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I reside in Lagos,Nigeria. We don’t have AP/ IB tests. In the coming years, I will be writing the SATs and it’s Nigerian equivalent. I’m in a few extracurriculars. Compete in local competitions. Does anyone have any advice for what I should do this year to improve my application
Working on maximizing your course rigor and taking the SAT is exactly what you should do in terms of academics. The things you should focus on now are crafting stellar essays like these examples and building up your extracurriculars list. Try doing some of these activities, and make sure that they relate to your spike. Hope this helps!
Thanks for the answer @AlexanderOddo. Just one question. By strengthening course rigor. Does getting AP tutoring online count?
It will not hurt your application, but it will not strengthen your course rigor because it does not count for credit. It will instead count as an academic extracurricular. With that said, doing the best you can in a standard Nigerian course load does count as maximizing your course rigor - colleges do not expect you to go out of your way to take AP classes when they are not offered at your school. Getting a good SAT score outside of school will be the only extra thing you could really do to boost your rigor. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Thanks, that clears it up.
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