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Will taking a study hall/research period hurt my chances of getting into competitive colleges?

I'm currently enrolled as a sophomore in the IB program at my school, and I know that it's going to be very rigorous next year. By the end of this year, I will have also taken 4 APs: AP hug, AP enviro …

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Should I give up?

I am a junior in high school. I have my ACTs tomorrow but I'm scared I will fail them. I have a 2.0 GPA and I'm just exhausted. I want to give up and just not go to college. I want to be a middle scho …

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JHU CTY Transcript

Hi!

So last year I took a class with JHU's CTY and I got an A-, and I don't want universities to see the grade. Are CTY transcripts automatically sent to colleges? If so, how can I prevent that?

Thanks!

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UF Admissions?!

Ok so I don't know if this is true, but I've been seeing things all over the internet about how everyone is getting rejected from UF. The last time I checked they weren't extremely hard to get into. N …

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Will my college rescind me for 1 D?

Made a previous post about the situation. I was accepted at all 3 colleges I applied to but have committed to Bradley University as a business major.

I currently have a D in my Civics class which is r …

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Question about which factor is most important for college application.

I was wondering which is most important factor for college admissons: extracurriculars, GPA, AP scores, or SAT/ACT score.

A little about me: I am a sophomore, I took AP HUG last year, got a 5, haven't …

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Can I get into college? Should I even try?

I currently have a 1.6 GPA and im in my second semester of junior year. These past years have been rough on me and I didn’t care about school. I failed a lot of my classes because of my lack of dedica …

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What kind of summer activity could I do while in Europe for six weeks?

I am currently a sophomore and I know the importance of summer activities to bolster college applications. However, my parents have their sabbatical this summer so I'm going to be in Europe for six we …

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Could UVA/Ivies reject me just for not taking physics?

Hi! My current CV chances at UVA are 54% and I am also a legacy.

My science path is like this: Honors bio -> honors chemistry -> ib bio hl1 -> ib bio hl2

I am applying for an economics major, and I cann …

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template

I need some templates to help with my college admission essay. can anyone give me some, possibly a link? I'm a junior I want to start gathering ideas for my essay so ill be more prepared in my senior …

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How do I start a Robotics Club in Class 10th? Which languages should I learn? And what kind of kits should I buy?

I am currently in 9th grade planning to launch a Robotics club in my school before my junior year at last. I have known that beginners can learn C and C++. I have also researched about the Arduino boa …

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What things can I do to improve my stats?

I live in the Chicagoland area, and I'm a HS junior. I'm projected to have taken a total of 6 AP classes out of 22 offered (HuG, World, Chem, Calc BC, Macro, Physics 1), 10 Honors classes, and 3 commu …

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Is taking no CS classes in HS a bad look (aspiring CS major)

At my school, AP Computer Science A has a prerequisite class. I'm a Junior planning my classes for next year and am wondering if it would be worthwhile to take that prerequisite class my senior year, …

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I am looking for internships in the ChicagoLand area

I am in 10th grade and want to do something worthwhile during the summer and was looking to see if there are any internships. I am fine with paid or non - paid and any field is good with me too.

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What are some ways I can find my spike in social justice/debate?

In the future, I hope to be a lawyer. I would like to be able to go to a prestigious college that will lead me to the path of success, but I'm not sure how to spike when my high school doesn't have a …

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Do program schools look better on transcripts?

I'm having a problem with choosing to go to a program school in my area over my public school. Going to my public school has more benefits and is easier because of what my major in college is leaning …

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Does Home Language Fulfill Foreign Language Requirement?

I am an Ethiopian-American student in my freshmen year of high school. In my household, we speak Amharic, and this language is actually the first language I’ve learned.

However, I’ve heard and read a l …

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Would this be a waste for me to do both?

My name is Keirah and I'd want to introduce myself. I am a sophomore in high school and enrolled in VoTech, a health science program. My goal is to work as a traveling anesthesiologist. Anyway, in my …

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Should I be confident about my safety schools?

Hey guys! I am so thankful to all of you for your help. I posted the previous question yesterday and received the answer soon after. Thank you again. I just wanted to know how sure should I be about t …

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Course Selection

I'm currently an 8th grader, and while I was getting a general idea of what courses I would enroll in high schools, I realized that in some subjects, only one or two years were required, and in the ca …

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