Today let's explore some possible interview questions. These are a few questions that might come up during a college interview. There are many more, but these are very possible questions to prepare for.
1. What recent experience has changed your life?
2. What is your worst quality?
3. If you could read the evaluations of a teacher, what would it say about you?
4. Are your test scores an accurate reflection of your abilities?
5. Are you satisfied with your academic record?
6. How would you describe your two or three best friends?
7. Do you have any anxieties about going to college?
8. What do you want to learn from your college experience?
9. What have you done recently to help someone else?
10. Do you do any writing outside of school? If so, what?
11. What do you feel you could contribute to this school?
12. If you could spend one year prior to college and money wasn't a problem, where would you go and what would you do?
13. If you could call anyone on the phone, who would you call and why?
14. Do you think you are prepared for a college curriculum?
15. Who are your heroes?
16. If you didn't go to college what would you do?
The list of questions could go on and on. Generally you need to be prepared for just about anything. Don't be afraid to pause and think before you answer. Many of these questions have no right or wrong answer, it is just an opportunity for the admissions officer to get to know you better.
Be sure to go by the website and see what other helpful information is available there. The HomeSchooler's College Guide is a helpful tool in preparation for college admission and especially scholarship application. Come check us out at www.homeschoolscholarships.com
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
As you probably know, the March SAT test was the first test where there was a writing portion. Following are the three writing prompts that were used on the March 12-13 test dates. You may want to use these with your student as a way to practice for the exam.
Prompt 1 from the March 12th test date
We must seriously question the idea of majority rule. The majority grinned and jeered when Columbus said the world was round. The majority threw him into a dungeon for his discoveries. Where is the logic in the notion that the opinion held by a majority of people should have the power to influence our decisions?
Adapted from James A. Reed, "Majority Rule"
Assignment: Is the opinion of the majority--in governemnt or in any other circumstance---a poor guide? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience or observations.
Prompt 2
Given the importance of human creativity, one would think it should have a high priority among our concerns. But if we look at the reality, we see a different picture. Basic scientific research is minimized in favor of immediate practical applications. The arts are increasingly seen as dispensable luxuries. Yet as competition heats up around the globe, exactly the opposite strategy is needed.
Adapted from Mihaly Csikszentmihaly, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
Assignment: Is creativity needed more than ever in the world today? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
Prompt from the March 13th test date
Even scientists know that absolute objectivity has yet to be attained. It's the same for absolute truth. But, as many news reporters have observed, the idea of objectivity as a guiding principle is too valuable to be abandoned. Without it, the pursuit of knowledge is hopelessly lost.
Adapted from "Focusing Our Values," Nieman Reports
Assignment: Are people better at making observations, discoveries, and decisions if they remain neutral and impartial? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
Prompt 1 from the March 12th test date
We must seriously question the idea of majority rule. The majority grinned and jeered when Columbus said the world was round. The majority threw him into a dungeon for his discoveries. Where is the logic in the notion that the opinion held by a majority of people should have the power to influence our decisions?
Adapted from James A. Reed, "Majority Rule"
Assignment: Is the opinion of the majority--in governemnt or in any other circumstance---a poor guide? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience or observations.
Prompt 2
Given the importance of human creativity, one would think it should have a high priority among our concerns. But if we look at the reality, we see a different picture. Basic scientific research is minimized in favor of immediate practical applications. The arts are increasingly seen as dispensable luxuries. Yet as competition heats up around the globe, exactly the opposite strategy is needed.
Adapted from Mihaly Csikszentmihaly, Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
Assignment: Is creativity needed more than ever in the world today? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
Prompt from the March 13th test date
Even scientists know that absolute objectivity has yet to be attained. It's the same for absolute truth. But, as many news reporters have observed, the idea of objectivity as a guiding principle is too valuable to be abandoned. Without it, the pursuit of knowledge is hopelessly lost.
Adapted from "Focusing Our Values," Nieman Reports
Assignment: Are people better at making observations, discoveries, and decisions if they remain neutral and impartial? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
We are up and running with a new website. Come visit us at www.homeschoolscholarships.com
I think the new site will be helpful. I'd love some feedback on the site---I'd love to hear from you. I will try to answer any questions that are not addressed online. Hope to hear from you soon.
Linda
I think the new site will be helpful. I'd love some feedback on the site---I'd love to hear from you. I will try to answer any questions that are not addressed online. Hope to hear from you soon.
Linda
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