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SPike

could someone explain to me what a spike is in a simple way i an very confused what it is.

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3 years ago

Hey @Swayam_Jain17,

Basically, a spike is your "talent" or specific focus toward one subject of your interest. I'll give you two people for an example. There's one student who is "well-rounded", meaning they have a good GPA, SAT, and stuff like that. But they do not show a particular interest in one field or one area. Now the other student has a spike, which would mean this student has a focus in, for example, psychology. All the books they have given relate to psychology, their internships are psychology-based, they've one psychology essay competitions. Basically, its something that you are very interested in and sets you apart from the population of students. Hope this helps!

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