<p>Is there a "best" way to fill out the online application? Should extra-curriculars, awards etc. be put in a certain order? Is there a suggested way to word your descriptions? What about filling in the hours you spent and the years. Do you put ZERO years after 12th if you haven't done the activity for a full year?</p>
<p>Did anyone attend a workshop on filling out the application?</p>
<p>I'm considering attending one tonight, but I'd rather spend the time on my essay.</p>
<p>hey go to the workshops. i went just to go but found out alot of info i didn't know about the app.</p>
<p>The workshop passed. It's too late now. Can you answer the questions I raised?</p>
<p>The books I've read suggest listing your most impressive awards first, and down on to your least impressive. This serves the double purpose of highlighting your best achievements and making sure that you get the good stuff in before you run out of space.</p>
<p>For after 12th, if you haven't done it after twelfth, don't write anything. If it's for a fraction of time, express said fraction in a decimal (that's what I did, anyway). Putting 0 just makes it seem like it never happened.</p>
<p>As for the rest... dunno. :P</p>
<p>Oh, I was gonna put 1 for the after 12th. I didn't know a decimal could work, but I guess I'm going to do that now.</p>
<p>When you entered your hours--what did you put in the hours per year section? If you were part of an activity for .5 years did you still putjust the total time you worked on it--or do you put the time you would have spent if you had been part of it for a full year.</p>
<p>It's hours/week, weeks/year, so I put down how many weeks (which'd be about 26 in your example) and the AVERAGE amount of time I spent each week on the activity. It works out as long as you add/subtract/divide correctly and don't end up telling the admissions officers you did 5 activities 26 hours a day for 54 weeks. ;)</p>
<p>If you're talking specifically about work experience, follow the guideline about decimals for years and then, again, put the average number of hours you worked per week during that time. If it's wildly different (ie, 5 hours some weeks and 50 hours others), pick a median.</p>
<p>The decimals are interesting because if you don't look close it looks like you put 7 years for instance instead of .7</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>What decimal corresponds to a school year? Or is the "After 12th:" referring to school years!?</p>
<p>.75 (9 months out of 12) or .67 (8 months out of 12), or round and say .7 or .8, and... After 12th is referring to anything you've done outside of highschool. So if you worked during the school year for two years, you'd want to put 1.5 or somesuch.</p>
<p>I do not understand. If you are a transfer student why do they care about what you did during high school?</p>
<p>On the awards section, do they have to be like a certificate? Would a recognition ceremony do?</p>
<p>1.)I received an invitation to an honors banquet for top 5% of all ucsd revelle students.
2.) Provost's Honors for 3 quarters: just shows up on internet academic account.</p>
<p>Is there a way to combine the same awards? Which date should i use?</p>
<p>like for provost's honors...</p>
<p>hmh01: I have no clue. I put stuff in my high school years because I did a lot then and I've been more or less working since. But the fact remains that the options to check the 9-12th boxes is still there. So...</p>
<p>futebolista: It doesn't have to be a tangible award, but it should be something received. I don't think 1 counts unless there's some "title" associated with the honor, but 2 definitely counts. When you're entering the award, put "Provost's Honors" in the award name box, then in the description box, briefly state what it is and then put something to the effect of "(twice)."</p>
<p>I would love to know if anybody knows for sure. Thanks Undecided for your help..
But seriously, I have to finish my app and I don't know if i should spend time thinking of what i did during high school when i am a transfer student.</p>
<p>My advice would be to fill in as much as you can with your college stuff. If you have spaces left, put some of your biggest high school things in there, particularly if you carried those hobbies through to college. </p>
<p>But I'm not the one to give a definitive answer, so good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for your answer.</p>
<p>Thanks, Undecided</p>