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So I have recently found out that my parents make way more money than I thought. So I will not have access to any financial aid on a need-basis (or whatever it is called), so I have to somehow pay for …

I'm a bit of an introverted person, so between that, the virtual setup, and nerves, I don't think I've been able to succeed in really engaging my interviewers thus far. So firstly, how do you know if …

I noticed that all the high school near me had a school offered SAT on October 13th, but mine did not, which led me to look at the next dates for school offered SAT dates. I asked my counselor if we w …

I am an 11th grade student from India and I intend to pursue Comp Sci/Science majors. Up until the 10th grade, I was fully focused on getting educated in my own country, so I didn't pay attention to E …

Northwestern is my #1 choice university. I am stuck on whether to apply ED or wait for regular decision for this school.

From what I learned, they accept half their class from the ED pool (around 25%), …

In my country, we use 1-9 grading system. 1 is the best and 9 is the worst grade. This system does relative evaluation.

Grade 1: Top 0-4% (96-100 percentile)

Grade 2: Top 4-11% (89-96 percentile)

Grade 3 …

I am a 9th grade student in India (U.S. citizen)

In U.S. —

- I have volunteered for 120+ hours for an Art Gallery in the U.S. and will also get a LOR for it.

- I got into the honor roll and the distingu …

How many service hours total in your life. Just a goal so I can set my sights to achieve average or above. Or if you have not started would you please state how many hours you plan on getting.

I'm from India. I recently completed my 12th grade. i didn't scored well in my exams (2.7GPA or 81%) so i'll be writting improvement exams for the same.

I was from medical stream and was preparing for …

I want to write an overcoming challenges essay

I want to know if writing about stage fright and inabality to give public speech is a good topic for the essay. I hope it is not too ordinary

Hello everyone! So a little bit about me before I jump into my question. I'm a half Chinese and half Russian American who is super into politics and government.

A college essay asked me about my ident …

CMU-Q is Carneie Mellon University in Qatar campus that provides undergraduate education on the fields of Biological Sciences, Computer Scince, Business Administration and Information Systems.

I'm a senior from Brazil (graduating 12/2021) applying to competitive colleges (Ivy level) due to financial aid.

9th grade - Isn't a part of HS in Brazil. I contacted the schools I'm applying to, and t …

I'm really struggling with ECs right now. I have band listed because I spend a lot of time participating and I've had leadership positions. I also have that I self study Korean and one of my work expe …

I am close to the assistant head of school, he has been my Esports coach for the past two years and the Spring Sing Moderator (which I was on leadership for). From these activities, he knows me pretty …

4.13 gpa and applying to both art schools and general universities.

I'm applying to several schools for EA and while I think my college essay is solid, if I get deferred I would like to either edit it or submit a completely new one. Is this allowed through the common …

Hi! Is it fine to send SAT scores to colleges, even if I decide later to not apply there?

My SAT is in a few days, and I'm on the fence about whether I'm going to apply this year or not, because of the …

Hey y’all! Do college admissions really care about the Silver Congressional Award? In other words, will it help my application?

I want to apply to some of the Honors Colleges provided by the colleges in applying to. Are there pros and cons of being in the Honors College? If so, does one outweigh the other?