Standardised test uncertainty
With many students unable to gain access to SAT/ACT test centers during COVID-19, admissions officer are looking to the Activities page to discern the calibre of applicant.
How To Nail Your US Application Activities List
A step-by-step guide on how to make your extracurriculars stand out above the competition.
Why Extracurriculars Matter
Now more than ever the candidacy you build through your Common Application activities list is vital to your gaining admission. Here’s why:
With many students unable to gain access to SAT/ACT test centers during COVID-19, admissions officer are looking to the Activities page to discern the calibre of applicant.
Top universities are receiving an ever-increasing number of applications from students with good grades, which is why your Activities List plays an increasingly important part in your admissions decision.
Given the current global climate, admissions officers are looking for students who’ve turned their passions into purposeful projects that inevitably ‘progress’ these students through the admissions process pile.
Admissions officers want to be able to picture who you’ll be in 4, 10 or even 20 years time. Your Activities List provides a snapshot as to not just what you’ll contribute to campus, but also the global community beyond.
Why Crimson Is Unique
At Crimson we understand the high importance of your Activities List — which is why you will have your own mentor.
Personalisation Counts
Crimson is the only college admissions support company in the world that offers students comprehensive personalised extracurricular and leadership (ECL) support, with expert mentors providing step-by-step guidance for every student based on their individual passions and goals.
We’re aware of how vital your activities page is when it comes to lifting you above the competition, and more importantly how you can use your unique interests to build lists that are meaningful, memorable and difficult to ignore. At Crimson we:
Team every student with an ECL mentor with similar goals and passions
Match students with mentors who went to the very schools students are aiming for
Help students build stand-out projects and create new leadership opportunities that lift them
The words of brilliant Crimson students who achieved their dreams working with us
What This Booklet Will Cover
Hear from Crimson Students
Why ECL support makes all the difference
“Crimson’s technology-based mentorship sparked the idea for me to conduct my StoryWish initiative online. Thanks to my amazing ECL mentor Laura, my ideas became a reality, through planning, connection, and support.”
“My Crimson ECL mentor helped me realise who I am and what I could contribute across two diverse cultures. She helped me build on my passion for acceptance and make a viable ‘footprint’, and for that I’ll be forever grateful.”
“At first I thought the activities section of my application would pale in comparison to others. But my Crimson mentor showed me how to be confident in who I was, and that it was the fact that I was different that would make me stand out from everyone else.”
600+ offers to the UK Top 10 (Times Education rankings)
Crimson students have received offers to UCL, LSE, Imperial, King’s College London, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Manchester, the University of Bristol and more.
500+ offers to the major UC colleges.
Crimson students are at least twice as likely to gain admission to UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego than the general applicant.
112+ offers to the world’s best STEM universities
Crimson students have successfully gained admission to MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western and more.
Co-founder and CEO of Crimson Education. Jamie applied to the top 25 universities in the world and gained acceptance into all of them. Jamie was named 2016 Young Innovator of the Year by the NZ Innovation Counil. This year Jamie featured in Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 - Consumer Tech.
Co-founder and CEO of Crimson Education. Jamie applied to the top 25 universities in the world and gained acceptance into all of them. Jamie was named 2016 Young Innovator of the Year by the NZ Innovation Counil. This year Jamie featured in Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 - Consumer Tech.
Co-founder and CEO of Crimson Education. Jamie applied to the top 25 universities in the world and gained acceptance into all of them. Jamie was named 2016 Young Innovator of the Year by the NZ Innovation Counil. This year Jamie featured in Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 - Consumer Tech.
The words of brilliant Crimson students who achieved their dreams working with us
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