This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Additionally, extracurriculars can be jobs, hobbies, internships, and community service that takes place off campus. For example, colleges would place more value on a student that has participated in competitive sports for four years versus a student who participated in that same sport for a semester.
Admissions officers look for students who are not only academically strong but are ready to take on the real world through internships, research, and global experiences. Northeastern requires a mid-year report with your first-semester grades, and theyll check your final transcript to make sure you stayed on track.
CTK pro tip: Although most high schools only report final grades on the transcript, colleges will almost always request semester (mid year) senior year grades. Speaking of that, if you have a favorite class, you can volunteer your time as a teaching assistant next semester or next year. Which skills do you want to develop?
This scholarship is of $3,000 for a year and it is paid in two installments of $1,500 per semester. Reville Scholarship This is in the amount of $3,000 per recipient, is paid in installments of $1,500 per semester for any year the student is enrolled in college. Read more here. Learn more here. Read more here William E.
CTK pro tip: Internships and summer programs often have applications starting in early winter, so do your research now. Many students have graduation requirements for service from their high school or NationalHonorsSociety chapter, but even without that, colleges want students who care for others. In some cases, yes.
Course #1: Moral Philosophy Description: Semester-long seminar at my school. Unpaid internships also go in this category. 349 characters) Work Experience Definition: Any paid job or internship that your child held for a sustained amount of time (i.e., Only freshman in class. Earned A (top 25%); completed 10-pg.
However, if you went from being a straight-A student to getting B’s and C’s one semester, you can briefly explain why a sudden drop in grades occurred (e.g., Example: During the second semester of my sophomore year, I was in a car accident. Example: My mother lost her job in October 2016, the fall semester of my junior year.
But always check several times as colleges have been known to add supplemental essay requirements well into the fall semester. Honors received (e.g. President’s Award, Honor Roll, NationalHonorSociety, etc.). Paid work , apprenticeship, internships, or research projects.
Applicants must have finished at least one semester with a minimum 3.0 American Chemical Society Scholars (ACS) Program provides students with various awards to those that demonstrate academic success with a minimum GPA of 3.0 Linda Craig Memorial Scholarship This is for $2,000. The deadline to apply is March 1st. Learn more here.
Secured internship at the [name redacted] University where I performed graduate-level research on mice genotypes affecting male infertility. Since the internship emphasized questioning, I gained interrogation skills that I plan to use in Public Policy. Lead climate strikes on behalf of the Congressman when he was in D.C.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 5,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content