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So in an essay for a competitive award that I wrote I mentioned being part of a specific ethnic group. As in “as a member of an ethnic group that was...”. Do I need to mention the specific ethnic grou …

I am trying to decide if I should report my SAT and/or ACT scores to Colby and/or Hamilton. My SAT is 1370 and my ACT is 30.

I am interested in medicine because I love science, but I only have four science-oriented extracurriculars and I am not sure how many I would need for a spike.

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I applied to University of Alaska Anchorage and got accepted, so I wanted to add it to my college list, but I don't see it in the options. Is there a way to add a new college?

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I was just wondering if demographics play any role in college admission chances? I assume that colleges have quotas they want to fill in terms of geographic diversity, but I don't actually know. Fo …

Is there any way for me to include the independent research work I've done on my application if it was for the class AP Research. Would it count as an activity cause it was technically done for a clas …

Hi, I'm a senior who is really interested in applying to schools out of my home state, but I'm having trouble answering the short responses. I'm currently stuck on the short answer section for all my …

I'm really struggling with showing and not telling, so how you anyone suggest incorporating it into my essays? Using imagery is not my strong suit especially since what I write about are overall exper …

I'm applying to two universities through common app and both the majors are sort of different. one is communication and the other is in arts and design? what do I say on my personal essay to talk abou …

I am a Junior and about to be a Senior, I need assistance with my requirements for graduating high school and getting a diploma. I need to know how many credits I need to graduate and what I also need …

i am a sophmore so i have time to change what i planning to do

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I am a junior in high school and a IB student. I have taken several IB and honors classes and I definitely feel happy with where my grades are currently at I have above a 3.9 unweighted and above a 4. …

Hi! I have been pretty worried about this for a while.

I only have one AP score to report since my school does not offer humanities AP classes. My only consolation is that my other stats are high.

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I used my common app essay to talk about my academic interests and why I'm passionate about them, but now things are a little tricky for me. A few of the supplements I have to write ask me why I'm int …

Does anyone know where I can view case studies for students accepted to ivy league schools? Like what their stats, extracurriculars, LORs were? I found a few college blogs but was wondering if anyone …

So I am a freshman, and i have a question on a lot of the schools I am going to apply to say on my chancing that I have a strong profile and it says, "You have a strong admissions profile for this sch …

Hi! I'm planning on applying to UVA RD (School of Architecture) as an in-state student and I am still undecided on which rec letter to send to UVA. 1 is required from a core subjects teacher and I don …