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Early decision at a reach school?

I've been pretty torn up about where to apply early decision and if I should do it for a reach school or a target school. I know it increases your chances even a little so should I risk it for a reach …

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Does Duel Enrollment help you stand out?

I have done duel enrollment or PSEO at a t100 university for the last two years of my high school career. I applied to a ton of ivies and I was wondering how would they view this and would it help me …

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Screw up the Essays Format

I am an international student so I am not really familiarize with how the process work. I used common app to submit 3 applications and later realized I screw up the format because I copy paste in the …

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Volunteer

I have done a lot of volunteers work , and attracted about 50-60 students of my class to join and it was about a bird freedom day , where we have to create awareness among people about there lives as …

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Will getting a B in one course ruin my GPA?

I’ve always been a straight-A student. Right now I’m a sophomore in high school and taking AP bio, and it’s been super hard on me. I got an A last trimester but I’m not sure if I’ll get one this trime …

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Can I join the university newspaper if i'm not applying for Journalism?

For context, I'm part of my school's newspaper and love journalism, but don't want to study it in college. I would like to write for my universities newspaper and was wondering if putting that in my ' …

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Mid-Year School Report - Grade drop

So, I submitted a few college applications and almost all of them require a mid-year report.

During this semester, all of my classes have been 9 AP classes and within those AP classes, I've only manag …

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How do I better my extracurriculars to improve my chances of getting into UPenn (Wharton)?

Hi! I'm a junior with a 3.88 GPA in all honors/APs. I haven't taken the SAT yet but am planning to study for it more after getting a 1360-1380 on the PSAT. My main extracurriculars are piano, a music- …

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AP vs. IB

at my school, they offer AP classes and IB classes. Does one look better on my applications or are they normally equal to each other? I am planning on taking both but I do not know what one I should ¨ …

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Can I write the UChicago essays in a day?

I have a good idea about what I want to write but haven't started writing them at all since I was busy with other applications.

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British system schools (igcse/ a level schools)

Hey, I am really keen on going to the USA for university, but I am from a British system school, where instead of a GPA and AP/honors, we do IGCSE and A-level. So I am unsure what to do.

Any tips?

Will …

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Extracurricular

I'm mentioning some of the achievements that I have, Please someone review these and suggest some more activities that I should involve

My main area of interest is Mathematics and computer science, An …

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Dartmouth Official Score-Report Deadline

Hi. I'm a senior who just applied to Dartmouth today.

Before completing my CommonApp application, I made sure to check whether or not Dartmouth requires official sat scores directly from Collegeboard. …

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What extra curriculars/activities look good?

Hi, I'm a high school Junior and my extra curricular/ community service consist of being involved in my church as a Sunday School Servant and a Scout member. I am unable to join a sport but I do have …

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International student extracurricular question

Hi! I am a junior in high school (outside the US) and I was wondering which ec’s look good for college application. I already do many activities outside of school that truly passionate me, but what wo …

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COVID grade drop

I am currently a HS senior right now and I've already applied to the majority of colleges I'm thinking about. I'm worried because I had a perfect GPA until the 2020-21 school year when my grades dropp …

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What may be some great Science ECs?

I am a 10th grader and I was wondering what may be some great science extracurriculars. If I were to do research where should I look for and if I were to cold email a professor how could I sound credi …

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Do dual enrollment classes make me stand out?

(I'm currently a junior who has no idea what kind of career field of college to go to.)

My school doesn't offer any sort of AP/IB/Honors classes. I decided to do dual enrollment classes at a local comm …

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Should I take AP courses or college courses?

Hi, I'm a ninth grader in Florida trying to figure out what to do about AP courses since my school doesn't provide AP courses. Should I pay for AP courses online?(if so then does anyone know reliable …

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How can I get the Bank of America student leader internship?

I'm applying for the Bank of America student leader internship, which is incredibly selective, and I was wondering how I could stand out and be chosen. The application consists of recommendation lette …

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