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are questions about programs to admissions officers okay?

hi, im hoping to ED1 to syracuse, i fell in love with the school over the summer, but i want a little more info on their student programs for broadcasting. would this be an appropriate question to e-m …

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How badly will my GPA impact my state school applications?

Grades: I have an unweighted GPA of 3.5 and weighted as 4.4 (on a scale of 6 I think, but it should change over the year, likely gonna go up but Idk)

I've failed principles of biomedical science (elect …

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How worried should I be about getting into college?

I have a 4.04 weighted GPA, taken 8 AP classes, mostly honors/AP courses, but no extracurriculars because of my super strict parents. My ACT scores are 27 composite, with 31 English, 30 reading, 24 ma …

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can i get into tamu econ major?

hi, i applied to tamu in early sept and I have been really worried about being able to get in, the chancing says i have a 88% chance but reddit says I have tough competition.

stats:

-95.318/100 W gpa

-2n …

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3 months ago
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Reporting Scores of 3?

So I'm a first-year applicant planning to apply to a humanities major (science/med-related, but involving only stats for math).

I've taken two math APs: Pre-Calc and Calc AB, both of which I earned a " …

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3 months ago
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storytime or scholar session?

(shoutout if youre the person who reviewed my osu essay!)

anyways so im applying to osu and im filling out the supplemental for the morrill scholarship. ill attach the prompt below. anyways so what i a …

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3 months ago
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reaching out to admissions officers

is it a bad idea to reach out to admissions officers asking specific application questions?

like for example, could i ask an officer if i should submit my ACT scores to their school?

thanks!

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Confused on how much my experiences will affect how colleges view me! Please help

Hello! My name is Rio and I am currently hoping to apply to two of the Ivy Leagues (particularly Cornell and Yale), but I worry my grades and SAT score are not up to par. I got a 1440 on the SAT (740 …

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3 months ago
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Years of Spanish

If I have taken spanish for four years (7th, 8th, 9th, 10th) and am on spanish 4, does that count as 4 years of a language or do colleges only look at what is in high school?

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3 months ago
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applying to uni

so this is a stupid question but like. im applying to 2 universities. one has a prompt I need to answer for the personal essay. the other doesnt have any prompt at all so I can just submit one thru co …

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So I REALLY want to get into Cal Poly Humboldt .

Hi everyone! I haven't done this before, but I connect requested CPHU and I never heard back from them. I have a 96% chance, and I go to a public high school in SoCal, where i take AP US History and a …

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What to submit to Vassar 'Your Space'

I have a philosophy essay I wrote this summer while attending classes at NYU that I'm extremely proud of. I think it would fit in the 'your space' section, and as a prospective philosophy student I th …

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3 months ago
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Getting into Columbia with decent ECs

I've just started my sophomore year of high school, and my goal has always been to get into an Ivy League college. I'm just curious if these ECs are enough to get me in.

My intended major is an English …

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3 months ago
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resume?

is it gonna hurt my chances places if i don't put my resume in my common app? like i basically put everything i do in my application but like i COULD make aa resume. but like is it worth it!

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3 months ago
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oh wake forest...

hi! so im applying to wake forest and that last freaking prompt is throwing me. like is anyone else applying there and what are you doing for the top ten list. like i dont understand if im supposed to …

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Will I be immediately rejected if I have 1 year in high school of a foreign language?

I only have 1 year of a foreign language in high school (Spanish 4 in 9th grade), but I did Spanish 1, 2, and 3 in 6, 7, and 8th grade of middle school. In my school district Spanish 3 in 8th grade wa …

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Which is best SAT Coaching in India?

Can you suggest the top SAT coaching institutes in India for exam preparation?

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Are MTF transgender students at an advantage for disadvantage in applying to STEM schools?

It's common knowledge that colleges want diversity, and so women are more likely to be admitted into STEM schools than men. However, do such advantages apply to transgender women, or do they get judge …

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AP US history notetaking

Hi all,

I am taking AP US history, and taking notes on Brinkley's AP textbook. How should I structure my notes?

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3 months ago
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literary genius or barely literate elementary school kid?

hi. shoutout btw if youre the guy who reviewed my essay. thanks!

anyways so in my common app essay i tried to throw in an anaphora right. so basically i repeated "i loved..." like three times at the be …

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