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Teachers and students always talk about college applications, except when to start them! Any points of view would be greatly appreciated.

I’m a sophomore in high school and have a good gpa and a few good extracurriculars. Besides those and test scores, what is one big thing that can make me really stand out to selective colleges, that n …

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I'm a senior from Thailand who just got accepted to Dartmouth. Dartmouth was not a college that I wanted to go, but I submitted my application just in case. I was extremely surprised that I was ac …

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According to this article, MIT is reinstating test mandates meaning that people who were planning on not submitting their ACT/SAT scores are now at a disadvan …

I’m a freshmen looking for online STEM programs. I am in Canada so they can’t be open to US residents only. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thank you for reading.

I am a freshman at a public high school in Canada. I want to go to Caltech for Astrophysics but it is a very hard school to get into because of its small size, prestige, etc.

I am taking a leadership-b …

Next year I plan on taking AP Lang, AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry&Lab, Spanish II Honors, Creative Writing Honors, and JROTC. Senior year, I'm going to take AP Lit, APUSH, AP Environmental Science&Lab …

Overall College Acceptance rates are lower again because of more applications and ever competitive applicant pool. Test Optional policies are primarily responsible for the increase in applications to …

Ivy Day pretty much marks the end of the college admissions cycle (expect for Stanford). That being said by tonight most HS seniors have a good idea of where they are going and the rest are going to f …

I've never heard of this guy Satyajit Dattagupta but I think he's a genius of sorts. Why? Because single-handedly he was responsible for implementing the marketing strategy for Tulane which got them f …

what extracurriculars/classes look good?

i do:

soccer

lacrosse

visual design courses

all honors classes

early college

is there anything i can add?

I attend a very competitive gifted high school where nearly everyone has goals of attending an Ivy League school or another college of the same caliber. Most people have a GPA greater than 3.7 (many h …

Hi, I'm a 15 year old junior in high school.

I've been wanting to take part in internships and research opportunities, but the age requirement always seems to cut off at 16. I've reached out multiple …

Sophomore

Speech and Debate Captain

Newspaper Co Editor-in-Chief

AP/Honors student

4.0 gpa

I plan on: attending summer camps, starting a film club, making short films, starting a film podcast (if anyone ca …

I applied to NYU and my English teacher agreed to write and submit a letter. I even followed up with her. Turns out she never did which means my application wasn’t completed. Is there is anything I ca …

Any competitions/contests or remote programs ECs for STEM majors (mainly engineering/compsci) that are still open? I already have pretty strong ECs, I'm just looking for more opportunities to add.

Tha …

In 1 cycle, Wesleyan's admit rates dropped about 30%, in large to almost getting an additional 20% in applications.

This year they received 14521 applications and accepted 2013 for their freshman clas …

Although NW received a record 51554 applications vs 47174 last cycle, it admitted almost 400 more incoming freshman than last cycle.

Since they had a yield rate of 52% for the Class of 24 and a yield …

I am starting the process of writing and thinking about college application essays and was wondering where I can find things to include vs what not to. Also, what makes a good application essay.

I am currently a junior in high school and will be a senior next year, my parents keep telling me to start applying for scholarships as soon as possible. They are telling me to apply for as many as I …