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Group Research

Hello! I'm an international student and have done at most 2 research projects (both quantitative and qualitative) throughout my high school career. The problem is that both of these papers are in the …

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How many members for a club is good enough?

There are about 500 kids in my school. I’ve started a club in my school. How many members should I aim to have in my club for it to stand out to the ivies+? Anything I can do with my club to make it s …

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How far will just having good GPA, SAT and AP get me?

Suppose I have an unweighted GPA of >3.95, SAT of 1580+ and several APs with 4s and 5s. Also suppose that I only have very few, insignificant extracurriculars (ex. varsity sport and a club leader, but …

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quoting in admissions essays?

hey guys, if I were to quote a few lines from a poem in my admissions essay to U Chicago and attribute it to the author, would that be ok? obviously it takes up space but that's fine with me, I'm just …

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What do competitive colleges (T10s) look for in a high school transcript/course selection?

I'm currently a junior and I have been thinking of dropping a semester honors class. Is a WP on one's transcript enough to get rejected/not make it pass the first stage in the admissions process for c …

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How much percentage on average we should have for MIT and Harvard?

I just want to also know about the GPA score needed in 4 scales and 5 scale respectively

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Should I retake the ACT?

In October, I took the ACT for the first time (I am a junior right now). I just got my ACT score back today:

Composite: 35

English: 35

Math: 33

R …

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Personal rating

How do you find where you are rated as an essay reviewer?

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When is my counsellor required to upload my predicted result? (Mid Year report/final report/along with my transcript)

"Students who have a national secondary exam such as the CBSE, and similar curriculum systems should ask their school to provide us (the respective college) with a prediction of their final exam resul …

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How to write an academic paper? Requiriment for williams college

I am an international student from Brazil. Our academic papers are pretty different from American ones. How can I write an academic and creative paper?

Williams prompt:

"have the option of sharing an ac …

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Is there any way to review my essay for free from an expert?

My family's financial condition is not good. So, I can't pay to review my essay. I am trying the peer review option, but I think any expert could help me free of cost. It will be very much helpful for …

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Regarding AP exams

I am senior planning to apply for BA/BS Biology program. I am an international student(from India). I had plans of taking both AP Chemistry and AP Biology. But now I feel that AP Chemistry will not be …

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Hello i'm a 9th grade freshman and I was wondering what is a good GPA to attend NYU for Biology

I have 3 years before leaving for college but i was wondering what should be a consistent GPA that I have for all 4 years

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Does NYU Shanghai gives full-ride to international students?

Hi!

I've been exploring NYU Shanghai's opportunities and I can't really find information I need.

So. I know that it DOES give some financial aid to international students, but it doesn't say anything a …

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Application fee

Hi,

How can I pay the application fee for the University of Wisconsin-Madison through my UW portal as a student? The portal is not allowing any option to make a payment. Is there any method to make the …

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Do the type of courses matter?

In my first two years of high school, I took many art classes. And when I did running start for my last two years of high school, I took many art classes at the college level. Will colleges assume tha …

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Typo on Essay

Hello,

I just realized I made a typo on my essay and wrote: "district" instead of "Defense" for an organization I was talking about. Will this harm my chances? I didn't notice it. After I named the org …

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How much chance does an intn'l student to be accepted into an American medchool

If I have completed my Bachelors in the US, do I have a greater chance than a student who did the same in another country, to be accepted to med school, or should I say, do I have 'any' chance of gett …

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Activity Help Pls

Okay so for one of my activities I have Self Taught Language Learning. In this I include that I'm learning 3 languages. the description I have is:

Study Korean, Mandarin, Spanish independently with res …

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How good are sports if they are affected by Covid?

Hello, I currently don't know how I would quantify my sports or if I should include them at all. I was supposed to start my first year of tennis sophomore year, but Covid cancelled the season. Junior …

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