Admissions Criteria
This is the cumulative average of the final grades in all of your courses.
What is a grade point average (GPA)?
This is an online college admission website specific to NDA students that can assist you in your college search.
What is Naviance?
Beyond the grades on the paper, colleges look for this while reviewing your transcript.
What are trends and rigor?
Colleges can search and access these to find out personal information about applicants.
What is social media (TikTok, instagram, twitter)
What is the application that many colleges and universities use called?
What is the Common Application
These are Activities/Enrichment pursued outside of your academic courses that colleges like to see.
What are extracurricular activities?
This is an additional website besides Naviance to research college/major information.
What is College Board BigFuture?
This is an activity where you volunteer your time to give back and to help others.
What is community service?
NDABalla@gmail.com and NDAPartyGirl@yahoo.com are examples of this.
What are inappropriate e-mail addresses used to communicate with colleges?
When is the UC and Cal State Application due?
What is Nov. 30?
These are the two standardized tests that students can take for college admission that are currently optional for most colleges.
What are the SAT and/or ACT exams?
People that come to NDA to talk about their college
What is a college representative?
Successful completion of these courses and a strong score on an exam may allow a student to receive college credits.
What are Advance Placement (AP) courses?
These dates must be met in order to be considered for admission.
What are deadlines?
When are many Early Action and Early Decision Applications due?
What is Nov. 1?
It is important to cultivate positive relationships with your teachers because you will need them to support your application with these.
What are letters of recommendation?
This application is required in order to receive any sort of financial assistance
What is the FAFSA?
The attainment of positions within extracurricular activities demonstrates this positive attribute.
What is leadership?
Failyoure to due this with your aplicatoin and persinul statement is a shure fire way to move your application to the denyed pile.
What is proofread?
When can you submit your FAFSA?
What is October 1
This is a component of your college application that provides admissions counselor a deeper insight into who you are.
What is a personal statement?
This person is there to support and assist you through high school and the college admissions process.
Who is your school counselor?
Three positive ways to spend your summer vacation.
What are employment, volunteering, or academic enrichment?
Applying only to very selective universities is an example of this.
What is an unbalanced college list?
How is Early Decision different than Early Action?
Early Decision is a binding agreement with a university. If you are accepted, you are required to attend.