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UC Chancing system

Hello, since UC does not look at 9th grade, could someone tell me what the middle 50 percentile GPA range is? Or is the GPA range listed in Collegevine the actual range when 9th grade is disregard?

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How are IB MYP courses weighted by colleges?

In an IB school, I took IB MYP classes in freshman and junior year. In junior and senior year, I take IB DP courses (which are weighted like AP courses). I have not seen a sure answer on how IB MYP cl …

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Do sophomore year matters

I went from all Aand B to C and D

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Is this considered a spike?

Hi. I am planning on applying to National Young Arts program in the writing category and some other poetry competitions. If I were to be one of the winners of the National Young Arts program, is that …

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How do you know what classes are you in high school?

How am I going to know what classes are good for me in high school. I'm going to 11th grade next year and I don't know what classes are good for me

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Should I put activism in my college application?

Hey, I'm applying to college this upcoming fall (ahh very very nervous) and throughout high school (well for the past 2 years tbh) I've done very heavy activist work and it's been a huge part of my li …

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How valuable is being the President of your school's rotary club on university applications?

I am in the last year of high school studying in Singapore and am about to apply to University soon. An opportunity has come up to be part of my school's rotary club. I am not sure whether to apply fo …

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How Many Of You All Know What Major You Will Apply For?

I'm sure we are all familiar with the question: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" It seems like it is always asked no matter our age. While I may only be a freshman, one of my biggest insecur …

 
👍👌 I Know What I Want To Do 👌👍
67%
 
😅🤞 Not Quite Sure Yet 🤞😅
32%
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How to build a competitive profile for top universities?

Hii, I'm a 10th grade student in Brazil (the school year here starts in january/february and ends in november/december, and therefore I'll graduate by december 2023) and I'm looking for advice on how …

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What extra things I should do for Ivy?

I'm a freshman student from India, and our school doesn't offer AP and honours. I also don't really have a good ECA record. What things should I do to get into any Ivy League colleges?

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High School STEM Activities

Hello! I really want to start a robotics team at my school, but organizations like First Tech are just too expensive.

Does anyone know any organized robotics clubs or other STEM activities that are ava …

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ACT & SAT

Hello everyone! I have a question in regards to the ACT and SAT exams.

First, what is the difference between the two? Is the ACT shorter, but much more difficult than the SAT? Or vice versa?

Second, i …

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What If I Don't Know What Major I'll Choose? Will It Impact Me Negatively?

While I may only be a freshman, I am heavily concerned with me not knowing what I want to do as a career. I know I still have time to find my passion, but lets say I don't discover it by the time I ap …

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Can a poshmark business count as a passion project?

For college, I know having a sort of passion project can make you stand on for admissions. I already have a Poshmark business selling used clothes and want to extend it to selling used clothes/clothes …

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Tips

Hello!

1. what are some extra curriculum colleges like?

2. in texas you must take the algebra 1, English 1, English 2, biology, and U.S history STAAR (state assessment) to graduate. Do colleges look at …

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Is it possible to get into Ivy League’s if you don’t have perfect grades?

I have A’s, B’s and a couple C’s. I’m a sophomore. Is it possible to even get into Ivy League schools like Harvard and Yale with my kind of grades if I make up for it in other aspects like that SAT/AC …

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Recommendation Letters

Hello,

Quick question, i'm a rising senior and I was curious if your recommendation letters for applying to college HAVE to be from teachers at school, or if you can get them from other people in the c …

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ACT Scores

Hello everyone. I have a question about test scores. So at my high school, all test scores (SAT, ACT, AP) are put on your transcript. This means that regardless of what I submit, colleges will see all …

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GPA/CORE GPA

When applying to college does you core gpa matter because my regular gpa is 4.01 but my core gpa is 4.1. Also if You do early applications and gpa is lower than what you graduate with should you go fo …

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How do I get a teacher's recommendation?

Hello everyone, I am currently a sophomore in high school and incoming junior. Over the years I have heard how having a teacher's recommendation can be advantageous of getting accepted into your desir …

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