CAKE Application Choice and Process 2

What school do you go to?

• Haysville

• Swain

• Robbinsville

• Mtn. Heritage

You should only consider attending colleges that are ranked by an organization like U.S. News and World Report.

• True
• False
• Not sure

What is "demonstrated interest"?

• When a student contacts a college to gain more information about them (e.g.campus visit, contacting admissions, etc.)
• When a student talks to your friends and family about which colleges they want toapply to
• When a student reviews the websites of colleges you are interested in
• When a student talks to their high school counselor about applying to certain colleges
• Not sure

The percentage of students who are admitted to a college, of all those who applied, is known as the:

• Yield rate
• Admission rate
• Retention rate
• Success rate
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The percentage of students who return to a college as sophomores that started as freshmen is known as the:

• Yield rate
• Admission rate
• Retention rate
• Success rate
• Not sure

If a college has an "open admission policy" this typically means:

• Applications are considered any time of year
• Anyone, regardless of level of prior education, can attend
• You can start class whenever you want
• All applicants who completed high school level education are accepted if space isavailable
• Not sure

The piece of the college application that has the most impact for admission counselors when deciding whether or not to admit an applicant is:

• High school transcript
• Test scores (i.e. ACT, SAT)
• Essay
• Recommendation letters
• Not sure

When reviewing an applicant's high school transcript, college admission offices are:

• Looking to see if they took the most challenging courses available
• Assessing their performance in high school over time
• Ensuring they have taken the required courses to satisfy their admissionrequirements
• All of the above
• Not sure

College may request a student's high school profile to help them:

• Understand the course offerings in the student's high school
• Assess how rigorous the student's high school course of study was
• Understand how grades are calculated in the school
• All of the above
• Not sure

What are the parts of a typical four-year college application?

• Application form, transcript, essay
• Online application and test forms
• Application form, test scores, recommendation letters, school rank
• Application form, transcript, essay, school profile, test scores, recommendationletters, application fee or fee waiver, optional written/creative work sample
• Not sure