PROJECT REACHABLE

APPLICATION PROCESS

DIFFERENT WAYS TO APPLY

Admission/Decision Plans

THE FOUR PILLARS

Profile & Family

Education

Personal
Information
Demographics
Geography
Language
Citizenship
Common App
Fee Waiver
Household

Current School
CBOs
Edu Interruption
College/Univ.
Grades
Sr. Year Courses
Honors
Future Plans

Testing
ACT Tests
AP Tests
SAT I/II
English Lang. Tests

Activities
Activity 1-10
Clubs
Sports
Responsibilities
Jobs
Hobbies
Summer activities
Volunteer work
Etcetera

AND THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID:

THE ESSAY
The essay demonstrates your ability to write
clearly and concisely on a selected topic and helps
you distinguish yourself in your own voice. What
do you want the readers of your application to
know about you apart from courses, grades, and
test scores? Choose the option that best helps you
answer that question and write an essay of no
more than 650 words, using the prompt to inspire
and structure your response.

LAST YEARS ESSAY OPTIONS

Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that
they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like
you, then please share your story.

Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you,
and what lessons did you learn?
Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act?
Would you make the same decision again?
Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do
or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you?
Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your
transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.

ACTIVITIES SECTION
Your resume.
What you do other than sleep and go to school.

MY ACTIVITIES
Basketball
STEP Program
STEP Alaska trip
Cross Country
Friends
Academic Decathlon
Modeling Board
UA Sky School trip
UA Summer Engineering Academy

Activity type
Athletics: JV/Varsity
Activity name
Basketball
Position/Leadership description and organization name
Girls' basketball. JV and Varsity captain
Details, honors won, and accomplishments
Sectional champions 2013, 2014; State Runner-Up 2013;
includes summer league, camps, traveling tournaments,
pre/post-season, fundraising, other events
Participation grade levels
9, 10, 11, 12
Timing of participation
All year
Hours spent per week
20
Weeks spent per year
20
I intend to participate in a similar activity in college.
Yes

Tips for Supplements

School Writing supplement essays
Recommendation Letters
Each college typically asks applicants to Do not procrastinate when asking
write an essay that is specific toward their teachers for letters. Get a variety of
school or very personal. Look at these in academic teachers, and other
advance!
recommenders (coach, pastor, etc) should
be utilized if that letter adds something
Skill/Talent supplements
new to the application.
Performing arts, studio art, extensive
research, etc. can usually be submitted
with applications, but check with each
Official Transcript
school.
Asking for an electronic copy makes
uploading this document easy, and you
Interview
can always print it out if you need an
Some colleges offer or even require
unofficial copy.
interviews. Most of them will be casual
and with a student or alumni.