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How do I supplement my application if applying test-optional?

Hello!

I recently retook the SAT and am awaiting my score. Until then, I am considering applying test-optional to several top schools (think Ivies) but using my April SAT score to schools that are not …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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what should i write my college essay on?

i have a few ideas going into this summer as a rising senior and I am thinking of writing my essay on the following ideas, let me know if you have any more ideas and which one you like:

1) base it arou …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Essay question- should I discuss my poor(er than ideal for schools I'm looking at) grades?

Just made another more general post about my GPA- but I've got a more specific question regarding my essay. As I was writing, the idea popped into my head that I could base my essay around the followi …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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2.85 GPA, feel like there's nowhere to go...

Hey, all. I've screwed up. I'm staring at a 2.85 GPA (unweighted, 4.27 weighted) as of the 3rd marking period- still waiting on grades from the 4th quarter and end-of-course grades but I'm not going t …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Is it too late?

I am an incoming high school senior with an extremely low gpa(around 2.6). I was working a sales job full time and only attending school for tests. My question is it too late? I am in California and I …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Passion Project: website or podcast?

Hi! I'm a rising senior who's planning on doing a passion project intended to teach kids about the business world since I'm involved in FBLA and business is something I'm interested in and plan on maj …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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A year to think

Hello everybody. I am planning to go to college soon but I am not sure about my choice. Do you need to take a year off to be precise? Is it better not to waste my time?

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Junior year scheduling woes...

I'm at the end of my sophomore year of high school and have already registered for most of my junior year classes, but I'm wondering if I should ask my counselor about potentially changing my schedule …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Anything I can do to be a better canidate for admission?

I'm sure this is what literally every junior ever is wondering but I'm still going to ask. Im going into my senior year of HS and want to know if there is anything I can do to make me a better applica …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Test optional

Does going test-optional impact my chances of getting into my major? I'm a little worried because my score is really low for my ACT but I really want to go to Applied Math at UW Seattle. My brother sa …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Open National Art Competitions?

I am trying to submit my art to a few national art competitions in hopes I can put them on my college resume. If you know of any open ones please let me know.

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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how to get research internships

i have heard a lot of people advising rising seniors to get research internships or jobs, by cold emailing professors. i am interested in the humanities and psych, so i am not really sure how to appro …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Send in my ACT score?

Hi! I wanted to ask you guys about your opinion on sending my ACT super score of 30 to UW Seattle's applied math major or biology major. I currently have a GPA of 3.9 with about 9 APs in my book. I al …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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What are the requirements for a CIE student? What grades do I need in O levels and A levels to be able to apply?

Whats the procedure for an International Student?

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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I am stuck

Hi, I am a rising junior in high school needing urgent college admissions help!

I am trying to go pre-med, but I do not have many STEM extracurriculars. My main spikes are my own initiatives/employment …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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how many schools offer a triathlete team

l am an age group nationalist triathlete and I'm looking into collages and l want to find some that have a triathlete team. Do any schools offer such teams?

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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If my UC GPA is a 4.57, would they cap it at 4?

My UC GPA is a 4.57 when you calculate the extra point they give for APs. Will they consider my UC GPA to be a 4.57, or just a 4?

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Should I still apply test optional as a potential Biology major?

I'm currently completely lost in what majors I really want to pursue but the ones that have remained constant over the past few years have been Psychology, Biology and Neuroscience. I initially wanted …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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CAN I GET RESCINDED FROM STANFORD WITH 2 Bs?

Hello everyone,

So I have had all As (with the exception of one B in physics junior year first semester) throughout the past four years, and I was accepted to Stanford this year.

However, this past seme …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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bad grades junior year

i blew by school until high school. even in sophmore and freshman year i kept up a 4.0 gpa. but this year i really struggled and my grades have suffered. i have 3 B’s, 2 A’s, a C, and a D. i also got …

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