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AP Biology or AP Environmental Science for future Global Affairs major?

My daughter will start high school in the fall and we are putting together her academic plan. Her goal is to attend an Ivy League-level school where she will study something in the Humanities - most l …

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Does it help my application that I'm homeschooled and travel? How do I build up my extracurriculars while travelling?

Hello, I'm a freshman in high school years! So, I have been wondering, does it look better on college apps that I'm homeschooled or not? I also travel the world with my family full-time, which kind of …

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quitting band...advice?

Hi, I'm currently doing course selections and I'm considering dropping band/Marching band because of the pressure the band director gives me. For context, I just moved to a new school this year and I' …

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3 years ago
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How would a letter of rec from a Principal/Superintendent be received?

Hello!!

Me again. I know that a lot of top colleges kind of have an "unwritten formula" for letters of rec that's as follows: one from your counselor, one from a STEM teacher, and one from a humanitie …

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3 years ago
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Writing an AP Bio Rec Email?

Hi everyone,

Next year I plan on taking AP Bio and after talking to my counselor she said I should recommend myself for it since I haven't taken chemistry. This means that I need to email the head tea …

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(compensating for) Mediocre Grades During COVID

TLDR; looking for things to shiny-up application so admissions officers will overlook my bad freshman grades. Background, grades, ECs below.

Hello! I'm currently 16 and a high school junior and as I'm …

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3 years ago
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If i could…..

I have to write an essay if i could…….

I am confused about it.

I will appreciate any ideas with which i can make it unique.

I feel all write if i could go back in time, iff i could change the world, how …

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3 years ago
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Will graduating early impact my admission chance for the Ivy League?

Hey ya'll!

I am currently trying to decide on whether or not to try and graduate a year early, where I would move from graduating in the Class of 2025, to the Class of 2024, and I would apply to colleg …

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3 years ago
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Translating report cards

Hi everyone, my name is Oscar, I am an international applicant to U.S. universities and I understand the whole process to a certain extent, however, I recently faced an issue because I have no idea ho …

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3 years ago
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Are remote and unpaid internships legit?

I have seen so many opportunities for remote and unpaid internships for high school students. I would love an internship to book my college application and gain experience, but I feel like it is not t …

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3 years ago
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Letters of Recommendation Advice

The best piece of advice I ever received was when you ask someone for a letter of recommendation, ask them whether they are willing to write you a good letter of recommendation. If they hesitate at al …

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3 years ago
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AP or community college classes?

Next year I will be a senior in high school. I have the option of taking up to 4 AP classes, or 2 AP classes and 5 community college classes. Both are doable for me. The community college is The Colle …

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3 years ago
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extracurricular advice

i started this project called prisit. we run online and it’s a youth organization where we hire designers and we get asked by social media accounts, non profits, etc. to design them projects such as b …

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How can I improve

Hi, I'm a high school Junior and I need help figuring out what I should do to get accepted into my choice college.

1. I don't have a job and I don't do many extracurricular activities besides NHS and …

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3 years ago
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should i take on unpaid internships?

hello! i’m struggling to decide if i should take on internships to help boost my college application. i got offered an internship for social media marketing, and i’m planning on entering the business …

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3 years ago
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AP Classes

I'm a sophomore right now and I live in a town where the high school doesn't have enough resources to teach AP or many Concurrent Enrollment classes. My state offers an online school where students ca …

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3 years ago
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Correlation problem between college rankings and acceptance rates

This is important for 9th, 10th, and 11th graders to make their college lists.

Pre-pandemic, the college landscape was already changing say from 2010-2020. More and more people were applying to top co …

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Cults and Colleges

What a CRAZY HULU documentary about Sarah Lawrence. Anyone else hear about what is going on at Mason Gross / Rutgers? Hauntingly similar! Anytime anyone mentions it to me, it is "hush hush" and whis …

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Can colleges cancel my acceptance ?

I'm a Alevel student from India, and my school has submitted predicted grades to colleges. For e.g they have predicted A's and A's, and in reallity I only get A's and 1 B/C, will colleges cancel my ac …

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How is Washington & Jefferson College

How is Washington & Jefferson College Info Session

Is there Campus Hiring / Job fair in Washington & Jefferson College, which companies take part in Campus hiring for Business Administration students.

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