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Should I go to Community College for 1 year and then go to a regular college for the rest?

Hello. I am currently a junior and I am narrowing down my college list but my parents are telling me to go to community college for one or two years to get general ed classes out of the way and save m …

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IB vs. Regular Classes

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I was wondering how colleges look at IB classes vs. regular classes. Is a B in an IB class equivalent to an A in a regular class? Or how do colleges feel if you have a B, but it's in an IB level …

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UC Capped + Weighted GPA

Do UC schools use UC capped + weighted GPA for admissions instead of fully weighted gpa? Which GPA is the most important for UC admission?

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What do I do if I didn't take IGCSE exams?

I am an international student. My school uses the Cambridge curriculum. I wasn't able to take IGCSE exams due to financial reasons. I only took english IGCSE exam. At the time I was comfortable not ta …

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How to find a major right for you?

I'm currently a sophomore in high school. I've been looking at college majors, and I've been trying to get an idea of what I want to do. I've always known I don't want to go into STEM because I'm not …

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CS Major

For Asian males hoping to major in CS, what are some good safety colleges? Seems like CS is impacted everywhere so I have no idea which college will be a good safety.

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Im looking into nursing as my major what classes in high school would you recommend taking?

(specifically pediatric nursing and becoming a Ph.D., I'm also currently a sophomore in high school.

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If i really love music and dancing should i go for it or not

im from kippnortheast college prep

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High School Math Classes

I am currently a sophomore in high school, and have a question about what math classes I should take for my senior year. Freshman year I took algebra 1, and this year I am current taking geometry, the …

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Bad grades for end of sophomore year

I have had a really bad sophomore year my grades are really really bad right now and I need to get it up my GPA is a 2.0 and it has never been that low before.Any suggestions on how to get that up?I h …

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Will colleges I apply to convert my weighted GPA?

Hello!

I am currently a junior in high school. I have a current unweighted cumulative GPA of 3.24. This GPA, when weighted, is 3.41. This current GPA only accounts for my freshman and sophomore year, m …

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4 years ago
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What tier is interning with an assemblyman?

I have an opportunity to intern (technically Junior social media specialist, but I might ask them to change the title to intern) with a black assemblywoman over the summer. She already lists me as her …

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4 years ago
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How to make up for low grades?

During first semester of this school year, I ended with a bad grade in math and I'm currently trying to boost my math grade for second semester, but it's pretty hard. I'm really worried this will heav …

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Good ecs?

Hello. I'm a freshman going through a 1/6 life crisis right now. I don't have any specific extracurricular that people can associate me with. I wish I was a dancer, rhythmic gymnast, or reincarnation …

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Am I on the right track for my spike/theme in extracurriculars?

I've always favored more humanities based stuff, but I didn't make my Mock Trial Tryouts :(

I'm a sophomore right now. I'm a black female.

1. Diverisity and Inclusion team (9th - Present) Co-President

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Early Action for Princeton or Early Decision for Duke?

Duke and Princeton are my top 2 schools and I have about the same chances at each (27 and 26 respectively) and I’m not sure which I should apply ED/EA to.

I’m a black female that’s planning to go into …

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Looking for Graduate programs

Is this site good for graduate programs?

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Which class should I take

I am a 10th grader and is in Algebra 2 Honors currently. I want to take Pre-Calc over the summer and in 11th grade I want to take AP calc AB and then 12th grade my plan is to take AP calc BC. Should I …

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How to maximize my chances at Dartmouth

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So my new dream school is Dartmouth, and CV says I have a 27% chance of admission. I am thinking about applying early decision to Dartmouth (or Wharton or Duke), and I believe I have very strong ma …

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Which teacher for a rec letter?

Hi all,

I'm really struggling with who to ask for my humanities recommendation letter. My issue is that my junior year English teacher who I was planning on asking actually quit at the end of the first …

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