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How to improve EC's before applying to college?

I'm currently a junior with good academics. I have a 1520 SAT score, 3.99 UW GPA, and will have taken 9 APs and 5 honors classes by the time I graduate. However, I am worried about college admissions …

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Are there professional Unity game developers here or where to find them?

My friends and I have proposed the idea of ​​developing our own game for PC, particularly we want to develop it in the Unity engine but none of us are experts or development professionals, so we are l …

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Common App Certificiates Location

Hello. Where can I put Certificates on my Common Application? There is only a maximum of 5 under the Honors and Awards Section.

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Does Job Experience Look Good on College Applications?

I am currently interested in getting a summer job, but I have many activities going on. I would need to make some sacrifices to be able to work. If I got job experience, would that look appealing or a …

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Are silver/bronze medals worth mentioning on college apps?

Hello,

I'm a sophomore who recently moved across the coast. In my old school, the French department would compete in a national French competition. I competed last year and got a gold medal (1 pt away …

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Development of a mobile application

For several months now I've been working on my mobile app, which can help the user simplify the process of finding and ordering tickets for an event. However, despite the fact that I constantly worked …

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Does full IB or not full IB tend to make a difference when you're looking to study something specific like music?

I'm in 11th grade and am currently in a very much liberal arts type of High School. We have a lot of creative opportunities which I like to take part in and feel like have helped me find interest in w …

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What are some of the easy and not so hard APs and Honors classes to take during your high school years?

I'm a freshman and I haven't taken any honors or AP classes yet, but I am planning to during my sophomore year. I need some recommendations for some of the easiest APs and Honors classes to take that …

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What kind of extracurricular is winning the Scholastic Art & Writing Award considered?

https://www.artandwriting.org

^^^ this is a contest that I won twice in a row, but only at the regional level. It was a silver-tier regional award for novel writing (both times) but I am unsure of how …

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How to have a step by step plan for high school and achieve good grades at the same time without it being too hard?

I'm a high school freshman going on 10th.

Have no idea what I'm going to be in the future. It's really confusing to be the only one in your friend group without a proper plan.

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Is the AP Capstone Program hard? aka.(AP Seminar and AP Research)

I'm a freshman and I am deciding on my classes for 10th grade. I am wondering if I should take AP Seminar in 10th and AP Research in 11th to finish the AP Capstone Program. I want to know if AP Semina …

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What ECs should I do if I want to major in neuroscience or psychology?

I am currently a student in grade 10. My grades aren't really good grade 9 I got a 91 and right now I am in the 90's range. Which for my school isn't very impressive. I have a lot of hardworking 95+ …

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Tier of Lumiere

Does anyone know what tier of extracurriculars is Lumiere research program? (12-week one) You can check them out here - https://www.lumiere-education.com/

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Which summer program can help me stand out for BS/MD programs?

I'm currently a junior. I got accepted into the Camp Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) program, it's a five-day program where I shadow physicians and nurses, and I'll also be able to watch surger …

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does anyone have any passion project ideas for ppl who wanna be psychiatrists

im in the 10th grade and i really wanna go to an ivy league, esp columbia since it’s in state. i have a 4.97 gpa on a scale of 5, i’m taking apwh (the only ap class my school offers for sophomores) i’ …

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If I'm doing dual enrollment next year, should I still take summer courses?

I have friends who were in Dual Enrollment, and while one's advice was to take English and math courses during the summer, the other said since I'm doing dual enrollment there's no need. I'm just curi …

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UVA- Is It Worth Applying To?

Hello, I would love to get into UVA and I know some people whoo went there and they weren't necessarily at the top of their class. I have like a 10% chance right now and this isn't from a high school …

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I am from India. What are the hardest courses which will be available to me as a highschooler?

Grade-: 10th

Gpa-: 3.5 on the scale of 4

Board-: State Board

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Speaking at a TedX talk

Would this be considered exceptional?

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Online AP study resources

I have recently discovered that you can take AP classes online and that you don't need to be enrolled into a high school in order to take an AP class.

So with this out of the way, I am looking for onli …

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