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AP Advice

As mentioned in the past queries my school does not offer AP courses and exams but I want to prepare for AP Physics 1 and 2 and AP Chemistry as well. Please suggest any sources for revising the concep …

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Summer Program

Hi, I am a current freshman looking for a good summer program to do this summer. Something to do with business, stock investing, or international affairs. Thanks!

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Academic Extracurricular Ideas

Hello!

I'm currently a junior in high school. My top college picks are UC Davis, UCLA, and the University of Washington. However, all of these schools are very competitive and are looking for standout …

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Extracurriculars for NYU?

Hi! My name is Julie and I’m looking to apply to NYU. I’m a sophomore, so I have a lot of time to improve on certain aspects of my application. I’m looking for advice on how to make myself seem more i …

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Summer Programs

Hi, I am a current sophmore looking for a good summer program to do this summer. Something to do with business, stock investing, or international affairs. Thanks!

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Will a low freshman year GPA ruin my chances of getting into a good school?

Hi :) I’m a current sophomore in high school. Last year during online school I did pretty terrible in all my classes & finished the year with a 3.36 GPA.

Now that we’re back in person, I have around a …

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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.

Alt …

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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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4 years ago
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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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4 years ago
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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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