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AP classes

Hi. I live in a city in India where no school offers an AP class or an AP exam. We do not have the system of Honors/IB classes in India as well. Will it hurt my chances of getting into the most select …

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Do Not Know my Rank.

So personally I have never wanted to know my rank. However, I do get all A's and have decent ACT scores (not the best). I really want to go to UT so should I find out my rank soon or just let a few pe …

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Books to improve vocabulary/knowledge?

My vocabulary isn't too shabby but it could be improved for sure. Are there any good book recommendations that can broaden vocabulary? When I'm writing essays/college apps/doing the SAT, the vocab bo …

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4 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Do Not Know my Rank.

So personally I have never wanted to know my rank. However, I do get all A's and have decent ACT scores (not the best). I really want to go to UT so should I find out my rank soon or just let a few pe …

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4 years agoAdmissions Advice
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What do they look for in Music Production and Engineering Applications?

I'm applying to Berklee, NYU, University of Miami, USC, Drexel, Belmont and MTSU for music production and engineering (each college has a different name for the course) and I wanted some insight on wh …

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Online Classes, Internships & ECs

Hi! I just wanted to create a hub where people could post ideas for ECs, Internships available and where to find online classes (especially free ones!) because I could use inspiration for all of these …

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Research Opportunities

I really want to do research in the biomedical sciences. I have emailed two professors so far and have received no responses, but I am not going to give up. I just feel like I lack any qualifications …

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Question about high school dicipline

I got 3 days OSS my sophomore year for vaping and ISS 3 days also. I've never been in trouble again, so will this affect me as a senior applying to colleges? Will I be able to even get into college?

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Scheduling Question - what do colleges like more?

Hello. I am in a predicament over what classes I should take next year. Everyone has told me to take AP classes every time I am given the opportunity to because colleges like ap classes. However, I wa …

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Question about what to do with my website (possible routes I can take)

Hi, I recently created an edtech-related website that solves an issue unique to my school district. The teachers at my school really like the idea and are okay with implementing it as a tool that stud …

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4 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Did I screw my chances?

Hi, I'm a sophomore who switched schools after freshman year and now I'm kinda getting worried. Freshman year was really hard on my because of the pandemic, and I got all B's (All regular classes bc m …

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Common App Important Dates

Hi! I can't seem to find anywhere a "list" of generally important dates regarding college admissions and common application. I know early action deadlines are roughly November 1st, but I'm looking for …

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4 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Help me

I'm from the Caribbean and I want to attend university in the U.S but have no clue what to do. I'm 2years from graduating , so I still have Time but when the time does come , when will be the best tim …

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How do I get into Stanford?

I am a desperate freshman in high school who lives only 15 minutes away from my dream school. Unfourtanetly, Stanford university is highly competitive and challenging to get into. However, I NEED to g …

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USC

My dream school is USC but I hear it's very hard to get into. My career goal is Game Design, but if I don't get into USC what other schools have great programs in this field?

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CommonApp Essay Prompt

Am I allowed to write a CommonApp essay that highlights an incident dated back to when I was in grade 5/6?

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Should I contiue with piano?

If I few months, I will complete RCM level 10. Should I continue and do ARCT? Piano is basically my only extracurricular. I enjoy playing the piano sometimes, but I don't enjoy investing hours a day. …

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Passions or Academics for Senior Year?

I have a feeling that most college advisors would suggest I pile up academically rigorous courses for my senior year of high school, but I’ve filled nearly all the requirements to graduate and basic h …

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Early Decision [Duke vs. Dartmouth vs. UPenn]

Hey everyone! I am trying to decide between Duke, Dartmouth, and UPenn for early decision (I would totally be ready to commit to any of them in a heartbeat and am trying to figure out which would be e …

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Please help me choose extracurriculars!!!

I really, really don't know what I'm interested in. Please help.

- ok at sports, but I don't think I'm good enough to make it a strong extracurricular

-lots of music experience (piano and music theory), …

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