher's rec, but an extra rec coulodn't hurt.
3) As long as it needs to be? Quality rather than quantity.
4) Don't know.
5) I don't think supplements are very important at all for admissions; however, they can be very important for scholarships.
6) I don't think they'll match up your hs courses with your major. Remember, many people change their major (sometimes repeatedly) in college and many people haven't picked a major when they apply. The stregth (IB, AP) and grades in your classes is more important, I think. However, I would advise against applying as pre-med (if you're considering it). 46% of the class of 2009 applied as pre-med, which is unbelievably high. They might reduce the number next year.</p>
<p>would applying pre-med for trinity put me in a really competitve pool. What if I apply as a Classics major who is interested in doing pre-med?</p>
<p>If you're interested in classics (Duke does have an awesome classics program), then yes. Otherwise, don't bother. You can apply as anything-biology, chemistry, classics, whatever. Like I said earlier, your major doesn't really matter. You can apply as a bio/chem/classics/whatever major without mentioning pre-med. :)</p>