How do you put tutoring on a resume?
You can place tutoring on a resume just like you would any other job. List your title (ie, Spanish Tutor), dates, and services provided (include age group/grade, subject, etc to show scope). Make sure to include your results - it's much more powerful to say that you helped a student raise his grade from a D to an A, than to just say that you improved performance.
What is the point of taking AP/Honors classes like mad if colleges don't look at weighted GPA?
Well, the biggest benefit of taking AP/Honors and even being in the IB program is that colleges like to see that you are taking challenging courses and that you are not trying to breeze through high school. They want to make sure you have a good work ethic and are willing to work hard in college. Also, when they look at your transcripts, they usually take into consideration that you took harder courses, and it gives you some serious brownie points. Now, honors courses can be difficult sometimes, but they do not effectively prepare you for college, they really just boost your GPA. I'm not saying don't take honors courses, just that they do not look as good as AP/IB. So, not only do the AP/IB courses help you prepare for college, if you do well enough on the exams in May, it is possible to receive partial college credit. I am not very familiar with IB, since I take AP classes, so you would want to talk to someone else about that if you are interested. On the AP exam, the tests are graded on a 1-5 scale, one being an F, five being an A. Most colleges accept scores for credit ranging from a 3-5. Some colleges require higher test scores, however. So, I guess what I'm trying to say is that AP/Honors will help you out in the long run, and will give you some brownie points with the colleges you apply to. AP will save you money in college and prepares you a lot for college. Like, I am a senior in high school right now and with all my AP credits, I could technically skip most of my freshman year classes and start working for my major, even though I would only be in my first year of college. I hope that makes things clearer for you :D
Do colleges care about AP scores when deciding to admit students?
A2A I’m not sure where everyone is getting their answers from unless they are college admissions people themselves. I honestly do not know but I would say … maybe. If you have a good score why wouldn’t you report it? It’s optional to report it on the common app so don’t report it if it’s bad. I would think it not fair to count AP scores significantly as sometimes the AP instructors do not follow the requirements of the course, thus not preparing the students well. Some schools have very inclusive practices allowing all levels of student to take AP classes (which is good) but it does slow down the class if many do not have the required skills which makes it difficult to achieve a good score. Also some schools have AP testing as optional so it is feasible that you took the course but didn’t take the exam. If your scores are poor don’t report them. It is only one test for 3 hours that takes a very specific snapshot - it is not an all telling test by any means.I have to say the longer I teach the more nauseated I am getting about grades and scores.
Is it a good idea to double major in history and French with a minor in Asian studies?
What does work have to do with it? I don't understand. With a degree in French, you can have your pick of any available McJob. Same with History. Blah blah blah critical thinking blah blah blah writing blah blah. A "good idea" is getting a degree which also gives you a MARKETABLE SKILL. Unless you are fluent in French (and if you are, you don't need classes in it) getting a Major in it is USELESS. Same with "asian studies". THe biggest continent on Earth and you think four years and a couple of classes will make for a career in it? lol So go for the studies you seem to enjoy. Then marry a doctor since you'll be dependent on her for buying your clothes, cars, house, food entertainment, etc. Or get a degree in something that actually is WORTH something in the job market. THe government publishes all sorts of projected job needs. Speaking of critical thinking: think about this A BS in Computer Science provides the foundation for an entry level job in IT A BS in Marketing is good background for an entry level marketing or sales job Kids with BAs in History have found jobs in Finance, Business, Sales,... Do you see anything odd about the above? Is it a wise choice to do so much? As long as you're independently wealthy, why not? Otherwise, you may want to consider getting something out of the long hours you will put in. Do a cost/benefit analysis. THere is obviously some relationship between French and Asia. But not much. If you are gifted enough to go on to get your PHD and then a tenure track academic position, your undergraduate background doesn't matter very much. And if you're not, then you should think about majoring in Marketing, Law, Business, IT, - - you know something that will actually pay the bills....
How do admission officers know if a student is lying on a college application, or not?
Based on the tales of current college students I know, colleges can’t tell if your lie is a variation or limited exaggeration, like saying you did 20 hours of service instead of 10, or a club since 9th grade instead of 11th, unless they read otherwise in letters of recommendation/ school reports.Here’s the catch though. Anything you lie about is and should continue to be immediate grounds for dismissal, rejection, and notification by your college. The risk is very high, even for changing a small detail on your application that probably won’t make the difference between getting in or not.If you’re talking about lying on anything else, like through your essays, or adding activities that you never did, then it’s generally pretty easy for professional college admissions readers to gauge authenticity from “clever” high school applicants.They also do calls to counselors or other administration in your school and verify certain claims if they seem outlandish, say if you claimed to be student body president and another applicant from your school did too.In professional programs (masters, doctorates), your application is cross-referenced with years of data and an even more close-knit group of professors and program directors, so you can’t lie there anyways.Other than those deterrents, and what others have mentioned about official scores and transcripts, it’s worth noting that you are literally going to college to learn and gain experiences.If those start off from lying, or if lying is the only way you get in, that says a lot more about you than the failures of an admissions committee…
Requirements for Universities like Oxford or Cambridge?
I've checked the website but of course they have another language about the requirements. Is anyone out there familiar with these college admission requirements? Whats a good enough SAT score for them? AP Classes? Do they count? ACT? SAT 2 Subject Tests? Interview? GPA? Anything that will help me
Is there anyone on Quora who got a perfect SAT score, yet got rejected by the Ivy Leagues?
Not quite, but close.I got a 1590 on my SATs when a 1600 was perfect. Actually I got a 1570 with an 800 in math my first try, but it initially came to me as a 1540 then was rescored after a rare scoring mistake. I retook it before I was informed about the rescore and got a 1590 with an 800 in verbal on my second try.http://articles.latimes.com/1997...I was rejected from pretty much every university I applied: Harvard, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, CalTech, Stanford, Harvey Mudd, UPenn, Princeton, Swarthmore. The only place I got in was Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate NY, which I attended. RIT wouldn't admit me as a computer science major, so I was forced to major in mathematics.I participated in a lot of high school activities: debate, academic decathlon, great books, Boy Scouts, etc. I published a novel mathematics paper in high school. My problem was GPA: I had a 2.1 because all my classes moved way too slow, I was bored out of my mind, and I never did homework.My high school didn't allow me in several advanced classes due to grades, so I borrowed the textbooks for classes I was refused admittance, took the AP exams anyway, and got 5's. I also took a bunch of CLEP exams because reading books and acing tests is really easy. I had enough credits to start college with junior standing... I was a senior after the fall quarter.I've found lack of access to an Ivy League school meant I could never get into a class that moves fast enough for me and I practically never encounter a peer who thinks like I do. All my life I've felt like everything is moving in slow motion. I hate being the smartest person in the room all the time, with the pace of the room set to someone 50 IQ points below me. It's like a constant urge to run, but your shoelaces are tied together.I've never been able to recover from not getting into a decent college. My whole life I've operated at far below my potential because opportunities flow from the piece of paper you get, not from how fast you think or how much you know.If you don't get into a good college, your life is over.Hopefully someday I'll have kids and I'll be able to tell my kids that even though homework is completely useless for learning things (reading a textbook or hearing a professor is sufficient), you have to waste your time conforming with the broken institution -- because otherwise your life will be ruined and you'll always be surrounded by idiots.