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Will my "spike" affect my chances?

So I've read that having a "spike" of extracurriculars around your planned major is a helpful thing, but my spike is definitely not around my major. I plan on majoring in bioengineering or biochemistr …

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Is the National Society of High School Scholars valid/would membership appeal to admissions officers or colleges?

I (an incoming sophomore) recently received an email from the NSHSS scholarship directors, informing me that I had "been selected to receive scholarship information" for my 'hard work' and 'outstandin …

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How much would the certificate of meritorious service help my application?

In my district you need 260 volunteer hours to get it.

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Extracurriculars: Are these enough and what else can I do to improve them?

Hey, I'm an incoming sophomore (currently on summer break) and while my academic profile is strong, I'm not to sure about my extracurriculars. My grades and GPA are nearly perfect and I am ranked 2nd …

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Extracurriculars

Hi guys, my name is Jamshed and I am from Tajikistan

I has some questions

1.This year I won 1st place on Republican olympiad of English, so wanted to understand what kind of impact would it have on m …

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Are my ECs good enough? What else should I do?

I am a 10th grader in India (US Citizen)

My ECs so far are—

• 126 hours of volunteer work at local art gallery, LoR received,

• 2 internships at a small writing organisation (about 60 members), LoR rece …

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4 years ago
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Honors

What kind of awards can we add to the section of honors. Please tell me yours if possible

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Extracurriculars

Hi guys!

Can you please write down on the comment your extracurriculars because I am really anxious about mine.

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4 years ago
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High School Internships

Hello! I am currently an incoming junior and have been thinking about doing something over the summer to strengthen my extracurricular activities list for when I apply to college next year. I have bee …

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4 years ago
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What counts as an award on the common app?

Hi, I was wondering what counts as an award for the awards section on the common app. Is getting an internship (where I had to go through a competitive application) count as an award? What about merit …

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4 years ago
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Is this going to be an issue when applying to college? Should I consider changing my desired major?

Hi, I’m a junior and want to major in political science however I took AP lang and AP Macro and got a B in both. I found these classes to be very difficult. I also didn’t take the AP exam for both. Ho …

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4 years ago
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Essay Topic

I was wondering if I could write my college essay, about my passion(Ice skating and hockey) and if that was a good idea

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4 years ago
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The Chancing Engine Need some time to settle in with both tweaks/adjustments, please be patient

For educational purposes only, I'm sharing my chancing results from a month ago as compared to the last 2 days. There is a lot of changes to the results, some have to do with lower admit rates, others …

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Is my essay too cliche?

I am an Asian-American, and I decided to answer prompt 1 in the common app. I know talking about my identity, especially in this demographic, is extremely cliche, but I feel like my story is integral …

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4 years ago
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What do you do if your school doesn't tell you the ranking?

My school doesn't include the class rank. What should I do?

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4 years ago
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Summer Courses

Hi, my mother and I have been trying to find summer courses. I tried to apply for the ones offered at my school, but they only provide credit recovery. Does anyone know any free or cheap, yet credible …

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4 years ago
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How do you add the fact that you are transgender on my profile? I'm assuming that affects my chances of being accepted.

I'm a 9th grader at Sammamish High school and I know for a fact that being transgender (ftm) is going to affect my chances for getting into certain colleges.

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4 years ago
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How can I incorporate computer science into my extracurriculars?

I’m currently a sophomore in highschool and plan to double major in computer science and graphic design. I live in a small town so there aren’t really any opportunities in computer science and current …

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4 years ago
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French 3 course

My new school requires me to take 3 years of a foreign language and only has Spanish. I’ve taken French 1 and 2 at my old school and I need to take French 3 or Spanish 1 if I want to graduate. Does an …

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how do I put my athletic involvement in karate on the common app activities portion?

I've done karate for about 10 years now, and I got my black belt and am an assistant teacher. But I don't really know how to write all that in the activities portion. Does anyone have any tips on maki …

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