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Writing an AP Bio Rec Email?

Hi everyone,

Next year I plan on taking AP Bio and after talking to my counselor she said I should recommend myself for it since I haven't taken chemistry. This means that I need to email the head tea …

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(compensating for) Mediocre Grades During COVID

TLDR; looking for things to shiny-up application so admissions officers will overlook my bad freshman grades. Background, grades, ECs below.

Hello! I'm currently 16 and a high school junior and as I'm …

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3 years ago
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If i could…..

I have to write an essay if i could…….

I am confused about it.

I will appreciate any ideas with which i can make it unique.

I feel all write if i could go back in time, iff i could change the world, how …

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3 years ago
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Will graduating early impact my admission chance for the Ivy League?

Hey ya'll!

I am currently trying to decide on whether or not to try and graduate a year early, where I would move from graduating in the Class of 2025, to the Class of 2024, and I would apply to colleg …

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3 years ago
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Translating report cards

Hi everyone, my name is Oscar, I am an international applicant to U.S. universities and I understand the whole process to a certain extent, however, I recently faced an issue because I have no idea ho …

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3 years ago
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Are remote and unpaid internships legit?

I have seen so many opportunities for remote and unpaid internships for high school students. I would love an internship to book my college application and gain experience, but I feel like it is not t …

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Letters of Recommendation Advice

The best piece of advice I ever received was when you ask someone for a letter of recommendation, ask them whether they are willing to write you a good letter of recommendation. If they hesitate at al …

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3 years ago
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AP or community college classes?

Next year I will be a senior in high school. I have the option of taking up to 4 AP classes, or 2 AP classes and 5 community college classes. Both are doable for me. The community college is The Colle …

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3 years ago
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extracurricular advice

i started this project called prisit. we run online and it’s a youth organization where we hire designers and we get asked by social media accounts, non profits, etc. to design them projects such as b …

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3 years ago
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How can I improve

Hi, I'm a high school Junior and I need help figuring out what I should do to get accepted into my choice college.

1. I don't have a job and I don't do many extracurricular activities besides NHS and …

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3 years ago
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should i take on unpaid internships?

hello! i’m struggling to decide if i should take on internships to help boost my college application. i got offered an internship for social media marketing, and i’m planning on entering the business …

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3 years ago
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AP Classes

I'm a sophomore right now and I live in a town where the high school doesn't have enough resources to teach AP or many Concurrent Enrollment classes. My state offers an online school where students ca …

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3 years ago
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Correlation problem between college rankings and acceptance rates

This is important for 9th, 10th, and 11th graders to make their college lists.

Pre-pandemic, the college landscape was already changing say from 2010-2020. More and more people were applying to top co …

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3 years ago
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Cults and Colleges

What a CRAZY HULU documentary about Sarah Lawrence. Anyone else hear about what is going on at Mason Gross / Rutgers? Hauntingly similar! Anytime anyone mentions it to me, it is "hush hush" and whis …

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3 years ago
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Can colleges cancel my acceptance ?

I'm a Alevel student from India, and my school has submitted predicted grades to colleges. For e.g they have predicted A's and A's, and in reallity I only get A's and 1 B/C, will colleges cancel my ac …

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3 years ago
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How is Washington & Jefferson College

How is Washington & Jefferson College Info Session

Is there Campus Hiring / Job fair in Washington & Jefferson College, which companies take part in Campus hiring for Business Administration students.

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3 years ago
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Do you think it will be difficult to move things?

Do you think it will be difficult to move things?

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3 years ago
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What is the meaning of "your safety school." Does that mean the other colleges i mentioned would probably not accept me

I don't understand why my profile is only compared to only one of the four schools I mentioned

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What would Usapho semifinalist be classified as on collegevine?

I just checked the f=ma solutions and I got like a 20 so I'm guaranteed to get into usapho semi.

Usapho semi is top 300-400, so it's pretty much the most exclusive of all the mainstream comps that off …

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3 years ago
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I am going to take 21 dual enrollment courses by high school graduation. Is this a little too excessive?

So, I have already taken 11 dual enrollment courses, 1 AP, and six honors courses. By the end of this school year, two more honors courses can be added to that list. Next school year, my senior year, …

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