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(Basic APA format)
- Choose Desired Colleges
- Visit and evaluate college campuses
- Visit and evaluate college websites
- look for interesting classes
- note important statistics
- student/faculty ratio
- retention rate
- Prepare Application
- Write Personal Statement
- Choose interesting topic
- describe an influential person in your life
(1) favorite high school teacher
(2) grandparent
- Include important personal details
- volunteer work
- participation in varsity sports
- Revise personal statement
III. Compile resume
- List relevant coursework
- List work experience
- List volunteer experience
- tutor at foreign language summer camp
- counselor for suicide prevention hotline
Full Sentence Outline Format
- Man-made pollution is the primary cause of global warming.
- Greenhouse gas emissions are widely identified by the scientific
community to be harmful.
- The burning of coal and fossil fuels are the primary releasers of
hazardous greenhouse gases.
(Full sentence outlines are often accompanied with an APA reference list on a separate page. Quotes within the outline must also utilize APA in-text citations.)
Decimal Outline Format
1.0 Choose Desired College
1.1 Visit and evaluate college campuses
1.2 Visit and evaluate college websites
1.2.1 Look for interesting classes
1.2.2 Note important statistics
