<p>Hi guys!!
Honestly what are colleges looking for in applicants?? Is it standardized test scores for those who are capable of achieving a great score?? GPA's & Class rank?? Is it factors such as character, essays, recommendations, minority status, residency,or etc.? Or is it all of the above?? </p>
<p>Honestly what are they looking for?? What makes us the desirabe canidate??</p>
<p>If we knew, why would college admissions be such a crapshoot? lol.</p>
<p>What I personally believe to be the most important parts of an application are the GPA, strength of schedule and essays. Those three pieces of information show the academic side of a student as well as their ability to look back on the first 17 years of life and discover what is truly meaningful to them. Essays can provide a college with information as to what a student can bring to campus and the community as well as show off a creative side.</p>
<p>SAT scores only confirm the GPA and some schools don't rank students (mine doesn't). I am sure that being a minority helps in some ways, but to what extent I have no idea.</p>
<p>A recent Newsweek article claims that the most important factors in admissions are as follows: GPA/class rank/rigor of classes, SAT, essays, recommendations, extra curricular activities. However, this was a generalization for all colleges and does not particularly pertain to the 25 most selective colleges in the country.</p>