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How to answer “How have you used or will you use your earnings?” question on work experience for UC apps?

I’m trying to figure out how to put this well while answering briefly. What would you suggest? I pay for my phone and its service. I buy groceries. I give my grandma money sometimes, but she blows it …

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Describing activities on common app and also question about ranking

is a 4/16 a good ranking? I moved schools for my senior year so I'm not exactly as high as I would have liked. Is top 25% percentile decent?

also, how do I describe certain activities on common app wit …

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Taekwondo

Hi! I'm a current junior. I've done taekwondo for nearly ten years now, and I'm a 2nd-degree black belt (some quick searches tell me that around 1% of people in taekwondo earn this degree.) How strong …

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3 years ago
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What universities for computer science?

I got 1460 on my sat and 4.2 for my gpa so far. I really want to study computer science and engineering. What schools do I have chance with?

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3 years ago
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Question about acceptance

My 9th grade marks were-94%

And 10th grade-89.4%

And I don’t have great Extracurriculars but aiming to get into Columbia,Cornell and nyu .

What should I do ? Should I focus on extracurriculars or my mar …

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3 years ago
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Sending Transcripts to Colleges

I completed my freshman year in high school outside the US. How would I submit a official copy of my transcript since I have no contact with the school? I do have copies signed by a school official th …

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3 years ago
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Listing an international award from before 9th grade in honors

I have 2 gold medals from the International Taekwondo Festival back in elementary. Should I list these in the honors section/resume or leave them out?

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3 years ago
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What can I do in my freshman year of high school to stand out on college admissions?

Hello! I recently started high school and am trying to keep my grades up. I have tried to be participatory, and I do one sport that I am quite advanced in. I would appreciate if you could help me unde …

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3 years ago
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SAT/College

On school profile document, my school's SAT average is 1180 (580 Math, 600 Verbal) & 2/3 of students are low income

I have a 1400 (680 R, 720 M).

I am looking to apply to colleges like Harvard, Duke, B …

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3 years ago
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What should I do to make my application stand out more?

Hi there! Bare with me throughout this whole post, I am probably going to write quite a bit. I'm a sophomore in high school, 15 years old female and I live in Texas. I am Asian and come from a fairly …

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3 years ago
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Law Internships

I am a freshman in highschool living in north New Jersey. If anyone knows any law internships or programs i can apply to soon please reply to my comment. Thank you so much!

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3 years ago
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Potential EC's for a Sophomore interested in Law, Political Science, and Journalism

Hi! I'm a Sophomore in Florida (currently doing school online) looking for potential extracurricular ideas. For some background, during my freshman year I was an intern for my counties' public library …

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3 years ago
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Should I submit my ACT score to Vanderbilt University?

I am applying as a transfer student to Vanderbilt, and Vanderbilt is test-optional. I got a 32 composite score on the ACT, and I am wondering if I should submit this score to help my application. I am …

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College

When colleges look at your application what are the main things they look it or what guidelines are they looking for.

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3 years ago
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How amazing do your ECs need to be for vet school?

I'm a junior, so this is the year that I'm really thinking about colleges. I have a 3.97 unweighted GPA, have completed 3 APs and many honors classes, and, while I have yet to take the official ACT, m …

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3 years ago
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Should I transfer from USC to Temple?

About six months ago I was admitted to USC as a spring admit with half-tuition National Merit Scholarship. I am currently doing GE courses at a community college, preparing to move in to LA this comin …

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3 years ago
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Could I really get into UT Austin?

I'm a sophomore in high school, with a current GPA of 3.9. I do pretty well in school, having mostly high A's or low A's. I don't want this to be a chance-me question, but is there anyone who could te …

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Soike

So I hear the term EC spike but I’m a little confused on it. Does a like have to be released to a specific area or field like a writing spike where I run a blog I have a writing club and I win some aw …

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heyy

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Will graduating early effect my chances of getting into a Nursing Program?

Hi! I’m graduating my junior year of high school because I already know what I want to do which is become a nurse and during my senior year I would only be taking two classes. I plan on going to the c …

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