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University or Community College??

I am a senior in high school and i just started school in September but junior year I had a 1.0 GPA but I am now getting good grades (all A's) ever since school started and I talked to my guidance cou …

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Can I get into Wellesley College with a 29 ACT superscore??

My ACT is a 35 in English, a 33 in Reading, a 24 in Science, and a 22 in Math. My unweighted GPA is a 4.0 and my weighted is a 4.6 (my school is small and has limited AP/DE options). I am the secretar …

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I hear that we not writing essay is the truth, and also do you guys have nursing program.

My grades are good i do trun an my work on time and i be an class on time, also I am not the type of students who skip class.

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Is it reasonable?

I am a Junior in the United States, and have been looking at UK Universities. I think Oxford is easier to get in to than Cambridge, and was wondering if it was reasonable to meet their entry requireme …

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How can I get extremely impactful Pre-med or Biology opportunities as a Junior?

Hello, I am looking for impactful pre-med opportunities that I can work on for a few months to a year during 11th grade. What are some good research projects, awards, or programs I can apply for that …

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How should I put this in the additional information section of the common app?

During my junior year I wrote 3 long (one 10 page, two 8 page) research papers that I would like to talk about on my common app, and additional information seems to be the only place that I could put …

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What are some good extracurriculars for a 11/12th grader graduating this year

I'm a junior by credits but i'll be graduating early this year, I'm applying to colleges but my extracurriculars could be stronger. Are there any strong extracurriculars I could do to boost my chances …

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i'm looking for scholarships not affiliated with colleges that could arent specific to states! please list any you know

- family income: below poverty line

- intended major/focuses: prelaw, philosophy

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How can reviewers check the feedback of reviews?

I just reviewed two peers' essays. I want to read how do they comment on my reviews thus I could improve the quality of reviews in the future, but I found no access. Could you please help me find this …

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High school freshman

Hey guys! I'm a high school freshman, and I have tons of extracurriculars. Any life changing advice? I also go to a highschool that requires you to graduate with the IB diploma, and only offers IB cla …

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What are some good ECs for Computer Science & Philosophy

I plan on majoring in both computer science and philosophy but know that most college apps only let you choose one major. What extracurriculars could I do for either, and should my ECs lean into one …

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What can I do to show I have a great potential even if I had one bad academic year?

In my high school year I had great result in my education and sport curricular, but this year my senior year results got very low due to personal reasons. And I don't want it to ruin my whole academic …

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Is this AP plan any good for US/Canada?

I'm currently a junior; I did AP Precalc in my sophomore year, and I got a 4.

This year I plan to take AP Calc AB along with AP Physics 1 and the SAT, and next year I'll likely take AP Chem, Calc BC, a …

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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.

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-95.318/100 W gpa

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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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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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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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