<p>Hey everybody! I am currently a senior in high school and I have to write a research paper on some aspect of collegiate life for my English class. As I am deeply involved in the college admissions process right now, I figured it would be a good idea to choose some aspect of the college admissions process as my topic. Although I am unsure of exactly where I will go with this right now, I was thinking of possibly gauging the competitiveness of modern day college admissions relative to the competitiveness of college admissions a decade or so ago. After I had decided that the competitiveness of college admissions had increased or decreased, I would then attempt to answer two questions: “Why?” and “Is it a good thing?” Anyways, I digress. As of now, I am not exactly sure where I am going with this, but hopefully the data you provide me with will point me in the right direction.</p>
<p>As a heads up, the primary purpose of the survey is to get an idea of what kind of applicants got into what kind universities. As a result of this, the survey is intended for students who are already enrolled at an institution of higher education. However, I am not going to say that high school students cannot fill out the survey, but rather, if you are a high school student please note that you have not yet been accepted or denied at any of the schools you list. Furthermore, if you do not remember the answer to question, don’t bother answering it. It’s no big deal. I’d rather have no data than inaccurate data. I also realize that this is a large amount of information to list for no material gain. For this, I deeply apologize, but keep in mind that you need not fill out all the information. If you do not have time to list everything, I would still rather have some information than no information.</p>
<p>To my knowledge, there is no other way to obtain this kind of information besides actually surveying previous applicants. Therefore I would like to let you know I really, really appreciate you taking the time to fill this out because without this data, I have no paper. Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>Directions: Please list all answers to appropriate questions inside the ‘[ ]’s. For all lists (schools, SAT IIs, courses, etc.), copy and paste the template for each element of the list (e.g. fill out the given template for each school you applied to by copying and pasting). If you don’t use them all up, you may delete the unused slots. The rest, I’m assuming, is pretty straightforward.</p>
<p>Schools:
•School: [ ]
•Accepted/Denied: [ ]
•When Accepted/Denied (i.e. early, regular, waitlist): [ ]
•Why do you think you were accepted/denied?: [ ]</p>
<p>Objective:
•Class rank: [ ] out of [ ]
•Weighted GPA: [ ] out of []
•How did your school calculate this?: [ ]
•Unweighted GPA: [ ] out of [ ]
•How did your school calculate this?: [ ]
Note: Only bother listing scores of either the new or old SAT, not both, as I presume no one has taken both.
•SAT (New):<br>
•Critical Reading-[ ]
•Math-[ ]
•Writing-[ ]
•Multiple Choice-[ ]
•Essay-[ ]
•SAT (Old):
•Verbal-[ ]
•Math-[ ]
•ACT
•Composite-[ ]
•English-[ ]
•Mathematics-[ ]
•Reading-[ ]
•Science-[ ]
•Combined English/Writing-[ ]
•Writing-[ ]
•SAT IIs
•Subject: [ ], Score: [ ]
Note: It is understandable to NOT want to list all courses taken in high school, so by all means only fill out courses that you believe are meaningful (courses that you would want an admissions committee to see). On the other hand, if you would like to list every course you ever took in high school, by all means do so.
•Notable courses:
•Course: [ ]
•Grade(s): [ ]
•Level (e.g. Regular, Honors, AP, IB, College): [ ]
•AP/IB Score if applicable: [ ]</p>
<p>•Extracurricular Activities:
•Activity: [ ]
•Description: [ ]
•Hours per week: [ ]
•Weeks per year: [ ],
•Associated Honors: [ ]</p>
<p>•Miscellaneous Awards:
•Award: [ ], Description: [ ]</p>
<p>Subjective
•Essays:
•Topic: [ ]
•What school was the essay for?: [ ]
•On a scale of 1-10, how good do you think this essay was?: [ ]
•Additional comments: [ ]
•Recommendations:
•What was the recommender’s relation to you?: [ ]
•What school was the recommendation for?: [ ]
•On a scale of 1-10, how good do you think this recommendation was?: [ ]
•Additional comments: [ ]
•Additional information: [ ]</p>
<p>That’s the end! Sorry for it being so long. Thank you so much for your participation.</p>