Top Colleges Want These 3 Traits

Top colleges fundamentally look to admit future high-impact scholars and leaders. In this episode, we analyze three characteristics or “signals” top colleges aim to identify in their applicants that are highly predictive of future promise.

We explain why different components of the application should showcase different traits, and why sending the right signals in the right places can be the difference between acceptance and rejection.

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