By Paula Steers Brown, August 2007

• Introduction
• Meet your match
• What do they have to offer you and what can you offer them?
• Standardized test savvy
• The application: narrow the focus
• Your essay: extract the unique
• Show your passion
• Finding funding
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Show your passion

Participate in an internship, an interesting or productive program, or work at a summer job and save your money for college. Volunteering for community service is important to show your civic awareness, but again, this needs to be authentic. Don’t just volunteer because you should to get into college. Find something you care about and get involved with that worthwhile cause.