<p>I'm a rising senior and I thought I ha it figured out of how to apply to collleges and what not, but after seeing an application I'm really confused. Can someone explain o
me how everything works? How do colleges see your grades, sat scores, community service, letters of rec, ec's, etc.? I mean do you just send them this stuff throughout the process or is it all sent at one time!? Please explain anything and everthig you can...</p>
<p>Sorry for all the typos I’m on an itouch.</p>
<p>The common application has a section where you list your ecs and community service. Your high school sends transcripts separately- you need to arrange that. You need to pay college board or get a waiver to send your sat scores to each college. Letters of recommendations can go electronically or via snail mail. As soon as a college gets any piece of info on a student, it starts a folder (electronic or hardcopy) for that student and then continues to add to the folder as more pieces of info come in. So it’s ok if your sats go first and your application comes later.</p>
<p>So when is the final time to send information? Like all people say “Oh, November of Senior year is the last time to take the SAT’s”</p>
<p>It depends on college deadlines. You need to look on the college website under admissions.
I think a lot of schools take Dec SATs and some may take January but don’t trust my guess, check with each college. You wouldn’t want to be taking your sats in Dec of your senior year.</p>
<p>So is the deadline to turn in your application the same deadline to turn in all your stats? Or you can turn them in later?</p>
<p>Yes because your stats go onto your application, unless you send in the last possible test, in which case the college will probably know your scores before you do (the fear!!) 
Also, I would try to get your recs in as close as possible to your application (that you send in yourself). My guidance counselor and teachers have said that they have experienced many times when the college has lost the recommendation because it was sent much earlier than the application-so just to be safe, send them in as close as possible!!</p>
<p>Ask your teachers for recs in the beginning of the school year. Some teachers will only do a certain number- first come first serve.</p>
<p>The teachers at my school send them in themselves, we never see them.</p>
<p>And this might sound like a weird question but how do I send my transcript? Like through mail? Online? It just seems like so much…work.</p>
<p>You go to the guidance department or college-placement counselor in your school and arrange for the school to send official copies of your transcript to as many colleges as you’re applying to. The school can usually choose to send it either electronically or via the U.S. Mail. Many schools have a modest fee for sending a transcript. In my kids’ high school, it’s $4.00/transcript. If the cost causes you financial hardship, talk to the administration; there’s probably a discretionary fund that school officials can use to help defray the cost of applying to college for students with legitimate need.</p>
<p>Don’t worry too much about this. It’s a completely unfamiliar process to you, but the people in your school who handle the college-application for seniors have literally done this hundreds or even thousands of times. I guarantee you, there is a system, and there is somebody in your school whose job it is to make sure you understand it.</p>
<p>Your school sends your transcript. You have to go request they send it.</p>
<p>99% of colleges could care less about your LOR’s and EC’s all you are to them are two numbers: your GPA and your Test score.</p>
<p>There are rare exceptions with some schools, however most also never look at your transcript to see what you take. Honestly if a school has 50,000 applicants (not unreasonable by any means) do you have any idea how many people they would actually have to pay to read all of that junk?</p>