Each summer, ALLY SGV will host a College Workshop that features different college students to share their experiences on high school and college application. In the past ALLY - SGV College Workshop, we have invited many diverse college group students ranging from ivy league colleges (Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Yale, Stanford), private colleges (USC, USF), public universities (UCB), and transfer and gap year students.

 

Learn more about how all these students prepares their journey of applying to college. Maybe you will have learn something or get some insight for your preparation to applying colleges.

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 General Tips From Our Speakers:

- Always have a passion for what you want to do in high school.

- Every sentences in your own personal statement essay should be unique, not general like it could be appeared in others' essay: i.e. ( globalization is something ...) or  (together we could make the world...)

- Don't just learn how to study in high school, also learn how to enjoy.

- Learn how to time management for your activities.

- Your activities, extracurriculars, sports, volunteering, and classes should surround in the theme of your passion and what you love to do, not what would look good on the resume.

- Built a good connection with teachers and always ask for recommendation letter early and prepared.

- Save time for friends, do activities that you can only do and enjoy in high school (i.e. go to at least one football/basketball game, dances)