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Should I be worried about my SAT/ACT scores?

Hi! I am currently a freshman and taking all honors classes besides geometry. I take the PSATs on April 19th and I am freaking out about them. I have all A's and my GPA is around 3.8. I work hard on a …

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Should i be worried as a sophomore

So I belive with all my honors courses, i have a 3.1 GPA. I do extra cirriculurs, and Im almost an Eagle scout, and a decent runner. Should I be worried about my college choices at this point?

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Virginia tech waitlist

So I got waitlisted at Virginia tech and the school said July 1st that decisions would be out but I'm not sure. Do you think they'll come out earlier?

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IVY DAY is 3/31/2022 @ 7PM EST !!!!!! POSTED 3/23/22

IVY will come a week earlier this year than last year. I'm predicting this 8 days before Ivy day.

My Class of '26 predictions are as follows

Brown - 4.9%-5.1% (Actual rate turned out to be 5.0%)

Columbia …

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How Can I Improve?

hello! I'm currently a sophomore and I have been panicking about grades. Last year, I took all regular classes and ended with a 4.0 unweighted and weighted. I got recommended for two advanced level cl …

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Williams College Class of 2026 acceptance rate is 8.51% versus 8% from last year.

This year Williams received a record 15321, 2821 more applicants than the 12500 they received last cycle. They admitted 1304 students which is a 304 increase from the 1000 they admitted last cycle.

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Swarthmore admit rates hit record 6.95% low from 7.79% last year.

Just out, Swarthmore college announced that the Class of 2026 cohorts are comprised of a lucky 1021 that were selected from a large pool of 14700 applicants.

Last year, they admitted 1014 from 13012.

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How to navigate bad AP Scores?

Hi! So I have currently taken 4 AP exams (I am an IB Diploma Student so I am not taking as many, prospective economics major looking for admission to ivy leagues, duke, vandy, uva)

Currently I have a 5 …

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Colorado College Acceptance rate hit record low of 11.50% down from 14.25%

Colorado College Acceptance rate hit record low of 11.50% down from 14.25%

This cycle 1266 applicants out of 11007 were admitted to the Class of '26.

Last cycle 1556 applicants out of 10917 were admitte …

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should i give up on trying to get to a top school?

I want to go to architecture school and from what I understand it's very competitive I'm in my freshman year of high school and the reason I am thinking of just kinda giving up is due to my GPA I have …

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What sports are most impressive for colleges?

I play tennis but I was cut from my school team. However, I want a varsity sport on my extracurricular profile. What sports are the most impressive?

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Thanks a lot. Why was I waitlisted at a safety?

If I could give this website one star, I would. Waitlisted at a school that says I have an "80% chance" of getting in. Yeah right. I wouldn't recommend this website to a goldfish.

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Should I ask a recommendation letter from a professor from a low rank university (lower than 1000 world rank)?

Hi, I’m a junior in Japan, and I would like to ask for any opinions about rec letters from a professor in a non-prestigious university. Whenever I see people say students should ask for rec letters f …

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How do I figure out if the college I want to go to will accept my community college credits?

I am a sophomore in high school who is taking a dual credit math course next year, and I want to make sure the schools I want to go to (Cal Poly SLO) will accept credits from the school I'm taking the …

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Colby College drops below 8% (7.44%) for the first time in history!

The Class of 2026 at Colby college was announced.

1258 applicants made it through the most competitive pool at Colby in history. The average SAT was 1500 and the average ACT was 34. 40% were persons of …

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AP vs. Dual Enrollment... which one benefits high schoolers the most?

Hi, my name is Anicyah and I am a junior in high school (3.8 GPA, #17 in class rank currently). Coming from a foreign country to finish my studies, I often find myself in stranded in situations where …

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Help me narrow down college descions

Hello! I want to start narrowing down my college decisions as I make pros and cons lists. I want to get rid of 2 colleges from the ones I have been accepted to so far. And I want to pick 2 colleges to …

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Extracurriculars for STEM major... would this be good enough to get into university with 20% acceptance rate?

I'm a Junior this year and I need to get some solid extracurriculars for my college application... I was thinking of starting a non profit that aims to teach younger students based on the help of olde …

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Extracurricular Ideas in STEM?

I’m currently a freshman in high school, and I’ve been doing well in academics but have a rather lacking ec profile. I want to get on top of that before it’s too late, and since I’m pursuing something …

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Want to start a passion project but don't know how...

Hi, I am a 10th grader in Monterey. My goals are to go into pre-med and study either Neurobiology or Biology. I want to start looking into doing a passion project, but I don't know where to start or e …

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