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Again I have a question about extracurriculars(I swear this is the last one). I'm international student and my school doesn't offer any clubs or athletics at all (only student council in which I've pa …

Hi!! I'm a junior and I'm planning to apply for UPenn as an international student, but I'm not sure on what to do for my extracurriculars :((, I got rejected by a lot of organizations in my school (de …

I am a 9th grade student from Odisha, India. I am descent in my studies and score between 80-90% every year. This year, I am in my freshman year of high school. I am confused about whether I should do …

My question is related to common application ( US universities), my daughter is in CBSE 12th. I have two questions

a) While mentioning Course and Grades, in common application, should we select the Gra …

Hi, I'm a senior can anyone help Me? I'm having a really hard time coming up with an anecdote/memoir for my essay. I keep trying brainstorming exercises on YouTube, but nothing seems to be working. I …

I am a science enthusiast and want to enter Engineering Programs in Colleges (not as prestigious as Tier1) for eg. UWMadison, UMTC, Tulane, Florida tech, Illinois Tech, Purdue etc.

In my ExtraCs I have …

I learned at Lebawi Academy and my results are so good

My school does not offer any AP, IB or Honors courses. Nor do colleges in my locality allow high school students to take their classes. How will this affect my application? Will it harm my chances in …

Hi! I'm confused.

I am an International student, and I want to use Common App for my application. Do I need to send any documents (e.g. transcript) phisically? Or can I do everything online?

Currently, I am in senior year and would like to apply SAT/test optional through the common app before December/Nov deadlines. However, I am applying for my first SAT trial on December and expect to t …

In 9th, I had all As. In 10th grade, I had one B and junior year I had Bs. Will this make or break an admissions decision?

Because of the rising Covid-19 cases and my states relentless desire to open schools this year my family and I decided that it would be best if I got homeschooled. However this decision has brought a …

Where am I supposed to mention my awards and achievements? Is there a specific section for that? Or do we have to write it in the activities section?

I am in a levels currently and I don’t have enough awards and honours to my name . In covid times it’s hard enough to even volunteer without participating for awards . Is there any opportunity online …

I know that asking for financial aid as an international student will hurt my chances if the college is need-aware. But, can anyone at least estimate how much my chances are going to decrease? For exa …

I am an international student. We graduate in July and take our final exams in March/April. A lot of the schools I'm considering have their deadlines as Nov 1 or Jan 5. I won't even have taken mock ex …

I'm currently a junior in a High school in North Carolina and want to major in some kind of pre-Med studies. (Either biological sciences or neuroscience.) I'm half- Latin and including this year I wil …

Hi! Is there any way I can calculate my GPA? In my country, we don't have GPA scores, and an A is 75 and above, B is 65 and above, etc. According to the usual American GPA system, with scores like 60s …

Im looking to begin asking for rec letters over these next few weeks and the instructions on the Common App are kind of confusing me. If I want to use the same letter for several schools does the reco …

For the UC applications, I am considering doing both prompt 4 on educational opportunities and prompt 6 about favorite academic subject. I was wondering if that will make it a little redundant since t …