Filling in the Blanks Podcast 6

Filling in the Blanks Podcast 6

How can you best represent yourself in an application for college or career?

We will...

listen to a podcast from seniors like you and read an article.

Open Ended

How can you best represent yourself in an application?

Write it in 140 characters or less.

Poll

Do you think the most interesting thing about you would best show your potential in the field of STEM, the Humanities, Business, or Education?

• I think the most interesting thing about me would show my potential in the field of STEM.

• I think the most interesting thing about me would show my potential in the field of the Humanities.

• I think the most interesting thing about me would show my potential in the field of Business.

• I think the most interesting thing about me would show my potential in the field of Education.

Poll

Number Crunch

2.9

Guess what this number means?

• High School graduates from the graduating class of 2013 applied to an average of roughly 2.9 jobs.

• High school graduates from the graduating class of 2013 were denied admittance to an average of 2.9 colleges.

• High school graduates from the graduating high school class of 2013 applied to an average of roughly 2.9 colleges, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education.

"Filling in the Blanks" Podcast 6

Let's Listen to the podcast and read and annotate the article.

Poll

I will check all that apply to me when answering this question: Which of your life experiences are most important to highlight on your applications for work or college?

• School and/or outside of school extra-curricular activities, such as sports, choirs, band, art, theater, dance, Spanish, volunteer work, church, youth group, etc...

• Academics at school/grades and classes

• attendance

• Current or past jobs

• References