Standing Out By Stepping Back The Zen of Getting Into Selective Colleges

Getting admitted to selective colleges is about pleasing yourself, not about pleasing them. Once you understand that you can avoid painful mistakes, like tanking your college applications with essays, honors, and extracurriculars that blend in with thousands of other applicants. Using actual essays, honors, activities, and letters of continued interest from accepted applications to the University of Virginia, Duke, Yale, Princeton, and Cambridge University, Standing Out by Stepping Back The Zen of Getting Into Selective Colleges shows you how to make your application stand tall above thousands in one quick read.Create a compelling application theme that sets you apartWrite standout essays that showcase personal growthLearn the 24 character traits colleges look forTake an admissions committee evaluation deep diveLearn the new "can't ask, do tell" racial diversity rulesMake the most of each application sectionInspire admissions officers to fight for youUse recommendations strategicallyNo money, no problem financial aidCrush ACT, SAT and test optionalBeat demonstrated interest, interviews, deferral, waitlist, and more.