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Is It Still Possible To Go To NYU With One C and 2 B's

During my sophomore year, I received a C grade in Honors Algebra Semester 1. While in my freshman year, I received a B (because I had a long-term substitute) in Semester 2 of Algebra 1, but an A in 1 …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Is It Still Possible To Go To NYU With One C and 2 B's

During my sophomore year, I received a C grade in Honors Algebra Semester 1. While in my freshman year, I received a B (because I had a long-term substitute) in Semester 2 of Algebra 1, but an A in 1 …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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What are some tips for institutional scholarship competitions?

I am looking for ways to get my application to stand out. Phase one invitational and is a submission of a short essay, resume, and two references. Phase two is invitational to go to campus for intervi …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Study Abroad and Honor classes

I don’t understand why I am being invited to apply to universities honor programs or to apply to study abroad that I have applied to - when I don’t even if I know if I’m accepted yet to their univers …

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Gap Year Advice for International Student

Hi, I'm currently a 12th-grade Senior High School student from India, and I have been thinking of taking a gap year before applying.

My Grades are great (96% Overall) and My ECs are also good (Self-Fun …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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My school won't let me take the PSAT. How can I take it?

Hi! I'm a freshman in high school and (as you may know) I am nearing the end of my first semester. I wanted to take the PSAT to see what I need to study, but my school only lets Juniors take the PSAT. …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Why are no colleges accepting my connection request

My grades aren't to bad its average b- and b and I have added colleges college vine says I can get into but none of them have accepted my connection request and I haven't gotten any connection reque …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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My major is business. I'm switching to econ after I transfer. Should the ecs i put on my app be about business or econ?

I want to transfer to top 20 schools like Columbia or Uchicago after my sophomore year. The ecs I have right now are related to volunteering/advocacy because that's what I want my spike to be. Should …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Regular Decision

Hi,

I’m wondering why I have been admitted to 2 regular decision colleges already (6 acceptances in total so far) ? I thought that I wouldn’t or not supposed to hear from those schools until at least t …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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What should I do in the future high school years to make my college resume well-built?

I'm currently a sophomore at a CTE school. Right now, I'm taking Regents Chemistry, English 10, AP World History, 2 periods of CTE class (IT fundamentals), Spanish 2, Gym, and Algebra 2.

I plan to eith …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Major Selection

So I'm a freshman applicant, and I'm applying for UC's. Do you think it would be okay if I applied for a psychology major even though I'm currently taking psychology right now?

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Need help filtering colleges (US)

Online filters generally don't have what I'm looking for. Any US college that fits ALL of these points?

1. Any student can live off campus.

2. Open curriculum or does not have gen ed.

3. Flexible class s …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Are there any early signs that you got into college?

I am currently waiting on my REA decision and I cannot help but go completely crazy over it. Are there any ways to tell if you got in before they release their decisions?

If there isn't, please leave …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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What Colleges should I apply to for Finance and Entrepreneurship

Unweighted GPA: 2.70 / 4.0

Coursework: 6 Honors, 8 AP

Test Scores

SAT: 1520

Math: 780

Reading: 740

ACT: 32

Math: 32

Reading: 32

Science: 33

English: 31

PSAT: 1410

Extracurricular Activities

Social Media Manager

Bu …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Is doll collecting as a extracurricular ridiculous?

I'm 14 years old and I've collecting dolls since 12, it's truly my passion. When I eventually apply to college, I do want to put down doll collecting as an extracurricular but I'm not sure if colleges …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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What schools should I apply to?

Live in New England want to stay on the east coast

Debating Majors between Political Science and International Relations

3.7 GPA

I'm vice president of model un

I will have taken 4 Germans classes at th …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Do my ECs make up for my grades

Im worried that my GPA (3.5UW, 4.2W) might be too low to be competitive at top universities

And my SAT (1340) is fine, but lower than what's expected at some of the more competitive schools Im applying …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Could anyone please say whether my ECs are okay.

I am an international student. I have participated in several high profile research: Research on menstrual hygiene conducted by WaterAid, research on the properties of primordial black holes (which wo …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Mastery-Based Learning/Transcript

I go to a relatively new school. It's small (250~ students) and is mastery learning based. Which basically means we get graded on "real-world" skills along with our course/course work. Where I'm from, …

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2 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Should I use my SAT or ACT score, or can I use both?

I took my SAT and ACT in October and got my scores back, for my SAT I ended up getting a 1320 with a 700 in math and 620 in reading, for my ACT I got a 25 composite, a 23 for math, 24 for science and …

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