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I’m an international student from Nigeria

I just graduated High school how can i apply to MIT

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Do I have a chance of getting into Yale or NYU?

Hello, I'm a freshman, but I've already begun looking at colleges. My dream college for a long time has been Yale, but recently I've been looking into other schools such as NYU and Texas A&M Universit …

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where do I put book publishing

Hello! I am planning on publishing a book later this Fall and I was wondering whether I add it to the honors section or the extracurriculars section. Thank you!

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Will a few bad grades ruin my chances? How do I explain them?

During my freshman year, I was online for a quarter due to covid, and also moved to a new school without knowing anybody. I was extremely depressed for the first time ever so I didnt know how to cope. …

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How to mention age and gap year in a college application?

I graduated high school in 2023 at the age 16. Because I graduated so young, I'm applying to college fall 2023 and taking a gap year during the 23-24 school year. During my gap year, I'm going to be a …

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Can I get into Morgan wit a 1.9 gpa

High I have a 1.9 gpa not because I’m dumb but things happen I will take accountability but for my grades looking like that, I really believe if I can get into Morgan they wouldn’t be be disappointed …

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Question on application

I want to do a biomed engineering major. But my personal statement, I wrote on my personal journey of rediscovering my cultural identity through music and founded a non-profit to help others do the sa …

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Should I be applying to top schools like Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, Caltech, and MIT?

I am an Indian living in the Philippines. I have a GPA of 4.0 and SAT score of 1580. I took 10 AP exams (Calculus BC, Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, Physics 1, Physics 2, …

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Thoughts on the affirmative ruling.

This affirmative ruling is just discouraging. I spent 3 months to gather and write up my personal statement - which had three excellent rating from super reviewers on the peer review section. It was a …

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Questbridge RD vs Common App RD

I plan on applying to some schools through questbridge but I'm confused on what I should do. So I understand that if I don't match the first time (which is ED) I can apply again through questbdrige R …

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AP Enviro vs AP Physics C

I am taking AP Calculus, AP English Lang, AP Spanish Lang, and AP World. Which class would be better with the workload?? If I take APES junior year and AP Physics C senior year does it still look good …

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class rank

Is it bad that my class rank is 36/101 but most people above me have all the honors classes? I was never able to get in because of people who were higher and low self esteem. each honors class has abo …

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Should I Take Physics?

Hey! Since I've already fulfilled my school's science credit graduation requirement, they say I don't have to take physics next year. I'm tempted, but I'm worried not taking it will hurt my admission …

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How do I apply for a tour

This year my senior year in high school I will not have the average 8 classes instead I will have 5 .So this year I plan on going on a lot of tours to see the college of my dreams

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How to get a good SAT score

Hi, I am about to become an incoming sophomore in high school and was wondering on any suggestions on how I could study/prepare for the SAT so that I can get a higher score on the SAT. Thanks

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act scores?

I am applying to schools this fall and am considering taking the September ACT. many of my schools are test-blind or test-optional, but I got a 31 previously. should I retake it? some of my schools ar …

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when should you cold email, and how should you do it?

Hi! For reference I’m a high school student. (Rising Sophomore)

My question is, when should you cold email a college professor, and how long of an internship should you ask for?

For example, let’s say y …

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Official Transcript Translations

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I am a rising senior from Germany who is looking to apply to US instituitions. Most colleges require an official translation of your high school transcripts. Does anyone have recommendations for tr …

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I have no idea on how to start my essay

All of Texas's universities prompt is "Tell us your story. What unique opportunities or challenges have you experienced throughout your high school career that have shaped who you are today?"

I literal …

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