Every Transcript Tells a Story

by I'm First Administrator

Colleges can tell more about you from your transcript than you think. How are you performing in comparison to the other students at your high school? Has your attendance been consistent? Have you become more or less motivated as a student? Are you challenging...

Resume in the Apple Juice

by Seanna Leath

Personal statement.  Statement of purpose.  Personal-ment of the state you’re in.  No matter how the words were rearranged, it still loomed large and confusingly in my mind.  Being well into my junior year, I’m now approached more seriously by professors to discuss my...

Grades, Transcripts, and Letters of Rec! OH MY!!

by Cynthia Cruz, Illinois Wesleyan University, '14

The fall semester of 2011 was a busy semester; while everyone was debating between scary or sweet costumes, I was debating on whether or not I wanted to attend college. As September was winding down, the pressure to apply to college was hovering over my shoulders like...