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Extracurriculars check

I am an international student. I am from a small town (it's more like a village) and my school does not offer any AP, IB, or Honors courses but my grades are pretty good so I just wanted to check whet …

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Help in extracurricular

- rising sophomore

- interested in applying/majoring in Economics and/or Linguistics

I’ve been recently thinking about my extracurriculars and I realize that compared to my twin sister I don’t really …

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Just anxious about my grades

I'm completely lost about whether my grades are good or not (some people say I need improve them a lot, other say that they are great). I'm international student and we don't use GPA grading system he …

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SAT score Improvement

i'm a pretty good student with a high GPA and decent coursework but my SAT score isn't really improving, i've been using Khan Academy to study but my score is barely improving what should i do?

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4 years ago
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Help for Extracurriculars and uniqueness (if that's a word...)

so ill be a junior this year and i need some really good extracurriculars that can be unique to me... right now my extracurriculars are pretty basic and not very unique so i was wondering if you guys …

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Recommendation Letter

I am an international student, I just wanted to know if I am supposed to get recommendation letter from my school subject teachers or is it enough if I get it from the management head .. Also should i …

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I've got 8 tier 2 activities, but no tier 1. Any suggestions?

My dream college is Stanford, and apparently people have like 2-3 tier 1 activities there. But they probably don't have 8 tier 2 ones, right?

I have no idea what to do, and yes, I'm running out of time …

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Hi do you guys help kids with Special needs

Hi how are u :) my name is Julia I was really wondering If you good help kids with still special needs ? Because I have some special needs but that not stop me for showing people how hard working I t …

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Supplemental essays, What does it mean to engage with difference?

One of the supplemental essay prompts is the following: Reflecting on a part of your identity (for example, your culture, race, ability status, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, nat …

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How do I give myself a better chance?

During my freshman year of highschool I really struggled with switching from a religious, lax environment into a more harsh, irreligious setting where secular studies where held to a higher standard. …

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How and when do I send my transcript?

Hi everyone, I'm an international student, and I need to know when I should request my school transcripts and how exactly I should send them to colleges. My school does not have a counsellor and neit …

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Is it necessary to have Rec Letters from subjects you're majoring in?

So I am planning on majoring in engineering or finance. However, I wasn't very close with my math or physics teachers (but I had very good grades). My best letters would come from my psychology and en …

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Art Credit

Briefly, I need to do a full year of artwork graduate. As this is not my intended major or “spike”, should I do it junior or senior year?

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Sophomore Year Course Selection

Hello! I am starting sophomore year, and here is my schedule:

APUSH

Honors Algebra 2

English 2

Honors Chemistry

Honors Global Issues

Mandarin 4

Intro to Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Extracurriculars: Clu …

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Honorable Mention

Hi! So I submitted essays to the New York Times summer reading contest and got an honorable mention. Should I put that on my college application if I don't get any better awards or should I only put s …

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How do I get scholar ships and awards

How do I get impressive scholarships and awards

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What do I do to get into Mechanical engineering?

Hello, I am in 10th grade right now and I am interested in entering Mechanical Engineering. I am a little stumbled on what I need to do to excel in the field and get a better understanding of what the …

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MUN/MC Best Delegate Award

Hello, this is a very specific question for a certain group of people, but how much do Best Delegate awards count for on college applications. I am a rising sophomore, and so far I have one Best Deleg …

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Do colleges care if I don’t take too many AP Classes, but take a lot of exams?

Hi! I am a rising sophomore and go to a school which offers a lot of AP courses(19), but I am on track to probably only take 8. So far, I have taken AP CS A at school and AP Microeconomics on edX, sco …

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Extracurriculars for computer science

I'm far behind everyone else when it comes to extracurriculars , this is really making me nervous. I want to study computer science but I haven't done activities related to it. Can someone recommend m …

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