Hello all -
I’ve been pretty occupied these past few weeks. Global Citizens Corps organizing/planning, piano competitions, tennis practice, and of course all that academic stuff.
Anyway, I just wanted to quickly share with you all about a site that I stumbled upon a few months ago: http://www.cappex.com/. It’s like Zinch in some ways, but drastically different in most ways. Like Zinch, Cappex lets you make your own profiles for schools to download your info. You can send “shout outs” and receive “love” on Cappex. There are also many scholarship opportunities. The main thing that is different about Cappex is their college “Calculator.” You fill our your profile, and then you search a prospective college. Then, Cappex will automatically calculate your chances of admittance. It’s a rough estimate, and for a few colleges (especially the Ivys), they won’t even be able to give you a guestimate of your chances. However, I think it’s sort of interesting to look at it.
Cappex also has a few articles and worksheet-type things to help plan out your roadmap to college. It has a very useful article on how to stand out in terms of your extracurriculars. It’s opened my eyes a lot, and maybe it can help you out, too.
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