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Should Your Essays, Teacher Recommendations and Resume All Highlight The Same Topics?


Should you put extra effort into making sure that your entire application speaks about you with a calculated, unified voice, or should you just put it all out there and hope that the admissions department figures you out? Our panelists reveal how much they actually expect students to put together the "perfect application."
 
 
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WSJ On Campus presents a rebroadcast of our interactive webcast, Inside the Admissions Office. Join admissions deans from Bryn Mawr, Grinnell, Marquette, Princeton, Penn, UVM, Wesleyan and Williams as they take you behind the curtain and reveal what you need to know to get into your top-choice schools. Topics include:

  1. Do You Need to Have a Prospective Major, Or Is It Okay to Be Undecided?
  2. Is It Better to Be a Well-Rounded Student or to Demonstrate a Unique Passion?
  3. What Are Admissions Offices Like Behind the Scenes?
  4. How Do Admissions Officers View the Process of Building a Class?
  5. What Makes a Great College Essay?
See all of our Inside the Admissions Office videos.
Watch the complete Inside the Admissions Office webcast.

Thanks to our presentation partner, Alloy Education, and to the following college counselors and organizations: ApplyWise, College Focus, the Independent Educational Consultants Association, the Ivy Coach, Jane Klemmer, Making Conversation, MyUSearch and Road To College. Thanks also to UStream, the crew from Aligned Creative, David Pesci, Michael Pernick and Wesleyan University.


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