STUDENTS - ROLE IN COLLEGE ADMISSION PROCESS

Role of stakeholders in College Admission Process

Students - Role in College Admission Process

Applying to colleges can be stressful and demanding for students. Many students feel considerable pressure to perform well on standardized tests, participate in extracurricular activities and write authentic-sounding essays while maintaining high grades in rigorous courses at school. The outcome of the admission process may affect a student's future career trajectory considerably, so a student has to remain committed and interested to clear each milestone in the process. Entrance into top colleges is increasingly competitive. Demographic estimates of the numbers of high school graduates were 3.33 million in 2009, and rebounding to 3.9 million in 2014. 

Students need to juggle between 5 pretty unrelated activities and synchronize them:

1. Improving school academic grades
2. Work on SAT Reasoning test
3. Participate in extracurricular activities
4. Research colleges to apply to 
5. Work on admission essays