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Best community service for Stamps Scholarship?

What would be the best community service/leadership things to do that will increase my chance of gaining the Stamps scholarship? I am a junior in high school and plan to stay in-state and attend LSU f …

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Magnet school vs. traditional school

Hello- I am a 9th grader at a brand new public magnet school that focuses on TIDE (technology, innovation, design and Entrepreneurship). The school also has a dual college program and offer a 5 pathw …

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How to be a competitive applicant?

Hello- I am a 9th grader starting to plan out my courses to best prepare to apply to universities such as UCLA, UCSD, Berkeley. I participate in three sports and am involved in several volunteering a …

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Consistency in classwork that coincides with intended major

Hi! I am a high school senior intending to major in general biology. I have known that I wanted to major in biology since before high school and have demonstrated that interest significantly in the ac …

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If I want to share some projects to MIT via Maker Portfolio, I should submit one video for all projects or one for each?

I am a 12th grade in a scientific school type and this year I want to try to go to MIT.

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What's your gut feeling about acceptance rates this cycle?

Do you think extending test-optional policies will keep application volumes at record highs? Do you think that COVID-19 variants will indefinitely influence college admissions requirements? Do you thi …

 
21/22 Admit rates will ease up and be slightly higher
15%
 
21/22 Admit rates will stay about the same as 20/21
22%
 
21/22 Admit rates will be harder and go down slightly
36%
 
21/22 Admit rates will be a mixed bag, some going up, some down
25%
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I wanna study biology become one. What classes or courses would be most effective?

I am a 9th grader ( Freshman) I want to apply to AIC ( American International College ) with my gpa a 3.1 my admission chances aren't bad but my courses i need to take i have no idea of which to take …

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Admission process

I live in Ethiopia.I am grade 12 student.and I want to get full schoolar ship to one of top universities.i want to definitely study medicine.even though I have potential I don't know how.so I want to …

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How should I describe DECA and BPA on the common app activities section?

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I was beginning to list my activities on the common app but had a few questions. How should I describe DECA, and should I just copy and paste that for BPA since it was basically the same thing? A …

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College Algebra or Precalc for BS/MD

I’m a junior looking to get into a BS/MD program and I was wondering what math route for me is better. Should I take a college dual enrollment math class that is college algebra and trig or should I j …

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As a junior in HS, should I start getting LoR's?

I'm going into my junior year of high school this year and I was wondering if I should wait to get recommendations or start now. I have a fairly high GPA and am looking to major in either mechanical o …

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If I take the SAT and the ACT do I need to mention both even if I don’t necessarily like one of the scores?

My SAT score is decent and would help with admissions but my ACT is lackluster and since I want to study music I don’t think it’d be that necessary to mention anyways. Thanks for the help.

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Extracurriculars/losing an oppotunity

I have just lost a great extracurricular opportunity with a 4000 dollars scholarship (global citizen year) due to a major miscommunication between the admissions office and I. I have done everything I …

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Advice on studing/schoolwork?

My first semester of high school (last year), I did really poor. My second semester was good, but I'm worried that I'm going to fall back into my old habits. Does anyone have tips on how to stay motiv …

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what are some good extracurricular for cs ?

i have my own game how much will it affect my application (international student)???????

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Can I take the AP exam and take the class on College Board portal if I'm an international student?

In my country, Dominican Republic, we don't have AP classes but we have AP exams center. How can I log in College Board for taking the exam? How many costs to take the exam? Is really important for m …

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About Brown University Admission

Hey so I'am a Senior in High school So far I'm currently taking difficult classes like Ap Chemistry, AP Calc AB,AP Lit, AP Capstone and U.S History.

I know Brown University would look into that and see …

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Do I need a humanities and STEM recommendation?

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I am in the process of adding my recommenders to my commonapp, but I ran into a snag. At the beginning of summer, I asked my junior year english teacher if he could write my rec letter because I …

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My school is not offering 11th-grade transcripts only issuing a passing certificate

I am an Indian student who is looking forward to applying to the U.S. this year for further studies. Due to coronavirus, my school is not offering transcripts to ensure unbiased behaviour and only pro …

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