{"id":105,"date":"2018-09-12T11:36:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T15:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gothro\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2024-09-04T10:38:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T14:38:14","slug":"common-app","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gothro\/common-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Common App"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonapp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Common App<\/a> &#8211; Click the link to start your application!<\/h2>\n<p>If you are applying to any colleges using the Common Application, here are some things you should take note of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are applying as a <strong>FRESHMAN<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Your <strong>GPA<\/strong> is calculated on a <strong>5.0 scale<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Your <strong>GPA<\/strong> is <strong>weighted<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>You are graduating with a\u00a0<strong>HS Diploma, not an Associate&#8217;s Degree<\/strong> (you should let the admissions rep from the university know that you <em>do\u00a0<\/em>have an associate&#8217;s degree, if you will earn one, but don&#8217;t put that on your Common App).<\/li>\n<li>Only list <strong>credits<\/strong> that you have <strong>earned<\/strong>, <strong>not attempted<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Class Rank and Class Size\n<ul>\n<li>HFCA: use information from your 12th grade transcript<\/li>\n<li>HFEC: see Ms. Bazzi or Mrs. Tanner for class rank\/size information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Early Action deadline<\/strong> is usually <strong>Nov. 1st<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Early Action vs. Early Decision\n<ul>\n<li>Early Action means you have submitted your application by the early action deadline, and will get a decision sooner than normal. If you are accepted to a school using Early Action, you may or may not decide to attend there<\/li>\n<li>Early Decision applications are binding. You may only apply to one school using Early Decision, and if you get into that school, you must attend there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common App &#8211; Click the link to start your application! If you are applying to any colleges using the Common Application, here are some things you should take note of: You are applying as a FRESHMAN Your GPA is calculated on a 5.0 scale Your GPA is weighted You are graduating with a\u00a0HS Diploma, not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2216,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gothro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gothro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gothro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gothro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gothro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gothro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":614,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gothro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions\/614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/gothro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}