It’s been a growing trend to ask applicants to submit samples of their academic work.
Why? Because to quote Princeton, which has a graded work requirement:
The graded written paper will help the Admission Office assess the student’s written expression in an academic setting.This will further the holistic understanding of the student’s application and help admission officers evaluate the student’s potential contributions and ability to thrive in the University’s rigorous academic environment.
In other words, they think your graded work in high school will help them predict your ability to succeed in college.
For that reason, before you delete, trash, or otherwise lose access to your work from junior year, take some time to get one or two samples ready to submit later when you apply. You might not end up needing them, but if you do, you’ll have one less thing to stress about in the fall.
Details about what graded work to submit and how to submit it will vary from college to college, but here are 6 tips that hold true for pretty much all of the colleges that will ask for one.
If you pick samples that meet these criteria, you’ll be in good shape when the time comes:
If you have one or two samples that meet these criteria, then save them electronically and you are good to go.
If you have reviewed your work and you don’t have anything appropriate, then you will need to submit work you produce in the fall of your senior year. Start next year with that as a big to-do on your list, and make sure that you will have something worthy of submission by the early deadline (November 1) so that you leave those early deadlines open as options.
Of course, if you have samples from junior year ready, but you do something in the fall of your senior year that is BETTER, then you can always choose to submit that instead.
Finally, here are some troubleshooting tips for common problems:
Anna Ivey is one of the founders of Inline. An experienced admissions consultant and a frequently cited media expert on the topic of college admissions, she is also co-author of the college admissions bible How to Prepare a Standout College Application. Learn more about Anna's background here.
It’s been a growing trend to ask applicants to submit samples of their academic work.
Why? Because to quote Princeton, which has a graded work requirement:
The graded written paper will help the Admission Office assess the student’s written expression in an academic setting.This will further the holistic understanding of the student’s application and help admission officers evaluate the student’s potential contributions and ability to thrive in the University’s rigorous academic environment.
In other words, they think your graded work in high school will help them predict your ability to succeed in college.
For that reason, before you delete, trash, or otherwise lose access to your work from junior year, take some time to get one or two samples ready to submit later when you apply. You might not end up needing them, but if you do, you’ll have one less thing to stress about in the fall.
Details about what graded work to submit and how to submit it will vary from college to college, but here are 6 tips that hold true for pretty much all of the colleges that will ask for one.
If you pick samples that meet these criteria, you’ll be in good shape when the time comes:
If you have one or two samples that meet these criteria, then save them electronically and you are good to go.
If you have reviewed your work and you don’t have anything appropriate, then you will need to submit work you produce in the fall of your senior year. Start next year with that as a big to-do on your list, and make sure that you will have something worthy of submission by the early deadline (November 1) so that you leave those early deadlines open as options.
Of course, if you have samples from junior year ready, but you do something in the fall of your senior year that is BETTER, then you can always choose to submit that instead.
Finally, here are some troubleshooting tips for common problems:
Anna Ivey is one of the founders of Inline. An experienced admissions consultant and a frequently cited media expert on the topic of college admissions, she is also co-author of the college admissions bible How to Prepare a Standout College Application. Learn more about Anna's background here.
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