What Are Colleges Looking For When Screening Students?

Many believed that to get accepted into the college of their choice all they have to do is study and get good grades. While this may have been true in years past, at present the requirements have changed. Colleges and no longer looking specifically at grades to determine who gain's acceptance into their institution. Many colleges are looking beyond grades to see if the student is well rounded. A well rounded student is one that has the ability and tenacity to handle the rigors of a college education?

When reviewing your application, the admissions committed is asking question like:

Will this student stay in our institution throughout their entire higher education tenure?

Is this student willing to engage in campus or community activities that will expose and enhance our campus environment?

Colleges and universities are looking beyond grades to see what type of courses, beyond the general curriculum requirements, did the student complete? They are also looking at the type of extra-curricular activities a student participates in. Many are looking at standardized test scores while others are looking at psychometric test scores. Many are looking for work and professional experience, i.e. has the student ever held a job? The may also ask "is the student personable and willing to interact with diverse cultures and populations?"

What every college and university is looking for is the well rounded student who is looking to achieve and succeed. In essence, each college and university is looking for the student that will make them look good. And if they know that that student is going to make them look good, they are willing to do whenever it takes to get that student to attend their institution. Once a student is accepted, the institution is willing to work with that student academically and financially to make sure that the student is able reach their goals. The institution will also make sure that that student has access to the required resources to insure that the best opportunities are made available both personally and professionally, leading to that students success.

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Paul L. van Putten II, Ph.D. is an educator, entrepreneur and business consultant in the areas of social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial start-up, marketing, media management and leadership engagement. Dr. van Putten has seamlessly transitioned between both academic and corporate environments having served as a College President and Corporate CEO. He has also served as a consultant with national and international organizations. http://www.nationaletc.com

College Students Lifestyles in the New Millennium

What are the college students' lifestyles like in this new millennium? For that matter, how has the college students' lifestyle changed since the year 2000?

I was on a university campus a few years ago and all the students walked around with a cell phone glued to their head. Today it is all about texting the person sitting next to you I would guess.

Yesterday a major university in California experienced a peaceful protest. Students, angry about a rate in public education tuition locked arms and blocked the door exits to the board or regents who were meeting on campus. Listen, if kids want to protest that is their business but it seems the only thing that riles these college students these days is when the state raises tuition.

I remember a bill board off the freeway out here a few years ago. It was a photo of two young people a boy and a girl. The girl was wearing a head band and a tie die t-shirt like a grateful dead head concert hanger on.

She was sitting on the shoulders of a young guy similarly dressed. He was shouting something and she was shouting with her fist in the air, the headline read fight for your right to free checking. It was an ad taken out by a bank advertising checking accounts without service fees.

These were models of course posing for the advertising agency connected to the bank. And it was a bit of a joke of using people who looked like sixties rebels to advertise for the bank. But college students are more concerned these days with their bank accounts than with changing the world as college kids back in the sixties were.

This is not a knock against the college students of today. It is never too early to worry about your income and how you are going to make a living. But when there is a war in the middle east; the government changing our health care system against the will of the people; when the government is using tax payer money to bail out the banks which regularly practice usury credit lending practices by increasing interest rates on existing credit balances, sometimes tripling the rates on their whim, we seem not to hear much of a protest from college students.

But when the college students lifestyles are hit in their pocket book they are sure to rally and make their voices heard. What they do not know is that those who raise their tuition have one response. They say if you do not like it then do not go to school here. College students today do not realize that when it comes to money there will always be someone who can afford tuition if they cannot. Step aside if you all you want to do is whine. When you learn that protesting is about the rights of others and not yourselves perhaps your arm locking will get you more than a two minute story on the five o'clock news.

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