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My brother took the SAT Essentials course from the Princeton Review in the summer between junior and senior year. It helped boost his sat score by 90 points. I’m an incoming sophomore with no experien …

I have no idea on what course to major in,in college

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I swim (hence my username) and by current calculation I am swimming 19 hours and 15 minutes a week, excluding swim meets on weekends, and additional time from swim meets and practices during high scho …

Here are my "stats":

ACT: 34/36 [34 E, 35 M, 32 R, 34 S)

PSAT: 1400/1520

GPA: 3.91/4 | 4.41/5

Awards:

- USABO Certificate of Merit (top 30% nationally) --> National

- Commended Scholar (most likely) --> N …

I am in the TAG program for CCC and plan to transfer in the fall of 2023. That said, I think that should help me out, at least for the middle tier schools like UCSB (the one I plan to tag), UCI, UCSD …

I just learned what it means to have an extracurricular spike and am wondering if this is a good thing to have when applying to selective colleges. I've always thought it's good to seem well-rounded a …

Junior, Class of 2024

Will colleges be able to see my senior GPA? I want to up my GPA through my senior year grades and I am confident I can. However, by applying as early action and studio-based major I am forced to submi …

I will be a junior in high school this year and want to study physics in college. Many of the top schools for this subject are very difficult to get into (M.I.T., Oxford, Harvard). I attend an IB scho …

How do I find my personal narrative to base my college application off of. I do like sports and I am considering a few careers but haven’t decided between computer science, business, marketing, real e …

I saw some tips for being unique, like a writer that write stories, or a programmer that builds an app, and things like that to put on application to be unique.

I want psychology and i am very good at …

HI! I am a current Junior in high school, and I am trying to decide on what my "spike" is. I am really good at and interested in a broad selection of areas, but I know this approach won't serve me wel …

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My son is trying to decide which class to keep as a high school senior from the choices above. His target schools include the likes of UCs, USC, SCU, etc. I assume the answer depends on the targe …

I was looking through the common app, and the 150 character limit on activities seems pretty short. There’s also only room for 5 awards. I was a significant circuit debater in public forum and won a l …

I’m applying to UT Austin

1100SAT 4.0 GPA 17/76 class rank. Should I submit score?

Hi all,

Son is a rising Senior in HS.

Weighted GPA: 4.24

ACT: 35 composite (33 in science / 35 in other categories)

AP classes taken: PSYCH/APUSH/LANG/EURO HISTORY/ENVIRO SCIENCE (5 units)

AP classes in …

What should I do during my sophmore year for ECs and other things?

Could you plz tell me if you think I have a spike in one area, and things I could do to improve it and also tell me if you think my extracurricular are good and what they all classify as in terms of t …

I am currently in a bit of a dilemma. I am currently an IB Diploma Program student, basically I am taking 6 IB Classes (Math,Science,English, History,Music, and Spanish), but I am really struggling i …