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Do SAT scores matter when transferring from community college?

I think that I will likely end up going to community college after high school. But I am not sure how well I would be able to prepare for the SAT, so is an SAT score necessary to transfer from communi …

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Is USC the University of Southern California or University of South Carolina?

What would most people's answers be if I asked them that question? Thanks!

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How to ask about campus security?

I have abusive family members who may try and come see me at college. I do not want this and I am viewing college as a way to finally get away from them. Campus security matters to me because of that. …

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AP Chemistry or AP Physics

As a preface, I am currently a junior and I'm currently taking 4 APs, I'd like to major in psychology with a pre-med track. So far for my senior year I'd like to take AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Macro/Gov, a …

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How much will a lab/clinical assistant at a research lab improve my chances of getting admitted to USC?

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More Extracurriculars compared to Few Extracurriculars but with Leadership roles?

When applying to college, would colleges value more extracurricular activities on a transcript or only having a select few extracurricular activities but in those activities someone is active and hold …

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What should I do with my future career wise?

I am 16 and in 10th grade, I have a GPA of a 2.6 (that’s only one semester) I want to go into prehospital care (paramedic) but have a low GPA, and am terrible in biology and sciences needed for it, h …

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Penn State- UP or UMD-CP?

Hi, I am pretty deep into the college selection process, now down to my final schools (Penn State and UMD). I love them both and was wondering if anybody who either attends one of the two schools or i …

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Leadership or Journalism?

Hi! I'm a freshman, and I was wondering which elective I should take next year. The first choice is Leadership. I've taken Leadership throughout middle school, and I took it this year in high school a …

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Why it shows invalid transaction when I pay my css profile fees?

I am an Indian and not able to pay my css fee waiver fees as it shows invalid transaction and I tried contacting css but didn't get any response so someone please guide me I was using a visa debit car …

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Leadership in clubs

I'm a freshman in high school, and I would want to know if anyone has any experience founding or holding a leadership in a club. I'm a naturally introverted person, but I have worked on that so I'd sa …

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Due to Covid all of the clubs in my school were cancelled and I did not get the opportunity to get any community service

...contd or apply to any leadership positions, do ya'll believe this will affect my applications? To add to that in our school you have to be a junior to run for a leadership position in our honor so …

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Does this count as community service?

Hi, so I am in the National Honor Society this year and I must have at least 15 hours of community service. I am an aspiring filmmaker so I normally try to work with extracurriculars dealing with film …

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How can I get help here as an international student looking forward to applying to universities of my choice?

I am a junior in high school (11th grade). When I was completing my profile, I came across many details (necessary) that don't include me because I am an international student. It made me think to lo …

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Will it help my application if I speak several languages?

As of today I'm proficient in three languages (Portuguese, which is my first, English and Spanish) and am studying three more (French, ASL and Brazilian Sign Language). I plan on getting able to commu …

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Should I take online college courses?

I'm from Brazil, and here there is almost no school that offers APs here. I've seen those online college courses that some elite schools offer, but I'm not sure if I will be able to buy the certificat …

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Will not having APs damage my application?

I'm a junior from a Brazilian public school.

There is no APs at my school, nor any other school I know of. But my school is a little bit different from most of Brazilian schools, because when I graduat …

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Do extracurriculars that I do as a senior count?

Due to COVID-19, I wasn't able to fully take opportunities of the in school extracurriculars only available for juniors and seniors, will it damage my application in any way if I only do them on my se …

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What counts as honors or awards?

What kind of things can/should I put in the honors/awards section on the common app? If I win a NYT or any other newspaper/magazine writing contest, will it count as an award?

I'm a junior from Brazil …

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Is doing a self made project a good extracurricular

i planning to major in finance and economic at ivy league school would starting a project be a good extracurricular

the project i want to do it automated trading/investing

how much time do i spend on it

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