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Where do I put Spoken word/ slam poetry on my Columbia supplemental essays?

Hello,

As I work on my Columbia University supplemental essays I'm unsure where to include the spoken word that I love.

"List the titles of the books, essays, poetry, short stories or plays you read o …

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Can you convert an RD application to ED2 at Tufts after the submission date?

After submitting a RD application, is it too late to change it to ED2? Also, does ED2 have the same benefit as ED1?

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Does revising essays count as community service for my school?

I am in 10th grade, and I am wondering if peer editing essays will count as community service. I contacted my counselor and she said the organization has to be non-profit and a supervisor has to fill …

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Does that topic fit in my application?

So there is this question which I need to write an essay about:

At MIT, we bring people together to better the lives of others. MIT students work to improve their communities in different ways, from ta …

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Is the Honors/Awards Section for individual awards only, or can team ones count in certain situations?

I competed in a math competition run through a university (not my typical math league), and my team of 3 people got a top 10% distinction. On the contest results website my name is listed for this, so …

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Question about prestigious employment and what to do?

hello i have a question on how do i find these prestigious internship at places like google i am interested in finance and i saw this video on YouTube and she did financial planning for google and won …

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Can I put being a student rep. for my school district's Covid-19 review plans in my Awards/Honors section?

I work for my student newspaper and got involved in Covid-19 policies with school systems this summer, so I reached out to my school district officials about getting involved and possibly helping. My …

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Question about gt classes

What does Gt go under honors ib college or ap?

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Are the transcripts need to be signed or/and stamped before sending to Common App ?

I don't know if my transcripts have to be printed, signed or stamped, and then scaned to the PDF file, or they just can be sent normally without signature via counselor's email ? (because I'm interna …

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how have you changed in the last 3 years?

Hi! I am senior in high school and this is one of the short answer question I have received. Can someone help me to write this? I have no idea how to tackle this question with this short word limit :3 …

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Should I submit SAT score to Columbia?

Hi! I wanted advice on whether I should submit my SAT score of 1420 to Columbia University. I know it's not that high, but on the adjusted CollegeVine score range I miss the threshold by 10 points. Fo …

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Do I have to resubmit my essay to receive another review?

I would like to be able to choose how many reviewers I get for each draft. How can I do that?

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I applied to one school only and got accepted. Should I apply to more?

I applied to Illinois Institute of Technology early action and got in. I was originally going to apply to University of Portland and Hofstra University just for fun (cause I got the opportunity to app …

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It seems the number of Dual Enrollment classes doesn't affect my college chances. Is this an error?

I have taken 5 Dual Enrollment classes because my High School doesn't offer AP classes. When I look at my school list, it says that my academic profile does not meet the threshold due to the average p …

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Essay question

Hello, I am applying to mainly biomedical engineering majors for my undergraduate degree. In my essay, I am wondering if I should include any technical things I learned about BME and the commitments I …

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How Many Volunteer Hours Should I Have?

I'm currently a Junior and I turned 16 after everything shut down, so I didn't get a chance to start volunteering at any of the places I was considering volunteering at. Now everything is still shut d …

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Penn State: SAT or no? 1170

High School Senior

Good evening,

I just received my SAT score today of 1170. This was my second SAT test. On my initial attempt I received a 1150.

I understand this isn't particularly good (though I do b …

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I need some help

i also go an internship and i for my senator what would that be under and what tier

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i got and internship at the US department of treasury its unpaid but it being at the federal level would it make it good

what would it also be under and what tier

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QPA to GPA and weighted when in a tough selective public school

Thank you for the opportunity. If a student goes to a school like Union County Magnet High School, NJ and the QPA is an average of 90 which includes AP. Essentially the QPA does come out as out of 4.0 …

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