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Can I use someone else's name in my college essay?

I am writing a college essay about a wonderful elderly woman I met and I'm not sure if I can use her name in my college essay? I'm not too worried about using her first name, Betty, but her last name …

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How do I delete a question?

I am editing this question because I didn't mean to post it. How do I delete?

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junior year courses & activities

Hi planning on majoring in History and applying to the T20s. these are the courses I am taking junior year...

1. apush

2. ap african studies

3. ap research

4. ap lang

5. ap psychology ( I don't know if I …

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Letter of recommendation

I am currently aiming for ivy league schools, and was wondering if you guys had an opinion on this. I have both a science and math teacher's letters of recommendations ensured to be written, but I nee …

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What in your eyes has been the most helping extracurrecular activite when applying to colleges?

I am still in highschool and would really love to know waht would be better to invist my time more in and what I should pick up or leave as it wouldn't be as important.

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Some advice for my IB subject selection/Questions about AP and IB

Hi. I'm an international student and current high school sophomore(soon to be a junior). I've been attending a school with an AP curriculum for the past two years.

Standardized Test Scores:

Duolingo 14 …

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How can I raise my ~3.5 weighted GPA to a 4.0 in Junior year

I'm currently a sophomore in high school and this year has been terrible for me. I have gotten C's for the first time in my second semester and it ruined my GPA (although it hasnt been calculated yet, …

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Chance of getting into the schools?

Hi guys, I’m a dual enrollment student at George Washington University and I am working on getting my associates degree. My GPA is currently at 386 for college and my high school GPA is roughly 4.62. …

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82% in CBSE boards good enough?

I got 82% in my senior year CBSE. I have heard than in extra information section I can explain my grades since I had to take care of my baby brother and my another brother who is a special child. If m …

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what classes do i take to graduate early in washington state

i am a current freshman and i want to graduate early my junior year and i want to know how many classes and what classes to take

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ap courses

hi planning to major in History and applying to T20

these are the classes im taking junior yr

1. apush

2. ap african

3. ap research

4. ap lang

5. ap psychology

6. crim justice

7. pre calc (non honors)

8. span …

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I have one F on my HS transcript in Honors Precalculus, am I hopeless for college?

Hi! I'm currently a Junior in highschool and I recently received a 59% in my math course for Honors Precalc. The first semester I had a high C in the class as it was very new and difficult for me espe …

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Want to drop IB diploma in 2nd year - will colleges see this as a negative?

Rising Senior

Doing well in IB classes

Don't want to give HL exams due to fear of low grade/failing. Have test anxiety

School will allow to take IB HL classes even if I opt out of IB Diploma. I will take …

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UIUC Gies, UMN Carlson or UW Foster?

I am an international transfer student. I got accepted to all 3 undergraduate business schools for Information Systems Major (MIS at UMN). I do plan to pursue MBA in later life.

Which school would you …

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Should I take another AP class or continue with french?

Next a year, I plan on taking AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Bio, AP Chem, Physics Honors, and French IV. But I really want to take AP Human Geo because it kind of aligns with what I want to major in …

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Difference between the SAT and ACT

Hey! I am a rising senior and I am studying for the SAT and ACT in two months. I want to ask what the difference is between the two tests. How does the level of difficulty vary in each test?

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Will my daughter who studied 11th grade in the US get admissions for 12th grade in India?

She did her schooling till 10th in India (cbse) and came to the US for 11th (came as dependents due to my husband’s job). But due to personal reasons we are planning to go back to India. Is it a good …

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Rolling admission

So I was scrolling through harvard website , and it said harvard business provides rolling admissions while harvard medical does not . I want to apply for computer science , can I apply for rolling ad …

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Can a teacher email the admissions office and it hurt your chances of enrolling

Basically a Teacher at my school are involved with bullying a harassment towards a student. And basically and there's evidence too and many people know about it and it was about a rumor spreading arou …

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Middle School Achievements?

Hey everyone, I'm currently a sophomore. I have a question about whether I'm allowed to include middle school achievements in my future college applications.

I am aware that colleges tend to only cons …

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