What Are Colleges Looking For

College officers want to see evidence of intellectual curiosity and initiative.  They look at how a student has applied classroom learning in meaningful ways, either within the school or the community at large.  The imperative wraps around what a student has become by what he or she has done. The colleges figure that a student matriculates to learn from professors, but also from each other.  Admission deans are looking to see what each candidate will add to the mix of the next community that the admission committee seeks to shape.