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Your gut says that if colleges are trying to make admissions a level playing field and are not requiring standardized tests, shouldn't ACT/SAT test scores are going down instead of going up?

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Hi, I've taken the SAT three times and I'm expecting my results for the third on the 19th or 18th. As of right now, I'm not expecting my score to increase greatly because I can't afford SAT tutoring a …

I got an email telling me to apply for some of the specific thing? And I just don't know what this is. I was wondering if anyone could explain. Just please give me any kind of context, or even if this …

USC is already a reach school for me and I am struggling to write one of their required essays two weeks before the scholarship deadline. Do you have any advice on how I can write this essay?

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I have a 4.2 GPA and an ACT that is in the range of acceptance requirements from last year. They have not requested letters of recommendation or a resume of my accomplishments, awards, or recognitions …

I am currently a senior in high school and have submitted around 4 college applications so far. I am checking the portals every day and they say that they have yet to receive my high school transcript …

Okay so recently I met a person who is studying one of the languages I am also studying. We are both interested in being study buddies, except we don't know how they work haha! Neither of us have had …

For example, if I took Linear Algebra in highschool from the local community college, would it help more than taking a random film studies class? Thanks!

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I took the SAT test in the U.S.A in 2020,

When I try and add that qualification onto my UCAS profile (I'm applying to unis in Europe) there are multiple SAT test options to choose from, the options …

For most of my schools, I am applying early action, but I am wondering if I submit a second time for regular decision will my early application be shown still? Also, does early action give me a better …

Hello! I'm an international student and have done at most 2 research projects (both quantitative and qualitative) throughout my high school career. The problem is that both of these papers are in the …

There are about 500 kids in my school. I’ve started a club in my school. How many members should I aim to have in my club for it to stand out to the ivies+? Anything I can do with my club to make it s …

Suppose I have an unweighted GPA of >3.95, SAT of 1580+ and several APs with 4s and 5s. Also suppose that I only have very few, insignificant extracurriculars (ex. varsity sport and a club leader, but …

hey guys, if I were to quote a few lines from a poem in my admissions essay to U Chicago and attribute it to the author, would that be ok? obviously it takes up space but that's fine with me, I'm just …

I'm currently a junior and I have been thinking of dropping a semester honors class. Is a WP on one's transcript enough to get rejected/not make it pass the first stage in the admissions process for c …

I just want to also know about the GPA score needed in 4 scales and 5 scale respectively

In October, I took the ACT for the first time (I am a junior right now). I just got my ACT score back today:

Composite: 35

English: 35

Math: 33

R …

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"Students who have a national secondary exam such as the CBSE, and similar curriculum systems should ask their school to provide us (the respective college) with a prediction of their final exam resul …