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How to tell when my extracurriculars are "amazing"

I've seen advice all around advising to make sure your extracurriculars are amazing, and outstanding. How am I able to tell if mine are or when I have hit the point to where they are 'amazing'. For re …

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Where can I find the suplemmental prompts for colleges?

I want to start planning now, and since I applied last year, I cannot use Common App to search. Pl

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Early Action

Will applying early action at Princeton help my chance of acceptance at all?

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What can I do about my GPA to increase my chances of getting in to a good school?

My ACT score is a 30 going into my senior year but my GPA is under 2.75, is there anything I can do to increase my chances of getting into top schools?

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What is the best college in washington?

Yeah what college is the best.

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Grade Fluctuation

Hello all!

It would be really helpful if you could shed some light on this situation.

My GPA during my freshman and sophomore year were near perfect, and my senior year is going on a similar track as …

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No idea where to start

I have a GPA higher than 3.5 but I don’t have specific ideas about the whole process of applying for a US university. I need some guidance to lead me to a better position.

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5 years ago
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Should I apply early action?

I am going to be a senior in high school this fall and I really want to attend James Madison University. The only issue is I do not know if I should apply early action because I do not know if I am co …

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Can one teacher write multiple rec letters or send the same one to multiple colleges?

I have asked two of my of my core subject teachers for one and they both agreed but I'm not sure if I need more. Is a teacher evaluation a different than a recommendation letter? I think it is, and if …

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I'm considering applying to UC Berkeley, but my extracurriculars are seriously lacking. What could I do to improve?

I'm a junior in high school who's looking to improve their extracurriculars.

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5 years ago
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Easiest colleges to double major in?

Title :)

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5 years ago
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what can i do to improve my grades

i want to get good grades but i am unproductive

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Real SAT scores vs Khan Academy's practice tests???

Just wondering, if you've already taken the SAT how did your score compare to your Khan Academy practice scores...and did the test seem different to you at all? Also, share your SAT progress on here j …

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Advice for extracurriculars.

Greetings,

In my current school, there is absolutely no extracurricular that I can do while my family doesn't have an abundance of money. I really want to get into a prestigious school but, without goo …

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5 years ago
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Do interesting classes help my admissions chances to select schools?

I'm going to be attending a school that offers some really interesting electives, like marine biology, animal behavior, theater in the city, etc. I have also taken a quantum computing course online th …

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Where should I go?

Where should I go?

 
University of Michigan
24%
 
John Hopkins University
76%
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Narrowing down a list?

Currently in the process of cutting down my 30-something school long list to around 12-16 schools (which is still quite a bit). I'm having a difficult time cutting down the list. Using a spreadsheet, …

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Free periods in my schedule???

So next year, my senior year, I plan on taking 2 AP classes at my high school(physics & Calc AB), 2 maybe 3 classes at the local community college(Literature, Stat, and maybe ASL), and then work the r …

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