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Will an edx physics course or any physics online course help me in my application?

For some context, I took physics sophomore year and I got a 65 because I was at the lowest point of my life at that time and dealing with a family member’s death. I want to major in chemical engineeri …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Advice for an exchange student

I have a very unique situation, which has made it hard to find any conclusive results with a google search, so I decided to asking to see if I could get any responses. So here we go.

I am 17 and curre …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Should I Submit a 1500 sat score (780 math, 720 English)

Are there any schools that I shouldn't submit this test score to.

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Honors Application Essay Question

Hey everyone-

I'm applying to the Honors College at the University of Missouri, and one of the requirements is submitting an additional essay. One of the essay options states: "If you feel that an essa …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Need Advice for SAT score sending

Got 1250 on SAT which makes me scare to send this score to Columbia University & some other I am applying to.

It's 480 E/ 770 M.

As Math score feels like pretty decent and I am applying for Computer Sc …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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extracurriculars for ivy leagues

what can i add to my application(extracurriculars)? i'm most likely going to apply as a business major and i'm aiming for ivys, top ucs, and top 20 schools in general. im a junior and so far i'm on jv …

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Are my chances ruined?

I want to go to UC Berkeley, and I took 8 community college classes, but I didn't get all A's on them, and now my capped GPA is a 3.87 while my fully weighted gpa is a 4.34. I don't think there's anyt …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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What strategy should I use for getting into an ivy or a good school?

Should I shotgun admissions and apply to all the ivys and reaches I’m ineterested in or should I juts apply to the schools I believe I can get into? How long should my list be if I have a good chunk o …

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IGCSE to US Honors equivalent

I know that colleges will recognize that my school (IGCSE curriculum) does not offer honors or AP and will evaluate my application respectively, but I want to know my realistic chancing for colleges s …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Extracurriculars for Future English Major

Hello! I am a high-school sophomore hoping to major in English. Currently, I am in my school's Writing Club and do Speech and Debate. On top of this, I teach children how to read as a part of my requi …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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Pre College Advice

Hello, I am currently a freshman, and I am hoping to enter the pre-college of a top university this summer. If you could help me understand what I should have in terms of awards, and what it's like I …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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What is the Common Application and how is it different from a college's provided application format?

I am a junior, so I was looking into what you need to do to apply to certain colleges. I see that there are usually two options: Common App Application and the college's application. I was wondering w …

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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What should I apply and ed to? (Don’t wanna ask the big and sorry for the broken English)

What should I apply to and ed to

My gpa is an unweighted 3.8 and a weighted 4.15 (3.4 freshman)(3.9 sophomore) (3.96 junior) and I took 8 ap classes (4 this year) I also have a 36 act. I live in Chi …

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Do top university prefer AP Calculus AB or BC?

this question has been stuck in my head

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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going Test-optional

Is there a disadvantage to applying test-optional as an international student?

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3 years agoAdmissions Advice
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A college wanted to connect with me, and I accepted but I always get an error.

A college wanted to connect with me, and I accepted but I always get an error when I try to talk to the regional admissions officer. Is it because I was too late to answer, or something else?

Thanks!

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Princeton

Hi, I had my Princeton Alumni Interview last week and applied for Financial aid. I got a little confused on the due dates bc of Fafsa coming out in December. The financial dept said not to worry becau …

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UC GPA Consideration

Hey guys! As a California resident applying to through the UC system, I had a quick question regarding GPA. I know they weigh GPA/ranking a little differently, but I was wondering whether they (like C …

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How does the connection thing work on this app?

So I got a connection from the school I was considering, the way they respond to seemed pretty cookie cut, do schools just sent this out to anybody or is it that they have some interest in me based on …

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Is it okay for me to be looking into colleges right now? I'm in 10th grade.

I know its a bit of a rush but I want to at least know my options, but when I mention it to my friends they always tell me to slow down

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