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College Resume & Activities List
— The Class of 2026 Guide —

  • — The Core —

    Welcome to Phase One of the Five Phases of the Upgraded College Application Process—The Core!

    During Phase One, follow streamlining steps to build the two Core Components—the Comprehensive College Resume and the Common Application Activities List.

    With methods designed by an Ivy League Alum and over three hundred student success stories, create the two activities-focused components that build your college application framework—and start your success story.

    — The Class of 2026 Guide —

  • — The Resume & Activities List —

    During Phase One of the The Five Application Phases, create the activities-focused components that build your application framework—and start your success story!

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  • — Application Phase One —

    In Phase One—The Core—follow streamlining steps to build the two Core Components: The College Resume and Common Application Activities List.

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  • — The Core Components —

    By utilizing our success-proven strategies, learn to build the two Core Components in a manner that streamlines your entire college application process!

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  • — The College Resume —

    The Comprehensive College Resume builds the framework for every successful college application—which makes it the first essential application component.

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  • — The Activities List —

    Application Component Two—The Activities List—is a snapshot of your ten strongest extracurricular activities, structured to follow The Common Application Format.

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  • — Innovative Inspiration —

    The two activities-focused Core Components are best approached in conjunction—and success-proven examples show how these components unite!

    Accepted Alumni Core Components

  • — The Upgraded Way —

    With methods designed by an Ivy Alum and 300+ student success stories, build the Core Components—and streamline your entire application process.

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  • — The Comprehensive College Resume —

    The Comprehensive College Resume builds the framework for every highly-successful college application—which makes it the first essential college application component!

    This Core Component helps you to identify themes across your experiences, to share information with recommenders early on, and to strategically structure all of your college-related writing.

    See several stand-out examples from our own Accepted Alumni below—and learn how successful students begin the application process.

    — Explore Strategies & Samples Below —

The Comprehensive College Resume
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  • — Common Application Activities List —

    The Common Application Activities List is best approached in conjunction with The Comprehensive College Resume—and before drafting the creative content of the Personal Statement.

    Our students find more success through this approach, as each Activities List element is built directly from The College Resume—and the Activities List helps us plan essay content more strategically.

    See how successful students have streamlined their entire application process by daring to do things differently—and more successfully.

    — Explore Strategies & Samples Below —

The Common Application Activities List
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  • — The Core Components —

    With methods designed by an Ivy League Alum and over three hundred student success stories, create the two activities-focused components that build your college application framework—and start your success story.

    Through our streamlined guidance below, follow our success-proven steps to building the two Core Components—the Comprehensive College Resume and the Common Application Activities List.

    Discover upgraded templates to help you easily build your Comprehensive College Resume and your Common Application Activities List—along with success-proven examples from our Accepted Alumni!

    — Upgraded Class of 2026 Essentials —

  • — The Upgraded Process —

    Create your college admissions success story with the success-proven Application Approach designed by our Ivy League Founder and more than 300 student success stories!

    Our Five Phases Application Approach helps students streamline the application process through success-shaping frameworks and more opportunities for aligned action.

    We are passionate about guiding students through our start-to-submission application approach—because success stories require much more than one essay.

    The Upgraded Application Phases

  • — The Application Core —

    In Phase One of the The Five Phases, create the two activities-focused components that build your college application framework—and start shaping your success story.

    During this phase, streamline your success with our guides to the two Core Components—the Comprehensive College Resume and the Common Application Activities List.

    By utilizing our success-proven strategies, learn to build the two core components in a manner that streamlines your entire college application process!

    See Successful Core Components

  • — The College Resume —

    The Comprehensive College Resume builds the framework for every highly-successful college application—which makes it the first essential college application component!

    This Core Component helps you to identify themes across your experiences, to share information with recommenders early on, and to strategically structure all of your college-related writing.

    See several stand-out examples from our own Accepted Alumni below—and learn how successful students begin the application process.

    Upgrade Your College Resume

  • — The Activities List —

    The Common Application Activities List is best approached in conjunction with The Comprehensive College Resume—and before drafting the creative content of the Personal Statement.

    Our students find more success through this approach, as each Activities List element is built directly from The College Resume—and the Activities List helps us plan essay content more strategically.

    See how successful students have streamlined their entire application process by daring to do things differently—and more successfully.

    Upgrade Your Activities List

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