College

[jtwhite]

Do you plan to go to college? Where? What do you want to be?

I definitely want to go, I'm not sure where but I want to be a research psychologist. I plan to get a Doctorate degree no matter what my major is.

[adamparkzer]

Do you plan to go to college? Where? What do you want to be?

I definitely want to go, I'm not sure where but I want to be a research psychologist. I plan to get a Doctorate degree no matter what my major is.

Of course I plan to go to college. lol

I'm applying to the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign's General Admissions field as an early decision applicant.

Do you have any particular colleges that you want to go to?

[jtwhite]

Of course I plan to go to college. lol

I'm applying to the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign's General Admissions field as an early decision applicant.

Do you have any particular colleges that you want to go to?

Not really. I have in mind Dartmouth (lol, probably won't happen), and Tusculum. If worse comes to worse, East Tennessee State University..

What's an early decision applicant?

[adamparkzer]

Not really. I have in mind Dartmouth (lol, probably won't happen), and Tusculum. If worse comes to worse, East Tennessee State University..

What's an early decision applicant?

Early decision is where you apply for the college a few months ahead of time. If they accept you, you are required to go to that college (it's a binding contract). If they postpone you, you can apply again during the regular admissions period and they'll rereview your application after you've attached more information about your senior year in high school. If they reject you, you're no longer able to apply to that college for the rest of that school year.

Have you started looking at the applications for those schools yet?

[jtwhite]

Early decision is where you apply for the college a few months ahead of time. If they accept you, you are required to go to that college (it's a binding contract). If they postpone you, you can apply again during the regular admissions period and they'll rereview your application after you've attached more information about your senior year in high school. If they reject you, you're no longer able to apply to that college for the rest of that school year.

Have you started looking at the applications for those schools yet?

I know what most of the requirements are. I plan to go beyond, taking honors/AP and more rigorous courses.

Do you think that actually looks good on applications? What about community service?

[Smith6612]

I haven't decided what I'm going to be doing for College yet. I'll probably be getting around to that sometime within the next few months.

[adamparkzer]

I know what most of the requirements are. I plan to go beyond, taking honors/AP and more rigorous courses.

Do you think that actually looks good on applications? What about community service?

I took 5 AP classes as a junior in high school, and I'm going to take a bunch more AP tests as a senior. It does really help, as a lot of colleges check and see if the course selection was rigorous or not. They want to know if the person got straight A+s in easy or hard classes.

I've done about 60 hours of community service total so far. Different colleges give different importance to community service, but I'm pretty sure your admission or rejection decision would come down to the number of community service hours you've done so far.

Have you started doing community service yet?

[jtwhite]

Have you started doing community service yet?

Yes, I have a little over 30 hours so far.

[adamparkzer]

Yes, I have a little over 30 hours so far.

What community service have you done so far?

It's probably better to do something that's related to the field that you're interested in majoring in, as it's seen as acquiring experience as well as helping others.

[jtwhite]

What community service have you done so far?

It's probably better to do something that's related to the field that you're interested in majoring in, as it's seen as acquiring experience as well as helping others.

All 30 hours was from my old school's fall festival. I guess that could be experience with interacting with others, which Psychology would demand?