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College Admission Processes and the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has made changes to the college admission process. Some changes are acceleration of existing trends.
On June 2, 2021, Kevin Nelson, an instructor at Aragon High School presented a Zoom seminar on the current college application process. Mr. Nelson is a 30+ year high school and community college instructor. He has years of experience navigating the college admission process. He teaches the popular GATE Parents Group SAT Preparation and College Essay classes. He led the SMUHSD GATE program for many years.
His presentation is embedded below.
His slide deck are linked here:
Key topics covered:
- The College Application Market and the Competition. College is a business.
- Admission is more than GPA and test scores.
- Understand the 25% - 75% admitted range for GPA and test scores.
- Student application differentiators.
- UC admissions processes and nuances.
- Where to apply.
- Paying for college.
- Senior year is important.
