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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a sub for MCPS and an after-school tutor that focuses on college prep. The regular decision deadline for most colleges is January 1. Getting the personal statement, supplementals and applications done by Nov 1/Jan 1 can be daunting. That said, if AP classes are in the stars for a student, they aren't going to matter as much the 2nd semester, because admissions offers are already made. My senior year, I took several college courses at the local community college. Even if AP is supposed to be college level, it's not. In MCPS schools, honors is now on level and AP is what honors used to be.

Summer before senior year should be focused on finalizing a good SAT/ACT score. Even if a school says it's optional, it's really not.

Senior year, I would really focus on finding good internships for a student. Any good internship will set a student apart. One of my students had an awesome internship this summer and it rocked the way he approached his college essays.

Or a part-time job. It's really hard to get a job out of college with no work history. The value of showing up to work, getting feedback on performance, and having to deal with other people in a work setting is invaluable. Encourage kids to work part-time in a field they might want to go in. My first year in college, I got a job at the TV station my college owned and the rest became history.[/quote]

In my experience, good internships for high schoolers are really hard to find. Most companies don't seem to wait the headache and hassle of dealing with minors. They prefer college students over high schoolers.[/quote]

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