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international student taking ACT

hey! i know the ACT and SAT are no longer required at most schools, but I'm still worried that my application will be weaker without one of them. Would my being an international student make the ACT l …

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SAT Chancing?

Why is collegevine telling me to submit my sat score when it is 100 points lower than the average accepted student?

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PSAT?

I'm a 10th grader (graduation year 2023 as I'm planning on graduating a year early), and I was wondering if taking the PSAT is a valuable thing to take? I didn't take it in 8th because I transferred …

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With 6 1st tier ECs, would it make any impact to my admission rate?

I currently have mid-1400 SAT and 3.8 GPA.

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I have a question about my gpa?

I'm a sophomore in high school who just finished his freshman year but is confused and what my GPA exactly is? On my school transcript, it says I have an 89.5%, The problem is I wanted in GPA form lik …

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How much of an impact do LORs and essays have on my application?

The chance calculator says I have a 1-11% chance of getting into Stanford (my dream college 🥺) based on my academics and extracurriculars . How much of an increase can I expect with the LORs and essay …

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How to find a Tier 1 Extracurricular in 4 Months

While calculating my chances, I realized that almost all my activities are tier 2 ones, with a few tier 3. I think I strongly need a tier 1 activity but don't know how to get there. And yes, I'm runni …

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I'm an international student with a 0-100 academic system. How do I convert it to a GPA?

Though some universities don't ask for this conversion, I just wanna see how I stack up against the others competing for a place at my dream colleges. Thank you!

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Charity on College Application BS/MD

If I were to make a charity for the country I’m from to help them build better roads and have better access to medical supplies etc would that be good on my college application for a bs md program?

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How do I figure out a 'spike' for my Stanford application?

I've heard from a lot of people that Stanford is looking for people who are extremely good at one or two things, rather than those who are average in multiple things. So how do I pick that one thing i …

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3 years ago
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Which is all the Essays Required to any College?

What I want to mean is, I know that each College have your especific Essay to make but, which Essay is required to every single college except the supplemental Essays and the Common Application Essays …

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Is Horizon Research Academy reliable?

Hey! I have applied for a research programme at Horizon Academic And I have an interview today. Is it reliable? Would it be a great addition to my application? How much importance would it hold on my …

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I have studied in two schools so should I put 3 recommendation letters from each school in application?

or just put 3 recommendations combined?

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Is my UMICH essay topic too cliche?

I am stuck on UMICH's first essay prompt about being a part of a community. I couldn't think of any until I thought of my own Indian American roots and conflicts. But upon further searching, it seems …

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I have studied in two schools so should I put 3 recommendation letters from each school in application?

or just put 3 recommendations combined?

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3 years ago
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I have studied in two schools so should I put 3 recommendation letters from each school in application?

or just put 3 recommendations combined?

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3 years ago
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When should I start applying?

I'll be starting my senior year soon and I'm graduating June 2022 so I was wondering when would be the best time to apply to receive feedback in time to prepare for fall 2022?

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Can I boost my GPA from 3.3 to a 3.9 in two years?

I messed up pretty bad my first two years of high school. About 3 years ago, I moved and things started to go south for me educationally. I started vaping and skipping classes and because of that my o …

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Will applying to a school that is less known/popular for my major increase my chances for getting into that school?

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I am majoring in Biology and I’m doing college searching. I know for example a school like Stony Brook has a lot of its students in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, but what if I applied to a sc …

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Universities or colleges in the southwestern area with good engineering programs?

I am a freshman in my school's engineering program. I am trying to consider my options for schools within and outside of my state.

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