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I am currently a junior in a high school. I never took any AP classes or Pre-College programs yet. I have 9 classes this year- only one class is below a 90% avg. I want to be in the Computer Science m …

What should I write as the position/leadership description on the common app activities section for physician shadowing?

When applying to my colleges, it says that I need a Letter of Recommendation from my school Guidance Counselor, but she's on vacation. I contacted her through email and got a reply saying she would be …

I am trying to start looking for possible scholarships and was wondering if anyone had any advice. The only scholarship I know about for juniors is the Coolidge Scholarship, which seems like it is mor …

Major: Finance or Econ

my parent own a small healthcare agency would helping with taxes, investments, and finance in general (if they let me lol) would it be a good extracurricular for upenn or mit or …

I know there is a stigma around mental health and I don't want colleges to think I'm "weak." I've suffered from anxiety for the last couple of years but it was made worse by the pandemic. Is disclosin …

I don't have access to AP or IB courses and therefore cannot do them. Also my SAT was kind of low for the schools (Stanford, Yale, Princeton) I am applying to so I am planning to apply test optional. …

I played basketball on both a varsity and club level, do I put them as separate activities on the Common App, or do I try to combine the two?

So I submitted two essays on here and time is running out, what happens if no one reviews them within 12 hours?

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I am planning to apply for ED2 at Wellesley college. After applied ED2, If I decide I no longer interested in ED2 for Wellesley, can I convert ED2 to regular? Does it have any impact on admission d …

The research topic has to do with medicine but I haven’t done research on it. I am interested in the topic though since I am planning to enter the pharmaceutical field.

So I took ap seminar my sophomore year and received a 3. I took AP Research (the next course in the capstone program) the following year and was able to get a 5. So I'm wondering if I should submit th …

With so many schools being test optional, how will schools know which students are “passed their academic threshold? How has the admissions processed changed this year compared to in the past?

I attended two different high schools and was wondering what kind of impact that may have.

After submitting my common application, could I change my essay so it would fit the other school I’m applying for?

Say I apply to college x and I submitted my application already , could I change my ap …

So I am applying to Brown and Cornell and my counselors have not sent my LORs to those 2 colleges. I am wondering if there is a grace period in which required materials can be sent or if I am doomed b …

I recently had my English teacher review my Common App essay. I structured it using the ABDCE format for personal narratives, but she told me to set it up as more of a persuasive essay, advising me to …

Not only has this pandemic at the end of my Junior year affected my school-environment (as it has everybody else), but I also went through my first heartbreak that was a difficult feeling to adjust to …

have gotten mixed advise on this and I am hoping to get a clearer answer. Some say it is good and will show admissions officers that you took time to research the college and others advise against it …