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I'm confused if volunteering and internships can be included in extra-curriculars section of CommonApp.

In common app activities section there some questions that "hours you spent per week" and "weeks you spent per year" so what should I say there?And how can I measure the time?

I wanna take Duolingo tes …

I'm a Sophmore in high school interested in joining the computer science program at BU but I want to do things now early in my high school journey to make my application stand out to get accepted into …

Hi! So I'm a rising senior in high school applying to major in biology/ neuroscience/psychology and I have messy extracurriculars. I don't have many extracurricular activities since I did my first 3 y …

Does Carnegie Mellon University provide Financial Aid to International Students? or 100% Scholarships to international students?

To further elaborate, my sister was born mentally and physically disabled. She was younger than me, and I along with my family took care of her. She had a big impact on my life, her condition made me …

My college counselor wants me to send in my unweighted GPA but I also want to send in my weighted GPA. Do I have the option to send in both versions or only one?

I'm an International Student from Brazil, where I'm considered white because of my skin color. The thing is: my family is mostly Mixed (Parda) and Afro Brazilian, so I have some physical traits of tha …

I got A's in US history in summer school. My cumulative GPA is 3.94. Would my GPA rise or would it not be affected at all?

When I was completing the scholarship application on ApplyTexas for Texas A&M University, there was a page that was not saving. I thought because it had information with parent income, it may have bee …

I'm 16 y.o and rising senior, would it be a disadvantage in my admission process?

What if I take 20 classes in my school but in CommonApp maximum amount of courses you can report is 15 (and CommonApp requires to report all of them). What can I do about it?

I'm a Sophmore and interested in the field but don't know exactly what I should be doing to stand out from other candidates. For example what extracurriculars should I be doing or what summer camps I …

Hello! I'm a rising senior in high school and I know that I want to work as an attorney in NYC, so going to law school in New York would be beneficial. That being said, should I go to college in NY or …

Hoping you can help me think through the pros/cons of AB104.

The state of CA is allowing students to change a grade to P/F for the 2020 school year due to COVID.

Participating colleges include UC, CSU, …

Some of the extracurricular activities I put on the common app cannot be verified by contacting my school(only the school clubs). What can I do?

Also, what if I have more than 10 extracurriculars to ad …

I studied CBSE (Indian board) in highschool. I had an option between Biology and Mathematics and chose Biology thinking I’ll pursue medicine. As far as I know, American colleges ask for your maths gra …

Hello everyone!I am an international student.I am from Bangladesh.I wanna study in the top US universites or Ivy League like Harvard,MIT,Stanford,Yale,UCB,UCLA.My gpa and other necessary things are ex …

Hello! In honor of the Common App recently opening, I knew I had to organize all the information needed for my applications or else I would be a mess. I made an outline on Notion with spots to put all …

I really want to apply to brown university early decision but also want to apply to CWRW early action too.