They involve volunteering. Volunteering shows commitment, a good work ethic,...

Start building a relationship with your teachers, guidance counselors at your school, volunteer coordinators, coaches, etc early! If you walk up to them during the last few weeks of the semester they...

1. A Leader- We are taught from our first freshman introductory class to be go- getters and take charge in debates, class Q&As;, and outside of the classroom in clubs and student organizations. 2. Question everything- Our newest school shirts say "question authority" and like our comrades at UC- Berkeley we do just that with a lot of student activism, protests for better conditions for student workers, tuition hikes, international events like the missing students in Mexico, etc. 3. Be curious- We are given supplemental readings for every syllabus so if we get passionate about a class or are thinking about changing...

How great our national and...

The acceptance rate is mostly freshmen class so it is harder to get in to my...

This is the most difficult question because I have loved many questions such as Into the Sea for marine biology and Vampires in Pop Culture, a lit class for gender and xenophobia. A Natural History of Dinosaurs taught me that...

It is really important to visit the schools you apply to. I didn't visit any schools until I was accepted to them because I couldn't afford two trips (one before applications to narrow down the list from all schools in CA and another after accepted to narrow down them to The One). When you visit a...

They were too close to my family and I knew I would be going home weekends, holidays, etc and would lean on them too heavily for any complication such as finding a dentist/doctor/chiropractor/grocery store for...