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I'm a California resident and I sent my son to school in Ghana, Africa. He is an American citizen.

Will he qualify as a California resident regarding admission, scholarship and grants at UCLA and the other UC campuses? Please let me hear from you.

Thanks

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Recalculated GPA

So currently I have a 4.41 weighted gpa and 3.8 Unweighted GPAA but our honors classes at our school are on a 4.5 scale and AP 5.0 so I was wondering what colleges do to recalculate GPA

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No Extracurriculars Freshman Year

I’m currently halfway through my freshman year in high school. I’ve been thinking about wanting to aim for an Ivy League, with plans set for my stats, however I’m mainly worried about my extracurricul …

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Senior year advice?

I’m a junior right now looking into selective colleges (Uchicago is my top choice) and I’m having trouble deciding between AP Physics C and AP Psychology for Senior year. Here are the other classes I’ …

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How to fill out a mid year report on common app?

I'm a fairly new College counselor and I'm learning how to fill out a mid year report on common app. When it asks to list the starting and ending dates, which dates do I put? The dates from which the …

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Why was me selected this ?

I'm sri lankan girl. I want to know why was me selected this because I can't believe.

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Letter of Recommendation

I go to a public school with 980 students in my grade. A new school counselor was hired this year to advise approximately 500 students. I only met her for the first time during my first of 2 20-minu …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Any Bowdoin EDII Applicants??

Hey y'all, I felt the urge to reach out to other Bowdoin EDII applicants after the decisions date got moved up to this Friday. How are you guys feeling??

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I've been deferred from USC and I need some advice...

USC deferred basically every single person who applied for early action this year. I wanted to ask if I still had any chance of being admitted or if should I look at attending another school I've alre …

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If you do not go to a school in the United States can you take honor classes?

Since I currently live in a country which is not the United States is it possible to take honour classes? And if not would that affect the desition taking from the university?

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Waitlisted from UNC-Chapel Hill OOS. Should I send a LOCI?

I was waitlisted from UNC-Chapel Hill OOS last Friday. Would a thoughtful letter of continued interest help increase my chances of getting off the waitlist? If so, under which category should I upload …

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can i get into umich with a 3.7 uw gpa?

I'm currently a junior and my estimated gpa at the end of this year is exactly a 3.7 unweighted. I obviously don't know my weighted gpa because I don't know what I'll score on my AP tests, but I'm gue …

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Can my chances of getting accepted into a 4 year school increase if my senior year grades improve

Hello, so I am currently a senior in high school with a 2.5 (2.6 weighted) Cumulative GPA.

From trimester one to trimester two I managed to raise my cumulative gpa from 2.4 to 2.6

I was wondering if …

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how can i maximize my chances to get into GW

im currently a sophomore.

my school is built weird and basically i have a total of 16 classes (from 9th and 10th combined) that are equivalent to honors courses. so technically, I have 16 honors cours …

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How can I improve my chances into getting in my dream schools?

Hi!

I am currently a sophomore in HS. I take all honors and AP classes and my weighted GPA is above 4.0. I want to go into nursing, more specifically anesthetics. I also do Track and XC in the Fall/Sp …

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Sophomore in need of help

I am a current sophomore and here are my “stats”

📈GPA: 3.8 (from freshman year) unweighted

🏃‍♀️SPORTS: Varsity cross country and track and field in the winger and spring

♻️Volunteering: I have 2 hours a …

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What is the best computer science College in the United States

I'm a prospective international student and want to frame my tertiary studies towards gaining employment in the tech sector after university.

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Is it OK to drop down to CP in math if I'm taking other hard classes?

I'm currently in Algebra 2 honors as a Sophomore and I am sometimes struggling to get by with a B. I started the year string with an A but got a 70 on the midterm and I'm really starting to struggle w …

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How to enter Harvard without Ap classes, College courses taken at a local four-year and Honors classes

Good moning, i have a question about ap classes,college courses and honors classes, in my country (Italy) those things doesn't exist .When we finish middle school we have to choose our high school wic …

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What to do after being deffered

Hi,

I was just deffered from my #2 school (Northeastern) (until today I had only heard from my safeties) and I continued interest as a regular decision applicant, but I'm worried because I did get a g …

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