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Common App awards

I currently have 4 of 5 awards. Trying to maximize the application, and I heard the honors section can be a great place to put in an honors society instead of taking up a space in the 10 activities. T …

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IU Kelley Direct Admit

On the website, the school gives the unweighted cumulative GPA requirement of a 3.8, but what is the weighted GPA requirement for Direct Admit to Kelley?

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a year ago
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Should I or should I not retake my A-Levels?

Hey, so AL results came out and I performed much poorer than I'd hoped. My results are as follows:

(Do Note: Astar is the highest attainable grade, then A, then B, then C, then D, then E, and U(ungrade …

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Are Business classes considered a Social Studies / Social Science

I am currently adding recommenders to my colleges and they have been asking me to categorize what subject they teach. One of recommenders includes my IB business / Marketing teacher, would this be und …

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Extracurriculars/passion project for future pre-med students?

I’m a rising 10th grader attending a magnet science/technology program at a large-ish public school (4,000 students). My freshman year I was completely out of it and didn’t do any extracurriculars wha …

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Can I get into most colleges with sat score of 920?

I have some questions about if you can get into a college with a 920 SAT score. I took it in March and got a 920, I checked and it was a below average score. I have already going to have a another SAT …

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a year ago
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Should I take AP human Geo or AP psychology

I'm going into my senior year and I want to get into a Top 20 college. I want to become a divorce attorney, and these are the AP classes I've taken so far: AP World, AP Seminar, AP US History, AP Lang …

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a year ago
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How do I recover and then delete my old account?

I was trying ot login my personal google account on my school computer. There were some issues with my original account, you see, I changed my google password account, and because of that, I can't acc …

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Can I write my college essay about my religious conversion?

Hi everyone, I heard a mix of things when it comes to this option. For context, I am a Latino, and we come from a predominantly Christian/Catholic backgrounds. Despite this, I identified as agnostic b …

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Best Schools for Music Education

Hi, I am a current high school senior that wants to major in music education. I have looked into schools such as Florida State University, College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati …

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How can I help my debate team?

Hi! I just started my senior year of high school and I am very excited for debate this year. For the last couple of years, my school's debate team has been pretty small, but somewhat competitive. This …

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Best schools for business that don’t require test scores?

I am planning to major in the business world and I took the SAT back in april of this year and I didn’t do as well as I wanted is there any schools that have a good business program but are flexible a …

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Transferring from community college to University

Hi everyone! So i've been thinking a lot about this and it's new to me. I always thought I would go to a straight 4 yr college that not expensive and I didnt want to be in dorms. I am considering comm …

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Can I get accepted without SAT or ACT as an international disabled student?

I am Greek from a low-income family living in Athens (Greece) and this year I'm pursuing my final year in Greek high school from which I'm gonna get the Greek high school diploma (Apolytirion). I have …

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How can an 8th grader start looking into colleges?

I know someone who’s in eighth grade and is extremely smart for her age and has high academic scores.

She wants to start looking into colleges or start increasing her chances for applications?

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With Dip in Clinical Medicine & Community health GPA 2.8, BA in Pastoral Min with Suma cum laude can l do MS in Nursing

l am a Female Ugandan, 55 years old, instead of a high school, l did a Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Community health, in Medicare Health Professionals College in 2012. The GPA was 2.8. In May 2022 …

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With Dip in Clinical Medicine & Community health GPA 2.8, BA in Pastoral Min with Suma cum laude can l do MS in Nursing

l am a Female Ugandan, 55 years old, instead of a high school, l did a Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Community health, in Medicare Health Professionals College in 2012. The GPA was 2.8. In May 2022 …

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Immigration status affecting ECS, advise needed to approach common apps

As a person on an h4 visa, I can't legally do many things.

I could not apply to many programs—ex: MITES, NASA, SAMS, no research or business programs. But I still persevered and got into one local pro …

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When you are named to the dean's list, does the school make studies harder to challenge you?

When you are named to the dean's list, does the school make studies harder to kind of challenge you? To try and see if you can make it through more hard stuff? I'm just wondering because I would love …

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Is it better to use the personal essay prompts or use my own topic?

I'm starting to work on my college apps and my personal essay (through common app). Is it a better idea to use one of their basic prompts or write my own essay? The topic would be something I'm passio …

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